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Got a few hours today to commit my thoughts to a blog piece for @famlyhq today on the budget announcement yesterday along with a few people far more knowledgeable than me!
famly.co/blog/early-educatio…
Don’t remember feeling this anxious/hopeful/despairing for a budget in a long time. Feels like, for good or bad, the spotlight will be on early years tomorrow. It’s an odd feeling and after getting so used to shouting from the shadows.
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Three days left to join 703 other amazing early years staff who have shared their stories for our Respect The Sector Survey. Can’t wait to show the world what we’ve found out. Answer here - forms.gle/amq1b7hQV84gjHpP9
Blown out of the water by that speech from @EYAlliance chief and Famly friend Neil Leitch. I feel ready to run through a wall. "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" and justice we will get.
This is your house Liz
Famly stands with @lizpemtbnm and we unreservedly condemn every word printed against her by @Telegraph. We wanted to respond with positivity, and give Liz the stage she deserves to make the constructive (and truthful) case for why her work is needed ⬇️
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They stuck their hand in the bullshit jar and found ‘Maoist’ because they are afraid of a black woman holding space in a sector so important they only write about it when there’s a culture war to fight. All power @lizpemtbnm, appreciate you and your bravery.
🔴 Councils have drafted in “Maoist” diversity consultants to “decolonise the mindsets” of nursery staff working with toddlers, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/05…
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📚Five books made my 2021 joyful and learned.
Alchemy 🧑🔬
HumanKind 🧑🤝🧑
Ready Player One 🎮
Piranessi 🏦
The Value of Everything 💸
Here's why:
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Susanna Clarke honestly made me feel so unsettled with Piranessi, but in the best way. It's mythical and strange and written so poetically and just utterly unputdownable. I read the last quarter in one long sitting that took me to about 2 in the morning.
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@MazzucatoM gave me my trickiest assignment. I started The Value of Everything in May and finished it this morning. Four pages, stop, think, four pages - because of the density of the insight, not the writing (which is excellent). It will shape my politics forever.
#bbccricket following up in Kolarin, Lapland, Finland, praying for a quick dismantling of the tail to warm me up. Furthest north?
What's up @jonathanliew - for Chris' birthday I'm telling you that you make sport's journalism art again and I'm very glad you exist. I send your work to lots of people and they always quote sentences back at me and I suppose that's a pretty good sign isn't it
Today is my birthday. I am 48. Everyone under 35 now qualifies as a child to me. If you would like to give me a present, please tell a writer you like or admire that you're a fan of their work. (Not me. I know you love me.) Thank you. Have a great day, everyone.
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Hands down the best piece of work we've ever made at Famly. Buzzed to get the opportunity to make something so cool (and so important too)
EYFS Tracking is a lie 🎬
Watch our full documentary, and see why now is the time for change: famly.co/software/eyfs/?utm_…
Thanks to Nancy Stewart, Ruth Pimentel, @DrSue22, @juliangrenier plus @WRatcliffOfsted and @PhilMinns from @Ofstednews 👏
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Matt Arnerich retweeted
Nursery head who refused pay rises to keep pre-school open wins Children's Champion award daynurseries.co.uk/news/arti… @famlyhq @MattArnerich
Matt Arnerich retweeted
Hey @BorisJohnson Our Early Years staff have been unbelievable during the pandemic so we compiled 650 stories of their efforts, just like Helena’s: bit.ly/39Pw1pr What more can you do to ensure the Early Years gets the support it deserves for staff, parents and children?
NOWHERE is the gap bigger between how good the UK actually is at something and how good other people think we are at something - than with cheese. Never met a European who thinks we do good cheese. Huge trade opportunity missed. @trussliz pls add to to-do #makebritaincheeseagain
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