1st post in the series. Live wires and bonfires ‘Ooh he’s a lively one!’ ‘Oh, bless him, he’s such a live wire!’ ‘He’s adorable, he’s just such a bundle of energy isn’t he. He’s so bouncy!’ ‘He’s like a little Tigger.’ ‘I bet he sleeps at night?’ ‘You’ve got your work cut out for you…

I am a second-year student studying a BA (Hons) Working and Teaching in the Early Years, currently researching the benefits of children being allowed to take risks. Has health and safety gone too far and are we restricting their development if we wrap them up in cotton wool?

‘’I didn’t have time to play today. I wrote my name, I did some sums, I read my book to the teacher and wrote some sentences with full stops and speech marks. I painted a self-portrait and did lots of other things, but I didn’t have time to play today, or yesterday. Hopefully I will…