Montessori at the Fair

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Every year Peter Shayler brings his Fun Fair to the Southwater community to bring happiness and amusement to the children and families. This year, for the first time, they set up just outside our nursery.

For two days the children kept an eye on the fairground being constructed and marvelled at the big machines going up up. We were delighted to be invited for a special visit and the sense of anticipation grew steadily throughout the week. Finally, this morning, we set off just after a rain shower. The children were treated to a ride on the old fashioned transport caroussel straight away and loved it. Then they all enjoyed a drink together before a second go in another vehicle on the caroussel. Next Mr Shayler opened up the control box at the centre of the ride to give the children a chance to see the inner workings. Their final ride was enjoyed with confident and enthusiastic cries of excitement. A happy bunch of children and helpers returned to school and home for lunch. The weather stayed dry and even sunny all the way through.

Thank you so much Peter and Gail from Shayler’s Amusements,
we hope you’ll be back next year:)

Thea and the team at Southwater Montessori.

About Thea Bredie

Thea decided she wanted to be a teacher when she was 4 and it took her a good 20 years to get there, but she’s felt at home ever since. She started as a secondary school teacher of English & German, then worked as a Teacher-Trainer and Assessor in the Netherlands. She obtained an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh and subsequently worked as a Management Skills Trainer, Business Consultant and Research Manager for RSA. The last 15 years she has devoted herself to setting up and running Montessori Early Years environments. Her company currently runs two accredited Montessori pre-schools in West Sussex, in Horsham and in Southwater. She is one of a small group of Montessori Quality Accreditation Assessors and currently completing her training as a Chartered Educational Assessor. She is also researching the links between Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow theory and Montessori education under the guidance of Professors Chris Pascal and Christine Skelton at the University of Birmingham, as part of her PhD research.
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