Empowering Early Education: Championing change for the sector

The early years sector continues to face various challenges and pressures which have undoubtedly been exacerbated by the pandemic. As the world now recovers from the stark imprint the pandemic has left, it has become more apparent where changes are needed. While it’s impossible to make a positive transformation overnight, we know the importance…

25 July 2022

Early Years Inspire TTS Welcome Wellbeing

Register for our FREE Empowering Early Years Education webinar!

The Early Years workforce is experiencing several challenges, including practitioner wellbeing concerns, staff recruitment, and retention as well as a lack of funding across the sector. With a growing number of pressures and challenges for providers and practitioners, it is evident that change is needed. Our webinar is now available to watch on-demand for…

25 July 2022

Early Years TTS Wellbeing

June O’Sullivan: Tackling the early years crisis

As CEO and creator of the UK's leading childcare social enterprise, June continues to break new ground in the development of LEYF's (London Early Years Foundation) scalable social business model. She remains a tireless campaigner for children, families, and the early years community. June has developed the LEYF Pedagogy and champions community-based, multi-generational early years…

21 July 2022

Early Years TTS Wellbeing

Purnima Tanuku: Raising the profile of the early years sector

NDNA are an award-winning charity and membership association supporting nurseries, early years settings and their workforce. They help settings to deliver the best possible early education and care to our youngest children. A national charity representing private, voluntary and independent (PVI) children’s nurseries across the UK. NDNA are the voice of the 24,000-strong nursery sector, an…

21 July 2022

Little Lockdowners Primary Reading

Rachel Clarke: Reading with confidence post pandemic

We know from research that the Covid-19 school closures have had an impact on children’s attainment, and for children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds this has frequently led to a widening of the attainment gap. In primary schools it has been the youngest children who have experienced the most challenges with learning. This is not to say…

13 July 2022

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Jan Dubiel: Life and Learnings after Covid

Have the recent global events reshaped and revaluated our view of Early Years Education? The seismic trauma inflicted on humanity through the Pandemic has left its indelible mark on all of us. We are full of stories and testimonies that bear witness to the personal impact of the virus, the anxiety that surrounded it, and…

12 July 2022

Little Lockdowners Maths Primary

Dr. Ems Lord: Three reasons for embedding cross-curricular maths

When chatting with primary teachers about the challenges they’re facing teaching maths, three key issues which tend to dominate our conversations are engaging their students: managing the differing attainment levels in their classrooms and finding the time to cover everything during the busy school day (I might also add the need to support teachers to…

8 July 2022

Curriculum Little Lockdowners TTS

Using STEM to fill the pandemic gaps

In March 2021 parents breathed a sigh of relief at the end of homeschooling in the UK. Meanwhile teachers waited with baited breath as their pupils returned after months of missed school life. Since then, organisations around the world have been studying the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning. Ofsted have specifically reported: delays in…

6 July 2022

Curriculum Little Lockdowners TTS

Rachel Clarke: Understanding reading comprehension

Comprehension is the ability to understand. In reading it’s the term we use to talk about children’s understanding of texts. Whether you’re an experienced or inexperienced teacher, you’ll know that teaching reading comprehension is one of the most challenging aspects of literacy. In this article I set about sharing my advice for getting the most…

6 July 2022

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Q&A with Rachel Clarke: How can we encourage reading for pleasure?

Watch reading expert, Rachel Clarke and Primary Teacher and Educational Consultant, Simon Hunt, as they explore the impact of the pandemic on reading in the primary years. In this exclusive TTS Talking Q&A, educators will discover practical ways to encourage reading for pleasure in the classroom and at home. Access exclusive insights: Loved this article? Discover…

6 July 2022

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