Inspiring thread highlighting our amazing highly skilled but undervalued practitioners and sector #earlyyears #fundednotfree

Early years sector at risk of collapse if free childcare is expanded to under-twos | CYP Now ow.ly/S7ey30stZN5

Childcare is only too expensive in the sense that it's unaffordable. Early years settings can barely make ends meet. *Early education* needs to be respected and properly funded by government, rather than propped up by low paid practitioners and parents. #EYFS #PVI

Fantastic morning spent training for element 6 of Froebel Trust training. Informative and thought provoking, lots to consider for our staff, children and families #Diversity #unconsciousbias #earlyyears

Interesting listen this morning, it's also so disheartening for practitioners to see these gradings after working so hard to create meaningful experiences for children on a daily basis.

This is a great article by Matt Arnerich from Family. He nails the issues well. WHAT could be the reason that people think it's OK to use the term 'childcare' for something that their mum helps out with, and also for interaction with trained professionals in a planned