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PACEY Conference 2024
I was invited to attend the conference by the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) as an attendee. It was very kind to be offered a place and I accepted the offer (which I usually would have declined) due to my ongoing mindset work of being grateful and accepting opportunities that come my…
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Skills. I’ve got them and so have you.
Today I’ve been working on the research for my podcast for childminders on the theme of valuing skills. It’s a strange subject to cover in a podcast for childminders one might say. It’s seems to be something that childminder’s don’t really think about much until some negative media attention happens and we all jump on…
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Persona Dolls: Why was I so nervous?
Why has it taken me so long to introduce my doll to my setting? Writing is supposed to help us reflect, so maybe we will find out together about the roots of my apprehension.
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Childminder of the Year experience
Being nominated for Childminder of the Year was a complete surprise to me. I didn’t know I had been nominated until I had been selected as a finalist so it was a real shock to the system. I found out that I was nominated by families of the children I care for, alongside some childminding…
