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Are you a practitioner seeking opportunities to get your research interests supported? Or a setting leader searching for professional development opportunities? We are delighted to launch our Close to Practice (CtP) Partnership project ntu.ac.uk/study-and-cour…

Quote of the Day "The single most important aspect of your job is to make it easy as possible for teachers to teach. All else flows from that." David Didau headteacherchat.com

Great to see this research paper about outdoor provision for babies and young children published in Early Years - linked a Froebel Trust funded project by Nicola Kemp & Jo Josephidou : tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #earlychildhood #nature #earlyeducation #research #Froebel

I’m tweeting this to almost 300,000 people who care about the NHS. If everyone donated £1 right now, we’d hit this crowdfund goal in 5 minutes. So… shall we do it? We must expose what this government is doing to the NHS💙💙💙 Click here to donate 🤞 crowdfunder.co.uk/p/everydoctor-…

I’ve been trying really hard lately to spot the ‘quiet’ students. The ones who are always meeting expectations, always working hard, head down, cracking on. They’re not the most verbal but they’re doing great things. Emailed a load of parents tonight praising each one 😊

I've just watched again branwen jeffreys sensitive but hard hitting film on tragic events at Caversham PS. I'd urge followers to set aside 30 mins and decide whether Ofsted is still fit for purpose. Please share and invite to others to ensure wide coverage bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Petition: Pause Ofsted inspections and reform how school performance is evaluated petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6520…

I remember the lazy and oft repeated Ofsted requirement for 'extended writing' as the answer to poor writing. Generally the opposite is needed - to develop the habit of accurate, effective writing through sentence and paragraph shortburst writing.

I've joined YoungMinds in adding my name to an open letter from young people calling on Sir Jeremy Hunt MP to #FundTheHubs in the Spring Budget. Add your name here: act.youngminds.org.uk/sign-hubs-open…

Here’s a hack to help teenage mental health. Stop telling them that resilience means doing what adults want without complaining. Resilience means different things in different situations. It can mean saying no, this is not right. It can mean standing up for yourself, or

The Ofsted Big Listen has been open for a week. More than 5000 of you have given us your views on how we can improve. Thank you! If you haven’t yet had your say, please go to: gov.uk/government/con…

An absolute pleasure to visit Hetton Primary School and see the huge transformation to their playtimes today ⭐️✨ #planforplay #playmatters OPAL North East OPAL CiC

BBC Question Time And btw…There is a Green Party candidate standing in every constituency!

Maintained Nursery Schools need our support to survive. Share this digital leaflet with every parent and group you know.

This is devastating. Please share. Anthony is a lovely man who used to work on the MoneySavingExpert deals team before leaving to pursue his valiant passion to get into teaching. I hope and pray he's OK. Please please spread word.

Today I’m going to share some of the quotes from the research. researchgate.net/publication/38… It’s for reflection and it’s time for a rethink. EYs cannot continue in this way.

It’s heartening to see that even Ofsted can see how Love and Nurture can make such a difference in an EYs setting for children. I was sent this by a colleague who has just had their inspection done and the report is out. 👍

If it's helpful to schools, below is the link to a year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on empathy, diversity, equality and inclusion. All books I've used and loved as a teacher. padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/rea…