#EarlyYears

Some #childcare and #earlyyears providers may be put out of business after Christmas because Dept of Children/ Youth Affairs has sought immediate repayment of over-payments according to #ISME. Says demand
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Elephant in the room here. Early Years professionals tend to be women. ‘Childcare’ predominantly viewed as women’s work. Lack of respect & recognition for ‘women’s work’ is ingrained in our
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1/6 Whatever various studies may/may not show about the risks to & transmission from children...staff, parents & families remain @ risk of a serious multi-system disease caused by an #airborne
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Let’s have an EYFS ‘Keep it real’ thread... Post a picture of your setting AFTER the children have played in it. Here’s ours FIVE minutes in, to start you off
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IMO #teachers & #earlyyears staff settings are being SACRIFICED to give an illusion of “SAFETY”. The Gvmt know that if the majority of parents realise these settings are the places
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I AM INCENSED @GavinWilliamson & @educationgovuk ! Your updated advice for #schools/ #earlyyears settings is nonsense! Dangerous, ignorant & callous nonsense. INDOOR MIXING of MANY HOUSEHOLDS for SEVERAL HOURS with
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@MattHancock says yet again that “Schools are safe”, because children are at low risk of serious disease. With current v high disease prevalence (maybe 1 in 20 or 30 in
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If you can, watch the last 30mins of this presentation. Clear, concise & pragmatic advice from @globalhlthtwit @dgurdasani1 & @SarahDRasmussen, as always. Fully opening schools on 8th March w/out mitigation
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Morning @JuliaHB1, I’m not a teacher, a parent of school/nursery age children or a union member. I’m a dr & have worked throughout the #pandemic & have seen #COVID19 up
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Yesterday’s reports from @OfstedNews provide more evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on children and young people – including those in the #earlyyears and those with #SEND. Here’s a thread
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1/5 The SYSTEM OF CONTROLS in #schools is as much use as a chocolate fireguard. Children transmit #coronavirus, often asymptomatically or with symptoms that do not fit the “cough, fever,
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https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/cco-best-beginnings-in-the-early-years.pdf?mc_cid=c44ceb8668&mc_eid=dce3425241 Well, this is an interesting document. My thoughts on a first read. 1/ it makes very clea
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Here’s few reasons @krishgm 1) Govt want parents to work. They need to maintain the illusion that “Schools are safe”. If parents are in doubt they may not send their
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So as a society we have completely accepted that there’ll be NO CHANGES to #schools/#earlyyears settings to EFFECTIVELY MITIGATE 4 a deadly #airborne in poorly ventilated rooms packed w/ young
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Over the last eight years, the Nuffield Foundation has funded some 80 studies on early childhood and the #earlyyearsOn #WorldChildrensDay, we are sharing key findings from 10 of these studies
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1/14 Morning @SophyRidgeSky, just watched the interviews w/ @DominicRaab @annelongfield @timspector & @bphillipsonMP re #schoolsreopening fully on 8th Mar. Discussions focused on dates, primary vs secondary, catch up plans, mental
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