Early Years Role Play: Pupil Programme - The Garage

This programme has been made for early years practitioners to show to pupils in class. It is designed to promote and inspire creative role play in an early years setting.

The programme takes a considered look at what happens in a busy petrol station and garage and uses long-duration shots and close-ups of the processes that take place.

The events include:

• Filling a car with petrol
• Using a car wash
• Testing the brakes of a car on a rolling road
• Raising a car on a ramp and inspecting underneath
• Pumping up a flat tyre

The programme is divided into clearly marked chapters. Except for an introductory question, the programme contains no narration. The pictures are accompanied only by sound recordings from the shoots, leaving room for the practitioner to make commentary.