Welcome to the FSF November newsletter
Early Years News
Nick Gibb has announced that he will be standing down from his position as MP at the next election. This means he will also resign from his post as Schools Minister, which he has held for a total of 10 years. At the time of writing, there has also just been a cabinet re-shuffle – both the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and Children’s Minister David Johnston remain in their roles.
At the end of October, the Department for Education (DfE) published two documents. Firstly its response to the consultation on changes to the EYFS framework. The Early Years Alliance have summarised the main plans the DfE now have for the reforms, which are due to come into effect in January 2024. Secondly, the DfE released the EYFS 2021 Reforms Research Report. This is based on surveys and research carried out by IFF Research on behalf of the DfE to assess how the 2021 reforms have been embedded into early years practice across the sector so far, and to identify any ongoing gaps or support needs. You can read the full report here.
It's Road Safety Week 2023 from 19th to 25th November. The campaign is run by the charity Brake, and this year the theme is Let’s Talk About SPEED. For more information and links for resources to support you to introduce the topic of road safety, you can go to this forum post.
New Content
FSF articles and podcasts
Our new article for November is by Dr Lucretia Carter Berry, founder of Browncity.com. Lucretia’s article reflects on the power of positive words in anti-racism education for those working with young children, offering suggestions for embedding good practice, and sharing the Hues of You framework designed to support this work.
This month our podcast guests are Orlene Badu and Hannah Clifford. Orlene is a consultant, antiracism trainer, and author of the book How to Build Your Antiracist Classroom. She talks with Jules about how to start your antiracism work. And Hannah is founder of Seren Kids, an organisation that helps adults and children to develop digital skills and e-safety knowledge. She joined Ben and Jules to talk about supporting children to live in an ever-changing digital world. There are also loads of helpful links to information and resources that Hannah talks about, which you can see listed in this forum post. Find all our podcast episodes wherever you like to listen, or from this link.
Tapestry news and resources
The education team at Tapestry HQ have released volume 2 of the Educational Scholars series this month. Curated with early childhood teacher and consultant Rachna Joshi, it explores the work of Indian scholars and philosophy. You can download it free here.
There is also a new beginner’s guide written by early childhood specialist Kerry Murphy. You can access the free download to the Beginner’s Guide to Self-directed Neurodivergent Play from this link.
Wishing you all a safe and happy November
From Helen, Steve and all of us at the FSF and Tapestry.
From The Forum
Dark nights
FSF articles and podcasts
Our new article for November is by Dr Lucretia Carter Berry, founder of Browncity.com. Lucretia’s article reflects on the power of positive words in anti-racism education for those working with young children, offering suggestions for embedding good practice, and sharing the Hues of You framework designed to support this work.
This month our podcast guests are Orlene Badu and Hannah Clifford. Orlene is a consultant, antiracism trainer, and author of the book How to Build Your Antiracist Classroom. She talks with Jules about how to start your antiracism work. And Hannah is founder of Seren Kids, an organisation that helps adults and children to develop digital skills and e-safety knowledge. She joined Ben and Jules to talk about supporting children to live in an ever-changing digital world. There are also loads of helpful links to information and resources that Hannah talks about, which you can see listed in this forum post. Find all our podcast episodes wherever you like to listen, or from this link.
Tapestry news and resources
The education team at Tapestry HQ have released volume 2 of the Educational Scholars series this month. Curated with early childhood teacher and consultant Rachna Joshi, it explores the work of Indian scholars and philosophy. You can download it free here.
There is also a new beginner’s guide written by early childhood specialist Kerry Murphy. You can access the free download to the Beginner’s Guide to Self-directed Neurodivergent Play from this link.
Wishing you all a safe and happy November
From Helen, Steve and all of us at the FSF and Tapestry.
It’s generally considered a fairly miserable event when the clocks go back at the end of October.
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