Gainsborough headteacher marched to Downing Street to fight for the future of nursery school funding gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/gainsboro…

We’ve been busy challenging ourselves outside this week! facebook.com/14190720049767…

We have been challenging ourselves in the outdoor areas this week in woodpeckers! We have been setting up obstacles courses and pushing ourselves to complete them!

Wee (pun intended) are going to be having a big toileting drive at nursery! If you want to help your child to use the toilet, but don’t know where to start, speak with your child’s key person or pick up a leaflet from reception!

Watch: Hartcliffe Aspirations, a short doc with Paul Holbrook via The Bristol Cable thebristolcable.org/2019/01/watch-…

A headteacher: "In 24 years of education, I have not seen poverty like this. Children are coming to school hungry, dirty and without the basics to set them up for life. The gap between the haves & have-nots is rising and is stark." BBC News (UK) #ascl2019 buff.ly/2JeNYCS

‘Children are coming to school hungry, dirty and without the basics to set them up for life. The gap between those that have and those that do not is rising and is stark.’ These really are sad and desperate times for many children. We need to mend this. theguardian.com/education/2019…

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Today at John Perry we are dressing up in red and raising money for comic relief by having a bake sale. #rednoseday2019 #nursery

Lots of questions and interaction at ERIC Parent/Carer Workshop. Thanks to Wellspect HealthCare for your support #constipation #healthybladders #healthybowels #bowelhealth #bladderhealth #bedwetting #wee #poo

Reflecting on why we complicate EY assessment so much, letting it take us away from what’s important. Lots to think about after conference today and love the ‘invisible moment of possibility’ @JanDubielEEX #FirmFoundations Z’s proud to be an EYFS rebel Sue Cowley

Don’t forget that we have an inset day tomorrow and the nursery is closed to all children. We’ll see you all again on Tuesday.

Productive inset day today; spent the morning evaluating the classrooms & considering how they support chldrn develop speech and language. Afternoon we joined up with Knowle West Children’s Centre & Illminster Nursery School to discuss how we observe chldrn & agree judgements

Our friends at Illminster Avenue Nursery School have been seeing what it would be like to have a nursery without any toys! What do you think? bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-eng…

Maintained Nursery Schools, such as Hartcliffe Nursery Schools are the ‘jewel in the social mobility crown’ and must be saved! We have 1 year to make it clear to the government and #saveourmaintainednurseryschools suttontrust.com/newsarchive/ma…

Dr June O'Sullivan OBE Hartcliffe Nursery School & Children's Centre Early Years Alliance EY Matters 🌟OneSector #OneVoice #OneCommunity Agree that there’s much to celebrate across all sectors in #earlyyears - but currently it’s only maintained nursery schools that have no funding guaranteed beyond July 2020.

Term 5 and 6 Speech and Language drop ins have been announced.