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Filmed at Imperial Avenue Infants School at Braunstone in Leicester the film is made up of various sections that focus on how different forms of play can be used in the learning process up to the age of five years.
Intertitles are used throughout the film and provide descriptions of the activities that follow each title.
Part one, the introduction, initially shows the housing estate in which the school is situated and then outlines some of the outdoor and classroom activites that children engage with at the school. Part two focuses on nursery activities including social training, the use of 'make believe' and water play. Part three is entitled Extension of the Nursery because "Training begun in the Nursery is carried on throughout the school." and part four describes activites in the infant school. Children are encouraged to chose their own activites, including art work, as well as engaging with sports, such as cricket and football. One of the cross-curricular projects children get involved with in the infants is creating a newspaper and in part five the focus is on children using all aspects of drama to develop artistic development and manipulative control. Part six considers other activities such as shopping, including weighing, measuring and timing, and the hairdressers' salon. Part seven includes examples of school visits including a trip to a railway station and the realted activities that follow the visit.
Produced by the Department of Education, University College Leicester in collaboration with Leicester Education Authority.
Director: IE Roberts
Photography: EH Boult