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There is no doubt that the God of Weather likes children. On Saturday the 1st June, International...
Countdown to our 1st June picnic – a plea to the weather God!
It has been described as a work of fiction by the Pre-School Learning Alliance (PSLA) but is...
Dear Colleagues, it’s time we finally took control.
Our Minister has done us a favour, although she may not have realised it. She has thrown...
Politics is not welcome in the nursery
I write this blog with a sense of anger and despair. Even playing Verdi very loudly and...
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...
Read your two year-old a bedtime story, and start to slowly peel off the label of disadvantage before it sticks
This week has just disappeared, and that is partly because I had meetings every evening. I was...
Be Prepared: 100 Days and counting… and don’t forget the torch.
On Wednesday this week we hosted the sector's first ever Pan London Olympic strategy meeting. It was...
Budget 2012: baby steps for parents, but much more is needed
You know you have grown up when you know the date of the budget, the Chancellor’s name...
Cans of Coke and Curly Wurlys: enough for a leopard to change its spots?
Sensible organisations try and ensure that staff are involved in developing policies and practices at every level....
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...