When Ofsted's inspector came to visit Fetcham Village Pre-school, one of the things she encountered was staff and children gathered around a table laden with bricks, twigs and straws.
"It was about the Three Little Pigs," says head teacher Anna Hamer. "We told the children the story and then spoke to them about what material was strongest. We asked them what they would use to build with and questioned them about it. They were coming out with lots of language like 'blows away', 'breaks' or 'bricks are strong'. They were saying things like 'if you put glue on them they will be able to stick together'."
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