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Category: Education
Back to blogThe importance of Cultural Capital, or how every child deserves a little Water Music more than just now and again.
An invitation to speak at the Early Arts UnConference at the MAC in Birmingham led to my...
Get off the diet kicks and learn to eat, serve and advise on nutritionally sound food.
Admit it, you're either going on a diet, thinking about a diet or have just given up...
Parent engagement: research tells us to avoid being a shrinking violet.
At the recent summer NDNA conference, Professor Kathy Sylva revealed the findings of a research on parental...
The Angels’ Share: a film that turns whiskey into a political metaphor. Drink Up!
When the weather is raining and grey, I often like to go to see a film in...
Mr Mayor, please take an interest in the childcare sector and build a London fit for the next generation
When I started working with children many many years ago, I never envisaged talking about children and...
Leadership elections or popularity contest, you decide.
On Friday, I was delighted to be able to give the keynote speech to the staff of...
Do you really need GCSE Maths grade C to have a laugh or do a sum?
I am very pleased to be able to represent LEYF as a member of Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s...
Cuba, philosophy and Angelina Jolie’s exposed right leg
In stark contrast to last Sunday when I sat in a warm Havana, sipping cocktails and enjoying...
Loneliness is the scariest thing we have to face.
According to Downing St, isolation and loneliness are more dangerous to our health than smoking. Well as...
Failure of the Free Entitlement? No way.
The National Audit Office report Delivering the free entitlement to education for three- and four-year-olds has sent the...
Ofsted is like Marmite, you either love it or hate it
Ofsted gets a mixed reaction from the sector. It can bring you out in a rash or a...