How nursery rhymes can help your little stars twinkle: Michelle Windridge recommends 5 ways to use nursery rhymes in EYFS to help develop linguistic skills tes.com/magazine/teach…

My second piece for Tes 💕

Today our Level 5 students considered how they could support parents and colleagues when introducing gender diversity strategies into a setting #GenderDiversity #EarlyChildhoodStudies Emma Davis Andrew

Looking forward to continuing the discussion around the impact picture books have on children’s perception of gender roles tomorrow. See you all at 9am! #EarlyChildhoodStudies

Experiences of gender: Gender formation and fluidity #EYFS #TeamEC earlyyearseducator.co.uk/features/artic…

A fantastic article by our very own Gemma Kirby, well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Associate Lecturer Gemma Kirby takes a look at how early years education professionals can nurture emotional resilience and help prepare children for school in this piece for Tes Magazine. tes.com/magazine/teach…

'Poor wellbeing is usually a more sustained issue, unlikely to be resolved with one good shoulder rub,’ says Jon Hutchinson. So, how can middle leaders make meaningful progress around staff wellbeing? tes.com/magazine/leade…

‘Digital distractions’ a major reason why a third of pupils in each class need extra support with reading, according to a teacher survey tes.com/magazine/news/…

The first of my mini series of articles targeted at undergraduate students ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Haven’t posted for a while but wanted to share my recent publication looking at the Role of UK #Dietitians in #Spiritual #Care very proud to see this in print!

Clearing is now open! Secure your place at University College Birmingham this September. Call our Clearing team on 0121 604 1040 ✨ 📞 orlo.uk/aReEr #WeveGotYourBack

Looking for a football assembly to use in school tomorrow? Gareth Southgate’s pre-match team talk is a perfect way to explore identity, role models and what it means to be English. Free assembly plan here #nooutsiders no-outsiders-assembly.blogspot.com/2024/07/more-t…

For the last two years, I’ve been involved in a ‘Schools of Recovery’ research project with Rebecca Taylor, Head of Education and Big Brum Theatre. It’s culminated in us publishing a chapter on teacher development in relation to children’s engagement with live theatre.

💕 Mixed feelings today as we today said goodbye to our amazing Primary Education students 💕

The proportion of trainees who dropped out or did not achieve qualified teacher status (QTS) in 2022-23 was the highest in six years, according to new Department for Education data tes.com/magazine/news/…

Many #EarlyYearsStudents📚will have finished their studies & be getting ready to start their #firstjob after the summer⏰👩‍🏫👨‍🏫 Early years consultant at HFL Education Jo Watkins shares advice for newly-qualified practitioners entering the workforce👇magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12…

'Not only do we need to attract more people into teaching, we also need to do much more to keep those we already have in the profession': NAHT leader says he would back a government review of the teaching profession tes.com/magazine/news/…

❓‘Can I have a career in #earlyyears if I'm neurodiverse?’🤔 👇👇Michelle Windridge 🌸𝕄𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕖 𝕎𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕕𝕘𝕖🌸 from University College Birmingham shares tips and advice for #neurodiverse students studying and preparing for a career in early educations and care 📚🤓🧑‍🎓👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.129…

A step in the right direction 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 #ofsted tes.com/magazine/news/…