Category Archives: Updates

Talking Montessori is a series of webinars hosted by James Crawley on behalf of the Montessori Group, with the aim of uniting people across the global Montessori Community. The webinars feature a variety of guests from the Montessori and Early Years sectors in conversations around current topics. This recent webinar asks “Where is the EarlyContinue reading “Talking Montessori: Birth to 5 Matters”

As guidance from the sector, by the sector, the Birth to 5 Matters team continue to seek the views of practitioners, and to respond to what practitioners tell us they want and need. Our second major online survey (14 December 2020 – 11 January 2021) offered the chance to read and respond to the first draftContinue reading “Feedback from our consultation on the first draft of Birth to 5 Matters”

The first draft of Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector is published today, along with a consultation survey seeking feedback from practitioners. The non-statutory guidance is produced by the Early Years Coalition, a group of 16 major early years organisations, and aims to support practitioners as they implement theContinue reading “Press release: Coalition seeks input from early years sector with launch of Birth to 5 Matters draft”

Liz Pemberton and Shaddai Tembo In this article, we share our thoughts around equalities in relation to a survey in October and subsequent report on the results of the first Birth to 5 Matters practitioner online survey. We both believe it is necessary to ensure that race is not omitted nor given lesser importance withinContinue reading “Foregrounding racial equalities in the Birth to 5 Matters guidance”

As guidance from the sector, by the sector, the Early Years Coalition intends for Birth to 5 Matters to listen and respond to what practitioners tell us they want and need. We began by asking practitioners to tell us what they wanted in an online survey which closed on 2 November, and were pleased to gather theContinue reading “Birth to 5 Matters initial survey results”

Watch the video of Nancy Stewart, our project lead, speaking about the Birth to 5 Matters guidance at the Childcare & Education Virtual Summit held on the 21st November 2020, kindly shared with permission.

We’ll be holding a webinar at 7pm on Wednesday 16 December to present the first draft of Birth to 5 Matters. The consultation on the draft will include opportunities to comment via an online questionnaire and to participate in discussion events organised by the coalition partners. The webinar will be streamed live via our FacebookContinue reading “Save the date: webinar on draft guidance”