29. Birth to 5 Matters is back. Here's what's new!
Nancy Stewart joins Matt and Julia to talk about the newly revised Birth to Five Matters guidance. As Project Lead on both the original 2020 edition and this year's revision, Nancy has spent decades shaping how the sector thinks about child development, from co-authoring the 2012 Development Matters to advising the Tickell review of the EYFS. She is a former Chair of TACTYC and now Vice President of Early Education. We cover why the guidance exists in the first place, the new sections on sustainability and digital pedagogy, why software companies are being told they can't offer checklists…
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