Dr Aaron Bradbury
@AaronTeamEC
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18 year old qualified level 3 Early Years Educator being paid £8.50 per hour at a Nursery.
Her friend who is 17 has no qualifications and is being paid £11 an hour at a supermarket.
Let that sink in. This is the issue for Recruitment and Retention crisis in the EYs.
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A visit to the hospital tonight with my mum as she isn’t too well. However this is the scene at Heartlands Hospital in Bham. There are easily 13 ambulances with people in them waiting to be seen. This is our NHS in reality. These are people. Very sad scenes
@BorisJohnson
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I think the biggest failing of the
@Conservatives
was the scrapping of Sure Start Children’s Centres. I remember the impact I had working in them for so long. Scrapping them ruined children and families life chances.
I won’t forget, will you?
#GeneralElectionNow
@UKLabour
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Tuff trays have become the new worksheets. I’ve seen some awful pedagogy of late. I am finding that educators are sticking anything into a tuff spot. We went through a stage of using worksheets it’s now tuff spots. Before you do it ask why. If it’s for insta then it’s not needed.
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A man who went in [Gove] and got rid of Every Child Matters is a crook. A true reflection on how the Tories broke Britain. This was 2010, 14 years later they continue to break us and attack the lifelines of so many families and children.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Free
#TeamEarlyChildhood
Giveaway.
@tamsingrimmer
has donated a signed copy of her book, Developing a loving pedagogy in the EYs. Just retweet and like to be in the draw. You have until Wednesday 13th October 7pm. One person will be chosen at random. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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I graduated today with my Doctor of Education. My supervisors have inspired and mentored me throughout to get to this point. I can’t thank them enough. Thank you
@bill_esmond
&
@drlizatkins
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This is the best tweet I’ve seen from a politician. Family matters.
This weekend I get to do the most joyful and important thing I do: being a Dad.
Together, Emily and I care for our wonderful son John, who has severe physical and learning disabilities.
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My new years wish is for
@UKLabour
@Keir_Starmer
@bphillipsonMP
@helenhayes
@AngelaRayner
to value children and families in their manifesto and bring back a version of Sure Start. It made the biggest difference for outcomes for children. Conservatives and Lib Dem’s took it away.
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Just a quick thought. Where are all the extra Early Years professionals going to come from to expand the ‘Free’ Childcare for next year?
I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news but a lot have gone to work for Aldi.
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I have one of these bad boys to give away. No more printing, losing bits of paper.
@SAGEeducation
have put together the EYFS in this book for you. So I’m giving away one copy to one of my EYFS pals on Twitter. You have until Friday 28th August mid day to like and share this post.
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Had conferment of my Ed D today. So I am Dr now. Here is what my research is about and huge thank you to those acknowledged in my research for their support and guidance. Thank you I can’t wait to share my research with you all.
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I had my Viva today and I have passed with amendments.
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Today’s towel animal is…. We actually done know so if you can tell us that would be great 😊 😂😂😂
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I have one of these bad boys to give away. No more printing, losing bits of paper.
@SAGEeducation
have put together the EYFS in this book for you. So I’m giving away one copy to one of my EYFS pals on Twitter. You have until Monday 2nd Nov mid day to like and share this post.
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I’ve lost 2 stone in 8 weeks. My health was in a bad way and the drs said things which made me wake up. But, I’m working on it and taking the time to focus on me. The left is my heaviest and the right is now. Slowly making progress.
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If a child is crying sat at a table with a teacher because they are being taught phonics. I think we may have to rethink the strategy. It’s not going to instil a love of reading, language and literacy is it????
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Enjoying a cheeky glass of champagne. 10 year anniversary of marriage today
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Me and my husband still feel uneasy to walk down the street as a married couple. This is the U.K. in 2020. We have things shouted at us, we go shopping and we get laughed at. Ive had jokes made at work. Im not equal. I still have to shout for equality for all. Pride Month
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Why are we so transfixed on doing so many interventions in the EYs. If we put more effort into reflecting on making our EYFS more centred around the child we wouldn’t need interventions. We just need to focus on what the children need in the NOW. Play, Love, Empathy & Joy
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It’s now Official and on its way. I have the pleasure of letting you all know that
@SwailesRuth
and I will be co editing a book together with many other chapter authors called ‘Early Childhood Theorists Today’ I am very excited 😜 watch this space.
#TeamEarlyChildhood
#EYFS
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The biggest betrayal to children and families in the UK by our Conservative Government was the massacre and closures of Sure Start Children’s Centres. The free childcare offer now is literally just smoke and mirrors. Free childcare is not the same as universal services.
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Trigger Warning.
I am very poorly and have been knocked off my feet. But when a Twitter friend sends you the best get well card, well you have to share it lol 😂
It has made me laugh 😂
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Average Early Years practitioner pay
£9.72 per hour
works closely with babies, toddlers or preschoolers, looking after their day-to-day needs like changing and feeding, and also organising & planning age-appropriate play to stimulate their physical, educational and emotional
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8 Years Married today (15th August 2013). Happy Anniversary to
@Gary_Coffey01
who has made my life complete. Here is to many more as each day our love grows stronger and stronger. Love, Fun and laughter is what keeps us together. 🧡⭐️✌️🏳️🌈
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My mum has called me this morning. She has tested positive for Coronavirus. It’s such a shit world. I am her carer and I can’t get there myself. She is worried and I have never prayed so much in my life. I am hoping that she pulls through. Love to you all. I’m very sad today.
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Happy 7th Year Anniversary to my beautiful Husband. Very proud moment for us both. Love and Kindness is the key to our marriage 👍😊💙❤️🧡💛💚💜
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Having lunch in Santorini atm. We are very lucky to get the amazing views too.
#Cruise
#Santorini
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Sure start was one of the biggest investments to our country and our children. A dedication by the treasury at 99-2010. Let’s not forget it was a choice but a clear one for our children, families and the future. Thank you
@GordonBrown
for your investment and drive at the time.
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DRAFT
Statutory framework
for the early years
foundation stage
Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five
Published: 12 July 2023
Effective: 4 September 2023
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I have had to say goodbye to my best friend today, Leo. The pain of losing not just your pet but your bestie is heart wrenching. We both loved Leo with our hearts and I am truly gutted to have had to say goodbye. Run free my darling love you lots 🥲💚❤️😞
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Did anyone else get Matey Bubble Bath for Christmas or was it just me.
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We now have a large – and growing – pool of evidence to show that learning through play is the best way to support learning.
Five key characteristics unlock playful learning
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If we could be part of an Early Childhood manifesto for
@UKLabour
what would your three main points of consideration be:
Mine are:
1. Revive Sure Start
2. Access to school nurse and dentists
3. Raise the age of starting school at 6.
#childrenmatter
#EarlyChildhood
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I am putting this out there again because Early Years professionals are amazing 👍😊⭐️❤️
#TeamEC
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Taking it back to basics
Play Dough
1️⃣develops fine motor skills.
2️⃣It's calming for children.
3️⃣encourages creativity.
4️⃣enhances hand-eye coordination.
5️⃣supports-social skills.
6️⃣supports literacy and numeracy.
7️⃣promotes play.
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Who remembers this bad boy ' Birth to three matters'?. Those were the days. My pack was with me on the back seat when I was visiting homes, new birth checks, stay and play and mother and baby sessions. Brings back so many memories.
#EYFS
#EarlyYears
#TeamEC
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And it wouldn’t be a book launch without a celebratory cake 🎂😊👍
@SAGEeducation
@SAGE_Publishing
@SwailesRuth
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WE DO NOT NEED KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS IN THE EYFS. GIVE YOUR HEAD A WOBBLE 😩
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Thank you to everyone who has sent me messages and tweets about the homophobic hate I recieved. I have had so much support and well wishes. Just remember that Love and Acceptance wins. I won’t be silenced. Maybe for 8 hours while I slept 🤣😂 thank you to everyone 👍⭐️🧡
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Just for fun. What was your childhood favourite cartoon. Mine was The Raggy Dolls. What was yours?
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I won’t ever apologise or be made to feel that the LGBT Early Years magazine and website is a bad thing. If we can teach children and parents about acceptance,love one another and celebrate diversity then that is what it is about. We must continue to do better and challenge hate
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It is now official. I will be leaving my amazing colleagues and students in February at UCB to start a new Position at Nottingham Trent University as Principal Lecturer. Proud to have worked at such a valuable University in the Heart of Birmingham, But now, onto my next chapter.
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It has been a complete whirlwind but I’ve got to celebrate my little wins. Thank you to everyone who has wished me well and congratulated me on my Viva. I have some amendments to make so will focus on them over the next couple of months. Thanks again. Love to you all and my team
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As it’s getting closer to Christmas
@SwailesRuth
and I are giving away one of our best sellers. Like, retweet and share before the 19th December. One person will find out on the evening of the 19th. Early Childhood Theories Today
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Let's bring a bit of Joy back to the Early Years. It all seems a little too serious of late. Listening to those say it's learning and focusing on curriculum. Let's not forget we are dealing with our youngest in society. Play, fun, love and joy should be at the heart of our
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Right my shoes are on. Heading to Bham this afternoon for drinkies and the start of my holibobs. See you all soon 👍⭐️✌️😁💛❤️♥️💙💜🖤💚🧡🤎🤍
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My only tweet today is this. I have been booked by lots of EYs LAs and Teaching schools recently. They are keen to hear an alternative narrative. One which focuses on the unique child, one which focuses on child development and one which focuses on love and nurture.
#TeamEC
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⭐️⭐️Excited. Transcript of our new book
@SwailesRuth
is in with
@SAGEeducation
today. A dedicated book which isn’t a closed shop, it’s chapters for all sectors within Early Childhood. Appropriate for PVI, Maintained, Parenting, Community, Health and Social Care and much more. ⭐️
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Love the fact that our
@SwailesRuth
book has been
@amazon
best seller for the whole weekend. Sorry to keep going on but it’s a proud moment and I am excited.
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There are Early Years Professionals who are MEN who can also be a part of Early Years Expert Panels. Just thought it was important to mention.
#TeamEarlyChildhood
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Knowing that a child somewhere will be playing with the blocks that I had made at
@community_play
brings me joy. Play has to be the bedrock of the EYs
#TeamEC
#EarlyYears
#Play
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Morning, went on a walk this morning with the dog. Went past a house with a child in the window waving at me to look at his sign. I said well done 👍 he ran off smiling. Here is the sign, saying thank you 😊 Little things 😂😊❤️
#TeamEarlyChildhood
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Thanks
@marksandspencer
I love your new advert as you have given elf on the shelf the boot. Also kind of empowers us to do Christmas how we want to do it. That’s special in our own way as we all do it a little differently 👍😊🥳❤️
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More pictures from the state run kindergarten in Shanghai. They have a lot of space which is unusual, but they utilise all of it. Including the stairs inside the kindergarten which converts into a slide. Their theme this term is Autumn.
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Do you want to build your EY curriculum based on child development and your children’s needs whilst fulfilling the statutory requirements ? Look out for our new book coming in the new year which explores curriculum development from the foundations upwards.
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We Need more money from central government for the Early Years.
That is my tweet for today 👍
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Here is my Lemon cake. It ended up a little bigger than I had planned but who’s going to complain that they have more cake to eat.
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Something very exciting to share with you all. We have developed a new edited book
@PhilippaThomps4
&
@SwailesRuth
with some amazing people focusing on a manifesto for Early Childhood focusing on what is needed for the next 10 years. We are excited and hope you will be too.
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We are up up and away ✈️ Greece here we come. See you all very soon ⭐️👍😊💙💚🧡💜
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I have been looking at quotes recently and reflecting.
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Continuing my collection of representation books for Early Years Reviews and my students. Julian is a mermaid. This is a fantastic book and celebrates diversity 😊👍⭐️🌈
#TeamEarlyChildhood
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Average Nursery practitioner salaries can range between £7.99-12.66 per hour. I want
@UKLabour
to say how we can invest in the future of our professionals who look after and educate our most precious in society, the 0-5 year olds.
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This so made me think today. Where did we change the narrative of play, sticking a few numbers in the tuff spot and calling it play is not play. It’s an adult outcome and not a child’s. We need to get back to joy, fun and child initiated play. Love this made by
@JoFreeRangePlay
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Sending my good friend and colleague a smiling face. Thinking of you
@SwailesRuth
. Sending you and the girls all the love in the whole wide world at the minute. Hugs, love ❤️
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I am very proud of my Everyone is Awesome Lego set. Took me back to my childhood too. Spent the last hour making this while watching Ugly Betty.
#Pride2021
@LEGO_Group
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⭐️⭐️⭐️Well here it is. Still very much work in progress but it’s a start. The Early Childhood Resource Bank. If you have anything to add and you think would be useful to share then let me know and I can add it.
#TeamEarlyChildhood
⭐️⭐️⭐️
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We booked a double room and the Hotel gave us a house lol. We are bumbling around it and have so many rooms, haha, and also enjoying the lemons and oranges too 😂😂😂
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Excited that my Everyone is Awesome Lego has arrived Woop woop. I’m thinking I need one for me office now too??? Will be doing this later today
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I have this little book of quotes. Let’s play a game. See how amazing you are. Tell me a number between 1-90 and I will send you the quote from that page. Let’s go. Who is going to go first.
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Oh wow thank you to the person who has nominated me for this award. I am very humbled. Thank you
#TeamEarlyChildhood
#LGBTQEarlyYears
#EYMatters
#EYTalking
Congratulations to Aaron Bradbury
@AaronEarlyYears
who has been nominated for the Positive Role Model (LGBT) Award at The National Diversity Awards 2021. To vote please visit
#NDA21
#Nominate
#VotingNowOpen
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Sitting down now with my practitioner research. My thesis. Time to make lots of notes and prepare for my Viva 😬😬😬✊🏻
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Yay the books have arrived today. It was a real privilege to be asked to write the foreword for The Early Years Foundation Stage Guidance. Feeling a bit proud 🥲. Night all
#TeamEarlyChildhood
#EarlyYears
#EYE
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Heading to London today to celebrate the
@NurseryWorldAwd
. Myself and
@SwailesRuth
edited book is nominated for book of the year. Plus I get to present an award too. See some of you there 👍😊🥳
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@andrealeadsom
Did you not vote for sewage to enter the waterways and the sea then? Show us the electorate what you were actually voting on. Because why did 22 of your MPs not vote for it? Because it’s not true and you are gaslighting people as usual.
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I am putting this out there again because Early Years professionals are amazing 👍😊⭐️❤️
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Corona Update. Last night was bad. Temp was high. Still can’t move really, the aches and pains are horrendous, have never felt this bad. I dread to think what it would be like with no vaccine? 😱
Today I am going to be sleeping. Take care to protect you and others. ❤️❤️❤️
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I’ve had a lot of DMs asking about the chair in our new Early Childhood Simulation Suite at NTU. Yes it is an Elmer Chair and fits snug in the corner.
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Can you tell me one positive thing that the conservatives have done for children over the past 14 years?
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Ok so today I had my confirmation. An opportunity for me to defend my research. It was hard, lots of questions but I left being told that I had done well, defended it and for me to continue with my analysis. So I have my data and now time to start writing it up. Yay 😀
#EdD
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Where is Labour
@UKLabour
? Why are you not supporting the Educators, Early Years sector and Unions? Your silence is noticeable?
@Keir_Starmer
why are you not saying anything? Labour have lost it if you don’t support it this time. You are the opposition, grow some and challenge.
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I have spoken to a couple of Nursery Practitioners over the weekend. They told me that they are having to sit with no heating on as they can’t heat their home. These are full time members of our community living in poverty. Just another reminder of our living wages in the EYs.
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Guys I know I’ve said that I won’t be silenced but I can’t stand the constant barrages of hate, so I am protecting my tweets again for a bit. Just to clarify the magazine isn’t for Children. It’s for professionals and not a document for children. Simple 😊👍⭐️
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Children Centres were a national offer. They provided early help services for all. They were a national treasure of children’s services. We are proud of our NHS and we should be proud of our Children’s Centres too. It’s time to make stand and invest. Children 0-8 matter
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The government has made the EY a sector once seen across the world as progressive is now becoming a system of two tiers, those that just do the care ‘pre reception’ and those that do the education, reception. What has happened to our well constructed EYs?
That’s my tweet.
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Well done to everyone who has emailed
@Ofstednews
and turned the tide on Gavin trying to threaten Educators, because that is what it was. Great work Guys maybe they need to investigate him, I expect
@halfon4harlowMP
to do this and do it right.
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I wanted our next book co authored with
@tamsingrimmer
. We have truly enjoyed writing this one. Links and release date will be out soon.
This is truly what the EY should be about. Love and Nurture in the Early Years
#Love
#Nurture
#EarlyYears
#EYFS
#TeamEC
@SageEducation
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I’ve seen these new trainers at Kurt Geiger. Do I get them?
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Covid Update: so today I am starting to feel some normal. I am completely exhausted and small things become big things. Mum has WhatsApp video me this morning and is talking and eating. Positive day today. But slow steps moving forward. Thank you everyone much love ❤️
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A shout out to Ruth
@SwailesRuth
today. It has been the best partnership working together, true EY pedagogy, friendship & respect. Ruth inspires me every day, she gets up even in the hardest of times and for that I am truly grateful. Thank you Ruth heres to the next chapter
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As a chair of governors, just like staff well-being is important, I always ask my headteacher if they are ok, and is there anything I can do. The role is hard enough, finances, pressures, shortages of staff, we don’t need Ofsted agenda on top of this. If you are COG check in on
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⭐️Book Giveaway⭐️
Here is a book I’ve reviewed on my website by June O’Sullivan and one lucky person will be able to get hold of this book. All you need to do is like and retweet. Closes 12 noon on Monday 7th Feb.
#TeamEarlyChildhood
#TeamEC
#EarlyYears
#EYFS
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I’m humbled that our Book Early Childhood Theories Today has been shortlisted in the NW Awards. Thank you to my co editor
@SwailesRuth
and to all the authors
@PhilippaThomps4
@Dr_Pam_Jarvis
@thepetitioner
@tamsingrimmer
@Valerie_JKD
@DrSue22
Meredith. Thank you to all of you too
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The trainers are even better in real life. Love them ⭐️😊👍💛
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Here is my mum. It has been one of the most difficult years. As many of you know I’m a full time carer for my parents. They appreciate what I do. But I appreciate them for teaching me about the world and no matter what to teach everyone with respect. Happy Mother’s Day mom.
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Birth to Five Matters Non Statutory Guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage. The preferred guidance written by the sector and for the sector.
#Birthto5Matters
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It was so lovely to get the official email from
@NurseryWorldAwd
today.
I’ve been shortlisted for two categories. First one is for our book Early Childhood Theories Today with
@SwailesRuth
and Et al.
And then trainer of the year. We are all winners in my mind as we love EY
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