The layout and resources appear to meet the children’s needs. This group of children were able to move around inside and outside in a fairly boisterous way without upsetting other children’s play-frames. They were able to use items from other areas in their imaginary play.

It might be worth exploring some of the underlying issues that belong to super-hero play. You might explain to the children that emergency services heroes and that heroes have a range of ‘powers’ like being helpful, doing something nice for someone and being kind etc.

You will want to find a way to reassure Seth about good versus bad people. This appears to be concerning him. Perhaps super-heroes could have powers that protect people from other things besides bad people, for example - from stepping onto the road or falling off a bike.