It is not okay for a DfE funded website to list an incorrect set of 'subjects' for #EYFS. The *areas of learning* are set out in the *Statutory Framework*. Please retweet if you would like @OakNational to correct this. Thanks to everyone who has retweeted this. I'm really hoping that @OakNational will notice my message in their notifications and get this sorted because lots of us have asked politely many times. #RespectEYFS

I think I've figured out why @Ofstednews is in such a mess around curriculum in the early years. The problem is all about their definition of learning. #thread 1/n 🧵 ⬇️ They want to believe that learning is about memorising a linear sequence of 'knowledge items' so they can say that 'progression' is about moving along that line. ('Curriculum is the progression model'). 2/n ⬇️

Okay, so here's where we are with @educationgovuk as far as I'm concerned. 🧵

Their behaviour towards children, parents and staff is completely reckless. Basically no real Covid mitigations while case numbers rage and children are hospitalised. 1/n While government kind of claims to want to do something about systemic misogyny against women and girls (if they could remember the definition), we get this rubbish from @nadhimzahawi. 2/n

Okay I'm going to take a deep breath, post this, and then go into the garden for a few hours. Some things that men can do to better support women on social media and more generally. 1/n #thread ⬇️ 1. Consider who you retweet and in what way. What does your attitude to women's/WoC's voices look like?
2. If women object to what you thought was a joke, don't shrug it off, say it was 'just bantz' or claim they are over reacting. 2/n

I'm going to spend some of today reading the new #DevelopmentMatters in depth and tweeting some extracts/questions. Currently pondering this bit - how do we define "high-quality play"? Sitting here with copies of the old and new versions of #DevelopmentMatters in front of me. One obvious observation is that the old version feels much easier to 'dip in and out' of, because of the way that it's structured.

Another short(ish) thread about #Ofsted ... I no longer have any faith (and I never had much) in the impartiality of the inspectorate. As far as I’m concerned, this is not what an ‘evidence informed’ organisation looks like - this is an ideological inspectorate that has a view and quotes only the evidence that backs it up.

I've been asked to send @educationgovuk an email with my questions about the #baselinetest. Here's a thread of the questions I've asked so far. 1. Will parental consent be requested to test the children and to gather and store the data, given the fact that they will not be of compulsory school age?