LOL Ta Bron... but it was my first (previous) post in that thread... the one explaining about the Reggio method. When I was a teachers' assistant I did professional training which on one occasion involved going to about half a dozen other independant schools in Melbourne who also taught using the Reggio philosophy of respecting children as being in control of the the way they learn and not just blank slates to be "written" on. IYKWIM. I'm not sure if any public school in Melbourne adopts this approach.