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The mud will wash off, but the memories will last a lifetime 💜#beingme

How rich is the writing / compare to most books for ks1 published now… the reading shapes the writing and how we think. Children need great literature.

❗Got my article published 🥳 🎉 ‼️ Looking at additional support for learning in Scotland with reference to local authorities spending and tribunals. brill.com/view/journals/…

People sometimes oppose these things out of a genuine anxiety to protect children But we protect children best by providing information, not withholding it - in ways they can understand and process of course

A fantastic example of enacting article 12 with infants from James McTaggart Look forward to seeing this develop.

Short naps improved learning for secondary school students! I wonder why - are we effectively dealing with a sleep deprived population, and how many issues in school (behaviour, motivation) could be partly explained by that? nature.com/articles/s4153…

Yes, so much more than vocab Just as with vocabulary, learning in the context of rich and interesting conversations is the best foundation for children to acquire language structures (and the conceptual metaphors that they glue to) - rather than disembodied lists and rules

A useful list of observations Worth considering that "not listening" might be more "not taking in" or not sticking to information due to working memory limits or loads Paradoxically, "trying hard to listen" itself can use up capacity, so WM adaptations (ok, cog load) might help

Our Year 3s presented their Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion projects today to complete the brilliant CPD day for EPs! Well done to those who presented- Laura Baugh, Nicola Gillen, Beth Ward, Emily Matchett, Nicola Gardiner and Enna-Louise D’Arcy. John McMullen

Our youngest children continue to be a joy & a delight and are utterly wonderful to be around but we need to think carefully about how we provide EYFS and KS1 experiences that recognise they are a group with early childhood experiences like no others before or in the future.

Helpful thread on why "doing what we've always done isn't going to work" We need to think even beyond early stages to the whole educational careers of these cohorts. There needs to be long term thinking and adaptation Let's not wait 20 years to find out what we should have done

If you are viewing sexual images of children online, there are serious consequences including job loss, family breakdown and arrest. We can help you stop your illegal behaviour: stopitnow.org.uk/help-to-preven… #StopItNow

Our offer of professional reflective supervision does make a really positive difference to the wellbeing of head teachers. It is great to be able to make such a contribution to support valued colleagues.

I am hiring someone to lead the Children's Commissioner's work on education - very happy to have a call with anyone interested careers.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/job/4bc49e36-f…

Really useful report on #play and children's healthcare from Paul Ramchandani & PEDAL Cam Recommendations are very close to the recent NICE guidance on Babies, Children's and Young People's experiences of Healthcare, too! (nice.org.uk/guidance/ng204) pedalhub.net/projects/item/…

'Shore: a safe place for young people worried about sexual behaviour' delivered by Rachel Haynes of Lucy Faithfull Foundation acamh.org/event/shore-pr… Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health webinar - just £5! #MentalHealth #HarmfulSexualBeahaviour #EvidenceBased #Research

Almost finished first draft of book on #trauma-informed practice in #earlyyears education A nagging suspicion I have left out something important! Here's the contents page - anything missing?

So much great advice in this article, incl: "Don’t be scared of someone’s grief. Face it and walk into it, because you being there dilutes those emotions a little bit Don’t tell us what our loved one would be thinking Check on us at weekends ... sunny days" And much more

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