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Podcast: The Voice of Early Childhood
Episode: Brain development & classroom design at Astrea Academy Trust
Description: Astrea Academy Trust embarked on the Brain-SET project looking at classroom design through the lens of children's brain development. This year-long project focused on enabling children to feel emotionally secure and ready for learning, by looking at classroom design in terms of lighting, noise, the use of colour, furniture layout and more. The overall aim was to really bring calm into children's lives, which is particularly important for areas of disadvantage which Astrea Academy Trust schools work within. In this second episode of the project series Dr Sue Allingham (Early Childhood Consultant, Author and Trainer) and...