Mr Saich’s Year 13 psychologists have been learning about how attachment forms between babies and their primary caregivers. To support their learning, students were given an egg shell to care for over the course of a week. Theories of attachment were then applied to the experiment to understand how care settings such as hospitals and nurseries are able to plan their environment and practice to encourage the development of healthy attachment.

“In A Level Psychology, we are currently learning about infant attachment in child psychology. To help us understand child development and the way children become attached to their caregivers, our class was given eggs to look after for as long as we could. This helped us to gain understanding about the importance of children being with their caregivers, and the bonds that form as a result. We had to organise childminders for our eggs if they were to be left alone for extended periods, or bring them to school with us and make sure they were safe. Although some eggs are still okay, some didn’t last as long as the others!” (Emily Allen, Year 13)