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Last night I attended a webinar hosted by Kerry Payne, @eyfs4me and delivered by Liz Pemberton, @theblacknurserymanager, on Inclusion in Role Play for Under 5’s. I came away with so many ideas – pages of notes, my mind was full of light bulb moments and memories of children that I have worked with over the…

  “I am not ‘just a childminder’…. I am a CHILDMINDER and proud!” My name is Sally Wright. I am a qualified Early Years Teacher, Play Group co-owner and manager, Early Years Network co-ordinator, published author, early year’s trainer and most importantly an Ofsted registered childminder. When Katey asked if I would like to contribute…

I have always said in Early Years we love an unnecessary job! Unfortunately the way we are regulated means we have to prove ourselves to lots of different people. Along the way we have gotten so good at doing stuff for others – we put unnecessary pressure on ourselves and each other ALL of the…

Today is day number – I have lost track and goodness knows how many days of self-isolation, lock down and social distancing it is now. I said last week that we can forget about giving the days names now, but today definitely feels like a Monday. A Monday when it is grey outside, you feel…

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On international women’s day 2020 I want to share this simple message: in an Early Years workforce that is so dominated by women, we must challenge our views on how we see other women and that starts with knowing your own worth and embracing your own power. It is time to write our own narrative.…

When I was working as a manager, I would often find myself feeling frustrated with my team. Why didn’t they appear to care about things as much as me? Why didn’t they go above and beyond and make things happen the way I did? If they rang in sick, sometimes I would feel annoyed and…

Let me say it loud and clear staff wellbeing cannot be taken care of, or sorted out with a wellbeing basket and a facemask. In fact, it is high time we took personal responsibility for our understanding of what wellbeing really means for our Early Years workforce. I cannot be the only one to have…

As I read out our curriculum intent to our staff team, the words I read run deep and resonate, I feel like I am reading my wedding vows or reading an oath, for these words are emotional, we live and breathe them each day. For our small, staff team understand and we stress this within…

Yoga and early childhood teaching have more in common than you would think! After having over a decade of experience in both disciplines, much of what I have learnt from the philosophy of Yoga has informed the way I carry myself and approach different dynamics and situations in the classroom. I hope you enjoy reading…