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Mentally healthy schools

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  • Monday, September 18, 2023
  • | CYP Now
How do we create mentally healthy schools? The first thing that comes to mind is the old anecdote about asking for directions in rural Ireland: “Well, I wouldn’t start from here.”

A big ambition for children

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  • Thursday, September 14, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Today I am launching a new campaign ahead of the next general election called the Big Ambition because I want to hear directly from children and young people about what they want to see from politicians about the issues they care about.

Attendance is everyone's business

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  • Monday, September 11, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Students up and down the country have been returning to school, or beginning at their new school after a well deserved summer holiday, even if the weather hasn’t really resembled much of a summer…

The massive impact of health visits

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  • Monday, September 4, 2023
  • | CYP Now
At the annual Adventures with Alice Pedagogy and Play Residential, I listened to Suzanne Zeedyck speak passionately about the importance of connecting with babies. In particular, helping parents and Early Years staff understand the importance of this connection.

Talking must now lead to plan of action

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  • Monday, September 4, 2023
  • | CYP Now
I’m writing this blog before I’m due to go on holiday and hoping the fiasco with the air traffic control fault is resolved soon so we can get away to a warmer and sunnier climate.

Reflections from the North West

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  • Tuesday, August 29, 2023
  • | CYP Now
I write this having recently been talking with my team about a very difficult placement sufficiency ‘market’ (how we come to use the language we do about children needing loving homes is beyond me!).

Every summer has its own story

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  • Monday, August 21, 2023
  • | CYP Now
As I write this blog in a local café, the radio announces that 15 asylum-seekers have boarded the barge in Portland.