Today is the last day to enter our nostalgic mug give-away! To be in with a chance of winning this exclusive reminder of school assemblies, simply tell us about your favourite hymn in the thread below.

The Olympics: A celebration of human endeavour. A reminder of both individual strength and the strength of teamwork. Moments of brilliance in the spotlight, after years of unseen hard work. Joy and light. Thank you Paris 🇫🇷 and thank you Team GB 🇬🇧!

Thank you to everyone who entered our "Come and Praise" mug give-away! We have loved reading about your favourite assembly songs and hymns! Entries are now closed. The winner of our give-away will be announced on Monday, at 8pm.

Congratulations, Cej! You are our winner! Thank you to everyone who entered our mug give-away. It's been a joy to read all your memories of school assemblies!🎵

The big announcement: We're putting the Banda back together.

You gotta roll with it. You gotta take your time...

To our colleagues in the education profession who are returning for a new school year this week: we wish you all the best! To all those who have already returned: we hope your new year has got off to a positive start! What a difference you all make!

It's wonderful news that schools will no longer be labelled with one or two-word Ofsted gradings! Margaret and I hope that the same changes will be applied in other early years settings too. It's time for accountability to feel different, for everybody in childcare & education.

In a week when many young children will be stepping into school for the very first time, here's one of Margaret's favourite stories about how it all starts...