Christmas is here, with decorations going up and shops packed with festive treats. A key tradition each year, regardless of weather, is indulging in holiday food. Historically, Advent was a period of fasting up to Christmas Eve, followed by feasting for the 12 days of Christmas. People eagerly enjoyed mince pies, meats, fruits, and turkey, […]
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Christmas time is full of exciting events. The build-up really starts in October with Halloween, Diwali, Guy Fawks, Remembrance, Children in Need … the list goes on and on. While it breaks up the darker days and nights and gives us as adults something to look forward to, it can be an unsettling and exhausting
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Young children do not always have the verbal skills to tell us how they feel, let alone articulate complex emotions. This is where movement serves as a natural outlet and emotional release for their feelings, ranging from joy to frustration and anger. Can you imagine being unable to express your emotions verbally? Frustrating! I always
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Modern Britain is a diverse and multicultural society with people from different races and cultures living side-by-side, working together and contributing to the wider British society. It is something to be celebrated and valued as we teach our young children the values of tolerance, acceptance or others, and appreciation for all the diverse aspects of
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Humans, it turns out, possess much higher metabolic rates than other mammals, including our close relatives, apes and chimpanzees, finds a new Harvard study. Having both high resting and active metabolism, researchers say, enabled our hunter-gatherer ancestors to get all the food they needed while also growing bigger brains, living longer, and increasing their rates
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An Ed School panel highlighted the critical role schools can play in helping students learn to listen to different perspectives and have conversations across divides in a webinar on Thursday. “Schools are one of the places where people with diverse perspectives are often together,” said Richard Weissbourd, senior lecturer on education. “Other settings are often
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A new study shows that being sedentary increases the risk of the most common types of heart disease, even among those who get enough exercise. Investigators at Mass General Brigham found sedentary behavior was associated with higher risks of all four types of heart disease, with a marked 40-60 percent greater risk of heart failure
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An upcoming New Year is a time for reflection and new intentions in many aspects of life, and early years is no different. Taking stock of where we have made progress and where there is still work to do is necessary for continued improvement and growth. 2024 was an important year for settings as there
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Reflective and reflexive practices are essential to professional growth in early years education. In this blog, we will discover that while reflective practice allows us to evaluate and adjust after the fact, reflexive practice involves real-time self-awareness and adaptability, taking professional self-assessment to a deeper level. Reflective Practice – Learning Through Evaluation Reflective practice invites
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Five Harvard College students are among the 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars for 2025, the most awarded to any institution this year. Three international students in the College also received Rhodes Scholarships, bringing Harvard’s total to eight. The students will attend Oxford University next year to pursue graduate studies in fields ranging from political theory to
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