Residency at Evesham Nursery School

For the past six years I've been privileged to work closely with the staff, children and their parents at Evesham Nursery School in Worcestershire. The setting offers the under five's fantastic learning opportunities on an hour by hour, minute by minute basis. You get the overwhelming feeling that every child 'really' does matter, and they are acknowledged nationally for their good work.

I visit four days a term, working with the children exploring a variety of clay based techniques. The emphasis is on learning through play - sometimes we make things to be fired - but on the whole it's all about sensory experience and process.

Recent sessions have included slip skating on giant sheets of perspex, smoke firing pots on an open fire at forest school, and wattle and daub mud sculpture.

Here Liam proudly displays his 'spider pot' made on the potter's wheel and enhanced with coiled additions.

Jon the potter.