During Reception year in school the children are encouraged to learn through play. They have a lot of playthings out in the classroom and in the playground.
Learning tasks are set out on the tables every day, but the children are not forced to carry these out. Rather they are encouraged by giving sanctions to those who skip the learning tasks.
Throughout the reception year Ari went on the 'sad cloud' several times due to his failure to complete learning tasks (busy jobs as they called them).
When I reminded him again that he needed to do his busy jobs daily, he said
"It is all the teachers fault. They put so many toys out and then I have to play with them!"
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