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by SarahJane Mukherjee Concerns remain high about the impact of the pandemic on children’s education, and initiatives to assist children in ‘catch up’ remain under the spotlight. However, as we emerge from this latest period of lockdown, PlayFirstUK, a group … Continue reading →

To round up our final reports from the recently attended ‘Bicycles, Bricks, Vision & Determination’ conference run by Sightlines, here are  reflections from Jackie Musgrave, Karen Horsley and Lucy Rodriguez-Leon. You will gather from reading their feedback that the conference … Continue reading →

A lovely blog written by one of our associate lecturers, Dr Renu  Bhandari.  COVID lockdowns have taught everyone the importance of the outdoors and its role in mental health. As we emerge from COVID gradually the importance of early years professionals … Continue reading →

‘How Does Learning Happen?’ Ontario’s vision for education Continuing our series of thoughts, impressions and feedback from the Sightlines conference series, John Parry reports back on the session he attended which considered the way that early childhood education is developing … Continue reading →

Last month we reported on Eleonora Teszenyi’s attendance at a Sightlines conference seminar. We thought you would like to hear about another one this month so Jo Josephidou is going to discuss her response to the seminar ‘The Women and … Continue reading →

The Early Childhood team were recently delighted to have the opportunity to attend some of the sessions from the Sightlines conference. The Sightlines Initiative is an organisation which, in their words, is ‘the UK reference point for Reggio Emilia’s preschools’. … Continue reading →

By Jackie Musgrave (Programme leader, Early Childhood and Education Studies [Primary], The Open University. The state of children’s health has been a cause for concern since the start of this century, not just physical health, but mental health conditions are … Continue reading →

What a superb (and really helpful!) post by Early Childhood (E109) Open University  student Kathleen Davies Feeling enthusiastic to study and excited at the prospect of learning about a subject I have never studied before I must admit I felt … Continue reading →

This post is written by Karen Douthwaite who is an Associate Lecturer in Early Childhood here at the Open University. 2020, a year like no other, has seen us adopt new ways of living, in which maintaining distance has been … Continue reading →

By Professor Jane Payler ‘Why would anyone want to come into the early years sector any more, the pay is  dreadful, we are undervalued by the Government and even though we desperately want to  give our staff more money, we … Continue reading →