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In April 2009, I was fortunate to be offered a place to visit Reggio Emilia, Italy, as part of the Norfolk County Council, Early Professional Status Network Group. I was inspired by a drama room in the Otello Sarzi Infant Toddler Centre, called a ‘drama atelier’. I decided that it was something I wanted to create at some point in the future.

The opportunity arose at the House of Fun Nursery in Gorleston, where I am the children’s centre teacher. The nursery contained a redundant room, which was originally used as a baby room for the under ones, however, the room was not ideal for this purpose since there was no natural light. As a result, the babies were combined with the rest of the under twos in the adjoining area, which was much bigger and also had windows and access to outdoors. Consequently, this room was only used for additional storage.