Brains are built not born & sharing books with children from a young age is food for the brain, stimulating patterns of brain development which help build pathways - the building blocks for literacy, language & socio emotional health.
#EarlyLiteracy#SharingBooks
Our Creative Industries are growing fast.
Opportunities to get in and get on in a creative role should be open to all.
Find out more this @CreativeCareer5 Week, and help us spread the word ⬇️
https://t.co/9X3MHQ9RaI
#discovercreativecareers
A new report by Child of the North - led by @n8@n8research & @_henorth - & @annelongfield’s @Cfyounglives urges the government to tackle the preschool crisis and warns that hundreds of thousands of children arrive at school not ready for learning https://t.co/oYmD5gsHq6
Skills England published their first paper. Good skills stuff but minimised lifelong learning to a bit of HE. While this paper really explains the power of lifelong learning. @Jacqui_Smith1 if you combine both we would have a brilliant LLL policy https://t.co/U3p4nzPymZ
Great to discuss how we can inspire the joy of reading for children and families at the @HarperCollinsUK and @EduPolicyInst event. @RobBiddulph made the important point that we should include all types of reading material including comics.
#ReadingForPleasure
🔍 Research shows that parental engagement matters a lot to children’s success at school.
Find out how to strengthen connections between home and school to support children’s learning with our guidance report.
Download now: https://t.co/2lI6bht2za
Welcome to @LordJimKnight - new Chair of our Board! 🙌
Former cabinet minister Jim has enjoyed a hugely successful career in education and politics and met the team at our #STEMgiving20 celebrations. A huge thank you to @baroness_brown who he replaces: https://t.co/9znoLMpoYp
You can discreetly 'ask for Henry' at any of Morrisons' Cafés once per day till Sunday 14 July.
It's hoping to provide hot meals (normally £4.25) to those who may otherwise struggle to afford it. 💛
So even if it's not for you, please do pass it on ⬇️
https://t.co/P9LSURQgRm
Definitely playing to our ‘connection’ theme @_TheFEA Summit this morning!
@teesvalleyed proud to be here and connecting with colleagues through the system, for the system
#FairEdForAll
A helpful reminder from @GinaCicerone@_TheFEA this morning
System change is not linear.
Education based inequality cannot only be addressed through education interventions….
We passionately believe this @teesvalleyed#FairEdForAll#SystemChange
Punitive approaches to improving school attendance no longer work and schools should instead look at ‘collaborative’ methods, working with the families of pupils, a study finds
https://t.co/Y6W2s0Cj7h
🌟 Download the summary poster for at-a-glance support on supporting self-regulation and executive function skills for young children in your care.
Download: https://t.co/EaES5nyhP3
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@bphillipsonMP Great to see skills and FE mentioned. A new Skills landscape might be helpful but prefer the set up funding be used to incentivises adults back in to learning and retraining which in turn will improve productivity. https://t.co/O522uaRK0f
Young children love playing pretend games & often use their own experiences as part of their play to help them make sense of situations & relationships around them. Playing in this way also helps develop children’s imagination, communication & language skills.
#Imaginativeplay
New: The gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in the primary to secondary transition is widening, @FFTEduDatalab has found
While absence patterns are partially to blame, differences in parent support may also be a factor 👇
https://t.co/bIvxjeQKoc
💥 Register to vote today!💥
It’s National Voter Registration Day – your LAST CHANCE to #RegisterToVote in the General Election🗳️
Spread the word – especially to the young people in your life
It only takes 5 min. Make your voice heard
Register to vote👉https://t.co/nUQoZOXJly