Gail

Early Years and Family Support Service Manager: early intervention & prevention; first 1000 days; funded childcare offer; parenting strategy. All views my own.

[Gail @GailGBennett]

@KarenJBateson @BroniaArnott @ParentInfantFdn We continue to progress our work in Flintshire. Fabulous recognition of progress and highlighting such an important area for all our future.

[Martha Sercombe @MarthaSercombe]

This is so great for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 particularly as Perinatal & Infant Mental Health workforce training is supported in this plan🙌

[Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk]

@Mr_PaintPots @MOW204 So what would you say keeps the whole of the EY sector from knowing this, David? Tiredness? Overwhelm? How do we help people to confront their own biases? Denial is perfectly understandable in adults, yet it harms children. How do we find more curiosity for uncomfortable things?

[David Wright @Mr_PaintPots]

@suzannezeedyk @MOW204 I think a large part of it is simply lack of understanding. It is extraordinary that attachment and the biological need for a sense of safety are not major topics in early years qualifications curricula. I hope things are changing. Every EY setting needs a culture of nurture.

[Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk]

@Mr_PaintPots @MOW204 @TIGERSEYAcad This is why I think yr new Enhanced Apprenticeship on Play & Attachment is important. If t early years sector doesn't hv a good understanding of the biological need for safety, then we can't create really good EY practice, especially in a tired, undervalued sector.

[Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk]

Sometimes whn a child is disappointed, they slump. That's okay with us adults. It's no bother. Other times, children protest. They push back, angry. We adults tend to like that a lot less. Our culture doesn't like angry children. So we tend to control them, rather than help.

[Sally Hogg @salhogg]

“By truly valuing all children, whatever circumstances they are born into, we create a healthier citizen, less dependent on the state in the future and more able to rise to the many challenges of modern-day life.”

[Solihull Approach North Wales @SolihullNWales]

With children back to school tomorrow for a new term why not give some of the Solihull Approach courses a go? To access the online course, click on https://t.co/ECzPYAktLT and use the NWSOL access code

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#SolihullNWales

[Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk]

“In nursery, children are choosing to play on their own. They’re not as confident as they were before COVID….We have never seen this many children who require additional support.” In today’s Sunday Post

[Eurochild_org @Eurochild_org]

Eurochild's top 3️⃣ suggestions for #Belgium to fight #ChildPoverty:
🔸 accessible & affordable #EarlyChildhoodEducation & Care
🔸 more inclusive #education system
🔸 stronger social housing programme
Read more in our latest report, (In)visible children 👉https://t.co/rGiluEzgzf

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

We need to think differently about children who aren’t fine at school. We need to stop saying the problem is them. We need to stop the interventions which assume their feelings are irrational. That’s what I’m talking about next week. Come and join me. https://t.co/t5uUdpVnb9

[Steve Chalke @SteveChalke]

I believe this is so important, I’m tweeting it again:

“The great tragedy is the lack of vocational education in schools. Not everybody is designed for the academic. I feel this has been forgotten for a long time.”

King Charles III
Speaking on BBC’s ‘The Repair Shop’

[early play @earlyplay]

Childhood is not a race to see how quickly a child can read, write and count. It is a small window of time to learn and develop at the pace that is right for each individual child. Earlier is not better. ~ Magda Gerber #parenting

[Sally Hogg @salhogg]

What if "growth, growth, growth" wasn't about economic growth.
What if it we focussed on growing wellbeing, social capital, relationships...
What if it was babies' and children's growth that we cared about?

[early play @earlyplay]

Play is the answer to how anything new comes about. ~ Jean Piaget

[Agata D'Addato @AgataDaddato]

Welcome the proposals to deliver universal access to high-quality #ECEC, incl for the most vulnerable children. Welcome the proposed increase in the target of children under 3 participating in ECEC & establishing a legal entitlement to ECEC #EUCareStrategy @Eurochild_org

[Sally Hogg @salhogg]

This week, children who were 18-30 mo at lockdown 1 will be starting school. What additional struggles might they have? What unmet need will be uncovered?

If you work with 0-2 yr olds in the UK, please complete this short survey about the ongoing impact of the pandemic. 🙏

[Gail @GailGBennett]

@honor_rhodes @JoCoupleTherapy Not a throw away society? That is an interesting concept. Looking forward to a good read.

[Steve Chalke @SteveChalke]

12 yr old thug arrested for drug running’. Why does the headline read that way? Why doesn’t it read ‘12 yr old boy rescued from drug gang’? Why does our language so often promote condemnation rather than compassion?