This is a very exciting opportunity!

Guildford Nursery School and Family Centre@gnsfc.bsky.social · last mo.

🌟 We're hiring! Guildford Nursery School & Family Centre will lead the new Surrey & Hampshire Early Years Stronger Practice Hub (DfE-funded). Recruiting: ✨ Hub Leader (ASAP) ✨ Early Years Stronger Practice Advisers Transform early years education across our region! 📩 buff.ly/CQYnXkx

Join the Early Years Coalition for the launch of Birth to 5 Matters (2nd edition) - non-statutory EYFS guidance. Discover updates, improvements & the new website. Limited places - register now! Can't attend? A recording will be available. Book: buff.ly/2v99C1E

Join us for an experiential book launch bringing practice‑led research to life! 📚✨ • See it in action in our nursery • Meet the authors • Buy signed copies Free event + lunch provided. RSVP 👉 buff.ly/pU4Ib8r We hope you can join us. Places are limited so RSVP now to avoid disappointment!

Join educators from the UK & NZ on 4 June, 7pm BST, for a special webinar celebrating Being & Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice. Ideal for those in the early childhood education & care sector interested in CPD & reflective practice. Book your place: buff.ly/GZb5GNT

Join us for an experiential book launch bringing practice‑led research to life! 📚✨ • See it in action in our nursery • Meet the authors • Buy signed copies Free event + lunch provided. RSVP 👉 buff.ly/pU4Ib8r We hope you can join us. Places are limited so RSVP now to avoid disappointment!

We’re very pleased to share this upcoming webinar hosted by the Froebel Trust 🌿 It will be a real pleasure to come together with contributing educators and Jane Whinnett MBE to reflect on and discuss our new book. We hope you can join us! Free booking details via the link in the comments below.

Froebel Trust@froebeltrust.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New webinar coming this June! 🎉 To celebrate the launch of the book, Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidence Practice, co-authors, Professor Christine Pascal and Sally Cave, plus contributing educators will join us for a special online event. 📅 Thursday 4 June 🕖 7pm 💻 Zoom

New webinar coming this June! 🎉 To celebrate the launch of the book, Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidence Practice, co-authors, Professor Christine Pascal and Sally Cave, plus contributing educators will join us for a special online event. 📅 Thursday 4 June 🕖 7pm 💻 Zoom

Happy Kindergarten Day! 🌱 Celebrating play-based learning and the incredible foundation early years education provides. Proud to nurture curious minds through outdoor exploration, creativity and child-led discovery. #NationalKindergartenDay #EarlyYears #Froebel

Join Guildford Nursery School for hands-on, creative experiences that bring Froebel's principles to life. 📆 9 May at 10am - 12pm 📍 Hazel Avenue GU1 1NR & York Road GU1 4DU ✔ See how we nurture children's natural curiosity & creativity ✔ Chat with our staff Everyone welcome! No booking. #Froebel

📢 Early years practitioners - have your say! The revised Birth to 5 Matters draft is here, with updates on sustainability, digital pedagogy & age-specific approaches. Survey closes 20 April ✅ Complete survey: buff.ly/NUnNydP 📄 Read draft: buff.ly/KO08D7d Help shape the final guidance! 🗣️

EYFS practitioners are invited to join Guildford Nursery School @gnsfc.bsky.social for guided tours of their two sites, where you can see their Froebel-inspired practice in action. The visit will include a tour, time to talk with staff, a Q&A session, and light refreshments. Find out more below:

Froebel Trust@froebeltrust.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Take a tour of the Guildford Nursery School and experience Froebel-inspired practice first-hand! 🤩 The nursery is opening its doors for a special evening at each of their two sites, giving educators an opportunity to see Froebel’s principles in action.

Have you read it? What approaches to early years practice have inspired you lately? We'd love to hear your thoughts! #EarlyYears #FroebelianEducation #ChildCentredLearning #EarlyChildhoodEducation #NurseryEducation #ProfessionalDevelopment

EECERA@eecera.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Book review from Chris Malone on Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice: buff.ly/QL2kzX5 #BookReview #Froebel #CREC #EECERA

🚀 Today’s the day! We’re excited to launch Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice 🎉 ✨ Enjoy 30% off with code: ADC26 👉 Read more & get your copy: buff.ly/ySTLECv

Centre for Research in Early Childhood@crecuk.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Today sees the launch of the “Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice”. 30% Discount code: ADC26. Read more and purchase your copy here: buff.ly/EN6oSXn #EECERA #Froebel

🌱 New Book! Excited to share Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice — a fresh look at how Froebel’s principles shape meaningful, evidence‑informed early years practice. For anyone passionate about play, connection, and holistic learning. 👉

Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice

This seminal text offers an innovative, Froebelian-inspired and evidenced approach to teacher professional development that will promote ethical practice. Providing a timely interpretation and…

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Wishing you all a Merry Christmas from the Froebel Partnership! #HappyChristmas

This powerful new book introduces an innovative, evidence-based approach to the development of Early Childhood Education—rooted in Froebelian pedagogy and designed to promote ethical practice. Essential reading for anyone passionate about shaping the future of early childhood education.

An survey has been launched to hear views from across the early years sector to guide the review of Birth to 5 Matters. The Early Years Coalition (EYC) is calling for people to get involved to help shape priorities for a new edition. Survey closes 24 November. Find the survey at buff.ly/HfHrgsr

Birth to 5 Matters is to be reviewed and relaunched to ensure it is up to date and best meets the needs of the sector. Early years educators are asked to share their views and help shape priorities for the new edition. The survey runs until 24 November. Complete the survey here: buff.ly/5b0kDT3

We are running a free online event for Froebel Trust Alumni Network members on our Reflection with Guidance toolkit on 10 November. Registration forms for the event must be completed by 5pm TODAY. This event is open to Alumni Network members only. Join the network here: buff.ly/ygUGEbT

Edinburgh Froebel Network, in Partnership with the Froebel Trust, is hosting their Gifts for Our Future 14: Being and Belonging Conference in Edinburgh on 8 November. Guildford Nursery School staff will present our Reflection with Guidance toolkit. Find out more and book here: buff.ly/8eZHsXP

Since embarking on an outdoor learning module on a cold, damp Saturday in February, Amanda Burton Smith has contemplated her own connection with nature and considered how she can nurture connections between children and nature. In this final blog, Amanda reflects on her learning. bit.ly/44TaaKl

At the end of July, the Froebel Partnership went to Erfurt, Germany to the International Froebel Society biennial conference. We enjoyed 3 days of thought-provoking presentations, visits and networking opportunities.

Amanda Burton Smith's fifth blog considers the opportunities for nurseries and schools to create wildlife friendly environments in ways that could conserve nature while enabling children to feel connected as part of it. bit.ly/4ll0Vsh

Read Amanda Burton Smith's fourth blog in which she discusses her childhood fascination with ponds and her interest in finding out more about how schools can use ponds safely to enable children to observe and care for pond life in what could be termed, ‘pond pedagogy’. bit.ly/4kxAdLV #Froebel

Read Amanda Burton Smith's blog which considers whether being connected to nature correlates to conserving it and if so, how an educator might engage with larger organisations in order to nurture positive attitudes towards conservation in children. bit.ly/4nHwZbu #Froebel #EngagingWithNature

The ‘biophilia hypothesis’ of Kellert and Wilson (1995) made Amanda Burton Smith curious about whether children who have developed a connection with nature and saw themselves as part of it, would be more inclined to play a role in protecting it. Read her blog to find out more: bit.ly/4ks0dbp

Read Amanda Burton Smith's first blog, Nurturing Connections with Nature from a Froebelian Perspective, written at the outset of her engagement with the Outdoor Learning module at the University of Chichester. buff.ly/8mMnnl8 #Froebel #EngagingWithNature

Routledge Education will be publishing a book about The Froebel Partnership's work - 'Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice' by Chris Pascal, Tony Bertram, Sally Cave, Sue Bennett, Tina Bruce, Anne Denham and Helen Lyndon. Coming in Autumn 2025! @crecuk.bsky.social‬

Unlock the secrets to loving your work with young children! Join Sally Cave—national expert in Froebelian pedagogy—for 90 mins of inspiring dialogue and discover new ways to reignite your passion 🎟️ Last few tickets: bit.ly/3HY7Bhk bit.ly/3HY7Bhk ‪@beynetworks.bsky.social‬ ‪@gnsfc.bsky.social‬

Ever more commonplace within early childhood practice is a focus on measurable outcomes and performativity; through this practice guidance we foreground the breadth of transformations experienced by children, their families, educators and researchers within The Froebel Partnership. buff.ly/fqAvZVP