Birth to 5 Matters is a non-statutory guidance that can be used across the early years foundation stage. It seeks to support practitioners across EYFS to deliver content that is rich and meaningful, keeping experiences for young learners open and explorative.

What we need is a book all about Reflection in Early Childhood. So much reflection is needed to support our graduates. Dr Tanya Richardson jackie musgrave Dr Helen Simmons

⭐️Quality Mark⭐️ Well done to everyone in the Childhood team, which has been awarded the Early Childhood Studies Degree Network’s Quality Mark for Graduate Practitioner Competencies. This is a great accolade and underlines the commitment to developing a graduate workforce.

This book is a toolkit for all those working with children on how to develop and implement a child centred curriculum for delivery of the EYFS. A curriculum that is research informed and based on what we know about children's development and learning. Contents below ⬇️ Out Sept

To all of those Early Years professionals who are level 3, level 5, graduates and teachers who have qualified this year. A Big Welcome to one of the best sectors we have. Here is to an amazing career. Be playful, be joyful and most importantly be fun. ⭐️🥳❤️

Every EY person values love and nurture. Moreover we can create this in our practices and connect with all of our children . Love and Nurture in the Early Years amzn.eu/d/061uxFJR #Amazon

Can I ask for one thing from policy makers. Can we rephrase being school ready and call it being developmentally ready instead. Fits really well with a child centred approach and uniqueness of all children. Thank you 🙏

Love and Nurture in EYs. The book focuses on key child developmental factors including brain development, attachment awareness, love languages and nurturing touch, the science of nurture, the theory of love and nurture and building relational practice. amzn.eu/d/0tkufmo

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Nurseries in England say new rules have reduced care to ‘crowd control’ We know that Nurseries don’t have to adopt the 1:5 ratio for 2 year olds. But many have had to keep on going. theguardian.com/education/2024…

Exclusive: Two year olds left to cry or hurting themselves with staff feeling they are doing “crowd control” not education. “Damning” new research by ⁦Dr Aaron Bradbury⁩ shows nursery staff buckling under Tories’ new staffing ratios. theguardian.com/education/2024…

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“The sector is on its knees, and we have a recruitment and retention ­crisis worse than ever before, so ministers were out of their minds to increase ratios.” Alliance CEO Neil Leitch spoke to The Observer about the impact of ratio increases bit.ly/3XJrPAL

New research from David Meechan & colleagues at Nottingham Trent University & in The Observer looks at issues impacting #earlyyears since the introduction of new rules around childcare. With increased numbers of children nurseries often ‘crowd control’ more than educate. theguardian.com/education/2024…

Staff working in nurseries that have adopted relaxed two-year-old ratios feel ‘overwhelmed’ and are struggling to support children with their emotional development and toilet training, finds new research. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/r…

A great article by Maureen Hunt School Readiness or 'School' Readiness early-years-reviews.com/post/school-re…

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.

Further quotes highlighting the pressures of our sector in the Early Years. researchgate.net/publication/38… Time for reflection and it’s time for a rethink. EYs cannot continue in this way.