Super excited for our Early Years Conference Plymouth Marjon University on Saturday with Can I Go And Play Now? and Lynnette Brock Director, SchemaPlay CIC #EarlyYear #CelebratingEarlyYears

Time to consider how we can introduce adventures into our work with young children and encourage them to expect adventures #MarjonEarlyYears #EarlyYears #CPD

A peep into schemaplay with Lynnette Brock Director, SchemaPlay CIC now MarjonEarlyYears conference

Fab to be working with year one, two and three students from Plymouth Marjon University BA Early Childhood, BA Primary Ed and BA SEN & Disability Studies this morning. Excited to be learning together this year Miles Smith Dr JonathanHarvey Selina Day Jayne Garcia

Mark v Tonder Cornwall and Devon Branch training on the magic of picture books with Nicky Walters discussing how wome bring the magic of picture books to children

Making your reading corner look different

On #InternationalWomensDay we want to celebrate all those amazing women working in Early Years and making a difference in the lives of the youngest children in society

Great article on guided play for supporting early maths development impact.chartered.college/article/merkle… #playandmaths

BBC sets itself target to boost literacy skills of a million under-fives tes.com/news/school-ne…

"many parents are afraid to let their children simply 'do nothing.' They worry that if they don’t keep their children busy, busy, busy, they will have résumés that look sparse in comparison to their counterparts." raepica.com/2018/03/downti…

Our early years self-evaluation form will be disappearing from 1 April. It's not compulsory now - and in future early years inspectors won't ask to see it completed. Here's more on this: ow.ly/lub830ilm8a

Children's Centres provided a lifeline for families, sadly many have closed and those left often only provide target services theguardian.com/commentisfree/… #SureStart Children's Centres

I couldn't agree more, it seems we now in the words of Biesta Value what we can measure rather than measuring what we value x.com/tes/status/972…

Considering postgraduate study? Concerned about finance? This may help ... x.com/prospects/stat…

Interesting article about whether government childcare policy is working x.com/Independent/st…

As many as 1,000 Sure Start children’s centres across the country have closed since 2009 – twice as many as the government has reported. This is unacceptable, and children are being denied the best start in life. SIGN OUR PETITION FOR ACTION: bit.ly/2hYr9SQ

'Children’s centres are closing rapidly across England – and if their front doors have not actually been locked, what goes on inside is much reduced when compared to five years ago' - Kathy Sylva explains the background to new research on #SureStart buff.ly/2Is8SJj

As an x Children's Centre manager I have seen first hand the difference children's centres make to children and families lives. The closure and scaling back of Children's Centres is impacting on children and their families who saw them as a lifeline x.com/itvnews/status…

Plymouth Marjon University recruiting now. Fully funded PGDip with EYITT training. Email [email protected] or [email protected] for more information x.com/tes/status/981…

Testing 4 years just after they start school so schools can measure progress....the failings of a perfornativity agenda theguardian.com/education/2018…