Episódios
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This week, in the last episode of season 1, Craig & Miranda join me to discuss a child's journey/transition to school.
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This week I talk to Jane from Banana Moon Kempston and Liz from Banana Moon Harbury about some of the issues we are facing in the sector. The information shared at the beginning of the podcast is taken from UNICEF.
https://www.unicef.org/ffl/03/#:~:text=The%20first%20five%20years%20of%20a%20child's%20life%20are%20fundamentally%20important.&text=Early%20experiences%20provide%20the%20base,as%20social%20and%20emotional%20abilities.
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This week I talk to Dr Jackie Musgrave, Programme Lead of Early Childhood at the Open University. Below are links to the courses and literature mentioned during today's podcast
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/openlearn/education-development/supporting-childrens-mental-health-and-wellbeing/content-section-overview?active-tab=description-tab
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/supporting-physical-development-early-childhood/1?domain=futurelearn.com
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Babies-Collins-Classics/dp/0007449461/ref=sr11?crid=1EM41TQMOYRJO&dchild=1&keywords=the+water+babies+by+charles+kingsley&qid=1618584253&sprefix=The+Water+Babies+%2Caps%2C155&sr=8-1
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This week we talk to Craig about the Huddle Hot Topic for February, which was parent partnerships. See the links below for further training opportunities and guidance.
FREE Early Years Training & FREE Parental Training:
https://theearlyyearstraininghub.co.uk
VIDEO: Using digital technology in the early years: Partnership with parents
Vimeo by National Literacy Trust:
Using digital technology in the early years: Partnership with parents - Bing video
Working in Partnership with Parents/Carers and Professionals (£60)
Online Learning College:
Working in Partnership with Parents/Carers and Professionals - Online Learning College (online-learning-college.com)
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In today's podcast, we chat with Laura England about the differences between Provocations and Invitations. Laura is a nursery manager as well as an author, trainer, and passionate Early Years advocate. Below are the links discussed in today's show.
https://www.facebook.com/Littlemissearlyyears/
https://www.instagram.com/littlemissearlyyears/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/littlemisseyt
http://www.bookseducation.co.uk/looking-learning-book-pack-p-3412.html
EY Millenials Podcast on Spotify & Apple Podcasts
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Today I am joined by Dr Helen Perkins. Dr Perkins is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood & Family Studies and is Joint Course Leader for Early Childhood Studies at the University of Wolverhampton. She is here to talk to us about her research with the London Early Years Foundation focussing on Men in Childcare. You can read a copy of the research here: https://leyf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Men-in-Childcare-stage-2-Final-v7-JO-HP-TE-compressed.pdf
Other links mentioned in today's podcast:
https://miteyuk.org/
http://www.meninchildcare.co.uk/
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In today's episode, I discuss staff well-being with Craig, the Quality Assurance Regional Lead for the North. Craig and his counterpart for the South, Miranda, hold monthly Senior Leader Huddles for all of the Banana Moon nurseries in the network. In January the nurseries shared their ideas and discussed how they support staff, we hope there will be some tips for you to take back to your own workplace, we hope you enjoy listening!
Here are the links mentioned in today's podcast:
Free Mental Health First Aid - https://freecoursesonline.co.uk/mental-health/mental-health-first-aid/?fbclid=IwAR0rQ9TWwmBkhr6fQ1rFcraWoZzkvPjbTDviUcM3K2BayQvunN2APWp5ShQ&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=ads
NDNA Free Course duration is 3 hours.
https://www.ndna.org.uk/NDNA/Shop/Item_Detail?iProductCode=OT-WELLBE&Category=OT.aspx
Anxiety UK - Offer advice to anybody affected by anxiety, stress and/or anxiety-based depression.
03444 775 774 https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Mind - Provide advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
0300 123 339 https://www.mind.org.uk
Papyrus - Support and advice to young people struggling with thoughts of suicide. 0800 068 41 41 https://www.papyrus-uk.org
Samaritans - offer emotional support for anyone feeling down, distressed or struggling to cope. 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org
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In this episode, I was joined by the lovely Nischa, the founder of Nischa Mindfulness. We had a chat about how to be mindful and happy, she shared lots of tips and some ideas for activities. To learn more about the work Nischa does follow her on social media - Facebook @nischamindfulness, Instagram - nischa_mindfulness or Instagram - happymindfulkids or you can contact her through her website http://nischamindfulness.com/. Nischa can deliver training sessions to you, your team, your parents, or the children.
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In this episode, we talk to Korbalagae from Yassah-Rose Learning. She helps us to unpick some of the new terminologies in the revised development matters and early years foundation stage documents. The websites discussed in the podcast are NAEYC https://www.naeyc.org/ and Zero to Three https://www.zerotothree.org/ You can find out more about Yassah-Rose Learning at https://www.yassah-roselearning.com/
