A really successful first session on “Transition” with over 30 of our Primary One teachers today! We explored national guidance and reflected on Aline-Wendy’s 4 principles ! Argyll and Bute Council Education Service EY in Argyll & Bute

Nicky that’s lovely- sounds like a great session x

Now we need to make sure everyone knows. This is hugely important.

Agree 100%

#Resolution24 Kate Johnston Great that Upstart is at the SNP Annual Conference in Aberdeen to support resolution 24 which seeks to ensure a child relevant early childhood learning context 0-8 with a special focus on play, relationships, wellbeing and ‘being me’

Upstart Scotland Give Them Time Lisa McCabe Marion Burns Suzanne Zeedyk Just heard that SNP delegates have voted for the motion of raising the school starting age to six with a new kindergarten stage. How good is that? Work starts for Scottish Government to follow through.

Do come to join us at this special event on 20th April at 4o’clock for coffee tea and cake then two fabulous speakers.

Been presenting with students at our Learning & Teaching conference today, but looking forward to listening to these international visitors at the SERA EYN next week. Busy times!

This promises to be a great session. 4o’clock on Thursday 20th April. Join us if you possibly can. Details below.

Will you write a formal request from Upstart to extend this consultation, and to delay a pilot until a revised draft is offered for consultation as it must be? Anyone else out there prepared to write? I think we should!

Improving early years inspection in Scotland tes.com/magazine/analy… Aline-Wendy and I invite you to read/share our opinion piece on the draft framework-links to consultation provided, still four days left to respond. #elcdeservesbetter

So pleased to see this response to the consultation on the draft shared inspection framework -absolutely agree that one size will not fit all. Essential that childminders have input into any proposed inspection model.. hope your offer to help is acted upon.

Don't walk, run... to book our Play Beyond P1 conference! deirdre grogan & I are delighted to announce that Rob Perrée will be closing the day all the way from the Netherlands & Wings Agora: "The school with no classes, no classrooms & no curriculum." thinglink.com/view/scene/179…

What an achievement in this small country of ours. Children’s rights are human rights. In early childhood let’s work hard to have their rights make human sense for children. So pleased.

NS didn’t delete any WhatsApp messages. Nor use WhatsApp. Neither did ScotGov. The ‘deleted messages’ were Twitter DMs she exchanged with Devi Shridar May-Dec 2020, but has retrieved &sent to the enquiry. Devi confirmed this in evidence. Please repost as media lies or is inept!

I am really pleased that this debate has gained such a profile. It has been of great importance to a great many of us for a very long time. However, I do think we need to examine a fundamental question.

Early Scottish child psychologist. Published this book in 1918- The dawn of mind : an introduction to child psychology / by Margaret Drummond (1918). Some notes on her somewhere. Will post more if I find. This book is available in Moray House Library.