The First Two Years at School

You needed a lot of film stock and you just mooched around with the children until they forgot about you.

– Director Margaret Thomson

‘You naughty bad child, how many times have I told you not to do that!’. She’s dramatising something that’s happened in her own life.

– From the narration as a child smacks a doll

We know now how important it is for these young minds to be kept lively and eager and full of wonder. We know the danger of cramming them with classroom subjects before they’re ready.

– From the narration

In the Wendy house this morning there’s a lot of work to be done. While one mother takes the baby for an airing, other housewives are setting the table and dressing the children. Here again they’re getting an insight into what the adult world is like.

– From the narration