Feeling very cross about the idea that we should treat food and forest school activities as 'optional extras' www.linkedin.com/pulse/food-s... #earlyyears
March 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Feeling very cross about the idea that we should treat food and forest school activities as 'optional extras' www.linkedin.com/pulse/food-s... #earlyyears
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#CancelCulture isn't new: #MaryWollstonecraft was cancelled in the 18th century. Join us online on Mon eve as Charlotte Gordon explains all to @jupiterjonz.bsky.social for our #FreeSpeech + #literature series.
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/historical-c...
#charlottegordon #feminism #radicaloutlaws
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/historical-c...
#charlottegordon #feminism #radicaloutlaws
Free Speech and Literature: Historical Cancel Culture with Charlotte Gordon and Jupiter Jones | MK Lit Fest 2025
Charlotte Gordon, author of Radical Outlaws, talks to Jupiter Jones about the eighteenth-century writer and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and how after her untimely death, Wollstonecraft was effectivel...
mklitfest.org
March 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#CancelCulture isn't new: #MaryWollstonecraft was cancelled in the 18th century. Join us online on Mon eve as Charlotte Gordon explains all to @jupiterjonz.bsky.social for our #FreeSpeech + #literature series.
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/historical-c...
#charlottegordon #feminism #radicaloutlaws
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/historical-c...
#charlottegordon #feminism #radicaloutlaws
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The life of Susan Isaacs reminds us how important it is to protect women’s rights in our legislation& in our institutions - &what tragic results Trump’s dismantling of DEI is likely to have for American women. #AccelerateAction #InternationalWomensDay
Forgotten pioneer: Susan Isaacs and the fight for women’s rights
As the US debates gender equality, Susan Isaacs’ life reminds us why women’s rights must be actively defended – not taken for granted
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The life of Susan Isaacs reminds us how important it is to protect women’s rights in our legislation& in our institutions - &what tragic results Trump’s dismantling of DEI is likely to have for American women. #AccelerateAction #InternationalWomensDay
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From gender stereotypes to inadequate facilities, girls continue to face barriers to getting outdoors.
This #InternationalWomensDay, explore four ways to ensure that your outdoor learning and play practice is safe, inclusive, and accessible for all 👇
ltl.org.uk/news/making-...
This #InternationalWomensDay, explore four ways to ensure that your outdoor learning and play practice is safe, inclusive, and accessible for all 👇
ltl.org.uk/news/making-...
Making outdoor learning and play inclusive of girls
The outdoors is for everyone — explore four ways to ensure that outdoor learning and play is safe, inclusive, and accessible for girls.
ltl.org.uk
March 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
From gender stereotypes to inadequate facilities, girls continue to face barriers to getting outdoors.
This #InternationalWomensDay, explore four ways to ensure that your outdoor learning and play practice is safe, inclusive, and accessible for all 👇
ltl.org.uk/news/making-...
This #InternationalWomensDay, explore four ways to ensure that your outdoor learning and play practice is safe, inclusive, and accessible for all 👇
ltl.org.uk/news/making-...
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These titles and more + their authors at our Spring Festival 9 - 12 April in #miltonkeynes. Download a programme: mklitfest.org/downloads Tickets on sale now!
@henrycporter.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social @hallierubenhold.bsky.social @sanjanafeasts.bsky.social #books
@henrycporter.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social @hallierubenhold.bsky.social @sanjanafeasts.bsky.social #books
March 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
These titles and more + their authors at our Spring Festival 9 - 12 April in #miltonkeynes. Download a programme: mklitfest.org/downloads Tickets on sale now!
@henrycporter.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social @hallierubenhold.bsky.social @sanjanafeasts.bsky.social #books
@henrycporter.bsky.social @sceptrebooks.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social @hallierubenhold.bsky.social @sanjanafeasts.bsky.social #books
Well said. ‘Optional extras’ are the wrong way to deal with inequality. Children who would most benefit from Forest schools and healthy meals are more likely to miss out if ‘optional’ and it goes against the EY ethos of inclusivity. Just fund us properly!!
I wanted to do a thread to explain why the DfE making consumables charges voluntary, as per this new guidance, is going to be so problematic for the early years sector. It has the potential to make settings unsustainable especially in areas of high disadvantage. 🧵⬇️
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Early years reform to cut costs and deliver on Plan for Change
Parents to save cash through new guidance to prevent overcharging on childcare whilst £75 million will help deliver final phase of childcare rollout
www.gov.uk
February 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Well said. ‘Optional extras’ are the wrong way to deal with inequality. Children who would most benefit from Forest schools and healthy meals are more likely to miss out if ‘optional’ and it goes against the EY ethos of inclusivity. Just fund us properly!!
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I’m struggling to express how angry this makes me. Expecting us to have a group of children eating packed lunches while others have freshly prepared hot meals shows how determined the govt is to entrench inequality in early years provision 😠😢
I’m struggling to express how angry this makes me. Expecting us to have a group of children eating packed lunches while others have freshly prepared hot meals shows how determined the govt is to entrench inequality in early years provision 😠😢
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
February 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67b88c...
I’m struggling to express how angry this makes me. Expecting us to have a group of children eating packed lunches while others have freshly prepared hot meals shows how determined the govt is to entrench inequality in early years provision 😠😢
I’m struggling to express how angry this makes me. Expecting us to have a group of children eating packed lunches while others have freshly prepared hot meals shows how determined the govt is to entrench inequality in early years provision 😠😢
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There has been lots of attentn paid within the media to the actions of Elon Musk's 4-yr-old son at a press conference held this week in the Oval Office. The child's forceful statements have sparked entertainmnt. I want to call attentn to his emotional state. THREAD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa1m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa1m...
Elon Musk, son at Oval Office: FULL NEWS CONFERENCE
YouTube video by FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
There has been lots of attentn paid within the media to the actions of Elon Musk's 4-yr-old son at a press conference held this week in the Oval Office. The child's forceful statements have sparked entertainmnt. I want to call attentn to his emotional state. THREAD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa1m...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa1m...
No surprise - but please note that we already have not-for-profit social enterprises in the sector that would welcome support!
Two-thirds of England’s poorest families miss out on childcare, report finds
Two-thirds of England’s poorest families miss out on childcare, report finds
IPPR and Save the Children call for measures including new not-for-profit nursery trusts and increased funding for deprived areas
Two-thirds of the poorest families in England are missing out on childcare, according to a report.
Analysis by the…
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:53 AM
No surprise - but please note that we already have not-for-profit social enterprises in the sector that would welcome support!
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My jaw hit the floor when I heard about Gaie Delap's case. A 77-year old peaceful climate protester threatened with being returned to jail...because they can't find a tag small enough for her wrists.
As her MP, I have written to the prisons minister Lord Timpson.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As her MP, I have written to the prisons minister Lord Timpson.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just Stop Oil activist, 77, faces jail recall as wrists too small for electronic tag
Gaie Delap was sent to prison in August for her part in disruptive protests on M25 in November
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 3:45 PM
My jaw hit the floor when I heard about Gaie Delap's case. A 77-year old peaceful climate protester threatened with being returned to jail...because they can't find a tag small enough for her wrists.
As her MP, I have written to the prisons minister Lord Timpson.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As her MP, I have written to the prisons minister Lord Timpson.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is no surprise. Schools in areas with populations of young children are often over-subscribed already (so have no space). Schools with empty classrooms are usually in areas where there are less young children. It’s not rocket science.
www.eyalliance.org.uk/news/2024/11...
Government plan to use spare capacity in primary schools to deliver early years targets is “unlikely to work”, report suggests
Plans to utilise spare capacity in primary schools across England to deliver the spaces required for the ongoing early entitlement expansion is “unlikely to work”, a report produced by consultancy Fro...
www.eyalliance.org.uk
November 27, 2024 at 9:44 AM
This is no surprise. Schools in areas with populations of young children are often over-subscribed already (so have no space). Schools with empty classrooms are usually in areas where there are less young children. It’s not rocket science.
www.eyalliance.org.uk/news/2024/11...
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King Charles charges this RNLI lifeboat station to launch its boat because he owns the beach. And they’re not the only charity he’s rinsing
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
CHARLES, STOP FLEECING BRITAIN
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 2:15 PM
King Charles charges this RNLI lifeboat station to launch its boat because he owns the beach. And they’re not the only charity he’s rinsing
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc