“I see myself as the Benjamin Button of Education”
Talking Early Years – In Conversation with Dr Ger Graus The power of play is recognised within the Early Years sector as essential to children’s development. Playing is…
February 24th 2014
On Saturday, I read a letter in the Guardian coordinated by Early Education calling on local politicians to protect quality provision for children in their early years. It reminded us of the longer term benefit Early Years can have for small children and the longer term consequences if politicians don’t heed this and allow the dismantling of local services.
It was good to hear another group of voices share concerns about what is happening in the sector. It’s only if we co-ordinate and work together that we will have any success at all. The Save Childhood campaign, the ratio campaign, and the #OfstedBigConversation all must be woven onto one big voice. We need a voice with the sheer power of Adele to touch people’s hearts and minds and never be allowed to forget the magic of what they have just heard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qemWRToNYJY
In keeping with the importance of quality and what this means at LEYF, we have released our own The Twoness of Twos report. Using our action research model we have examined what we think is necessary to ensure quality placements for two year olds. Written from a practitioner perspective we will use it to shape our strategy, training plans and practice approach for two year olds attending our nurseries. Our key findings are unsurprising. Here is a taster:
The report will be available to download from our website and I hope to share it when I speak at upcoming conferences:
Busy, Busy, Busy!
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