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Cathy Bache writes of being a drama teacher, "I believe that this formative training in developing, intuiting and supporting the child’s mind to open in a creative and expressive way to the full realms of the imagination has led me to where I am now: in the woods with pre-school children, supporting
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It is open 49 weeks a year, for children aged 3–5. Priority of places is given to children from within the catchment area of Letham
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the creation of their own magic. We have no toys, limited practical resources of useful tools but plenty of space and opportunity to go where the imagination may take us.
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