Alison Whelan she/her

Early years teacher, trainer, consultant and storyteller. I believe there is nothing more important than how adults respond to babies and young children.

[Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk]

By the time babies are 1 year old, they have learned a key Life Lesson. "When I need help, will someone come?" The answer they have discovered -- Yes or No -- becomes built into their biology. Their subsequent development is built on that foundation. #Attachment

[Open University Press @OpenUniPress]

Wonderful to see our author #JulieFisher interacting with the the crowd - lots of interesting insights and discussion.

@hempsalls #earlyyears #startingfromthechild

[Coram Hempsall’s @hempsalls]

A big thank you to all our brilliant speakers for a fantastic and thought provoking day at hey! Conference 2024. A big congratulations to @FiJulie and @OpenUniPress for the fifth edition of Starting of the child? 👏👏👏
@DrSue22 @jan_dubiel

[Coram Hempsall’s @hempsalls]

Starting from the Child? Join us & @FiJulie 7 June for the 5th edition book launch & a whole day on the continuum of learning 0-7 years with @jan_dubiel @respond2process @DrSue22 #ruthsharp
book & more info here: https://t.co/e3AMHwHpMl

[Alison Whelan she/her @respond2process]

So looking forward to speaking at this event! https://t.co/W8nNgcfNoq

[Open University Press @OpenUniPress]

⏰Time is running out to register for @hempsalls hey! conference to hear #JulieFisher and other key voices in #EarlyYears discuss the new edition of #StartingFromTheChild and the early years education landscape.

Book now to avoid disappointment: https://t.co/oyzvy7yv64

[Coram Hempsall’s @hempsalls]

Join us and #juliefisher on 7 June for the 5th edition book launch and a whole day on the continuum of learning 0-7 years with @jan_dubiel @respond2process @DrSue22 #ruthsharp book and more info here: https://t.co/e3AMHwHpMl

[Coram Hempsall’s @hempsalls]

'Starting from the Child?' 7 June 2024, London. Informed discussion & thinking curated by @jan_dubiel key principles & children’s experiences of early education from birth to 7 #juliefisher @DrSue22 @OpenUniPress @respond2process Book: https://t.co/jyMZ7OfzLN

[Coram Hempsall’s @hempsalls]

Starting from the Child? 7 June 2024, London. Examining how key principles are embedded in children’s experiences of early education and how these progress from birth to 7 years @jan_dubiel @DrSue22 #juliefisher @OpenUniPress @respond2process https://t.co/uTo94RQb6f

[Alison Gopnik @AlisonGopnik]

A lovely and informative podcast from BBC 4 about the first year of a babies life (and pregnancy and birth). I'm the last episode, 27.

Child https://t.co/LHFt3XSx73

[Coram Hempsall’s @hempsalls]

Join us and #juliefisher on 7 June for the 5th edition book launch and a whole day on the continuum of learning 0-7 years with @jan_dubiel @respond2process @DrSue22 #ruthsharp book and more info here: https://t.co/UKZAiVD4v0

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

Wish people wd stop saying gloomily that it took Tv to get the subpostmasters to the top of the agenda. This is (as Libby Purves has said I think) the real power of arts and drama (expertise that is being starved of funding) Message is: we need to fund the arts.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more https://t.co/YO1k30U4xb

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

The tragic terrible news has come to me that Benjamin Zephaniah's family have announced that Benjamin has died. I'm devastated. I admired him, respected him, learnt from him, loved him. Love and condolences to the family and to all who loved him too.

[Edmund Barnett-Ward @Edmund_B_W]

Coroner's conclusion: suicide contributed to by an OFSTED inspection.

That is a finding of fact.

[Alison Whelan she/her @respond2process]

I just signed the Time for Change petition calling on @UKGOV to improve the law and make England and Wales a hunting free zone. Will you sign too? https://t.co/2Tbk8UUgMl via @38degrees

[Alison Whelan she/her @respond2process]

@NickyBenedetti speaks wise, wise words here. Great shame her interview was interrupted by a 'technical issue' @BBCr4today Please broadcast this interview again live on air, with no interruptions.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

Here’s longer version of our interview with @NickyBenedetti from this morning’s programme, guest edited by members of the Dunbartonshire Concert Band.

Unfortunately the live broadcast was interrupted by a technical issue.

#R4Today

https://t.co/XhYw3J0xKG

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

If your friend’s language or behaviour was crossing a line, would you know how to step in?

My new campaign, Say #Maaate to a Mate, is a single word to stop misogynistic language in its tracks.

Get involved 👇🏽

https://t.co/cQzpAAeZeG

[Suzanne Zeedyk @suzannezeedyk]

You can see very clearly t help ths child has been given in knowng what to DO with t big feelings in her body. Adults helped her figure out how to RELATE to those feelings - how to relate to HERSELF. This is what an attachment-, trauma-aware approach looks like. @paulinescott222

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

Everyday I support families getting kids into school. Every single day. I pick kids up, I bring them to school. Every Single Day.

Mainly due to the failure of every other service.

Schools can’t keep picking up the pieces of a broken system.