03. Matt Martin, difficult nursery decisions, and counting poos
Matt is a business manager of a group of Scottish settings called the Little Beehive and has been in the nursery business for over 10 years. Matt has contributed his ideas and improvements for the sector to our Famly blog, creating popular articles about having fewer transitions, a living wage for all educators, increasing conversions from enquiries, and the value of a survey.
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02. Alison Featherbe, artificial intelligence, and Early Years scorecards
Alison has worked in the Early Years for 40 years, as a nursery manager, early years teacher, and even an Early Years Development Officer for a Local Authority. Nowadays, she’s a procedure and policy genius, helping settings navigate everything from Ofsted, the EYFS, and safeguarding, to schemas, and behaviour and wellbeing. Alison even sat on the panel to award our first children’s champion winner.
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01. Alice Sharp, educating Generation Beta, and the world’s biggest spoon collection
Alice Sharp has enchanted and inspired educators in the Early Years for over 30 years- but how is she using all that experience to help shape the childhoods of tomorrow? Tiny Chair Podcast hosts, Julia and Matt, ask Alice about how we can prepare Generation Beta for the future, the magic of materials, her Early Learning Lab, and why parents shouldn’t panic if their child wants to be a milk maid.
Early years chats to brighten your day. Get ready for daily dilemmas, pedagogy puzzles, and heaps of interactive games. It’s the only EY podcast that’ll really make you giggle. Brought to you by Famly.
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