Opinion

Peace and gingerbread

As 2015 draws to a close, it is time for reflection and anticipation, says Cathy Nutbrown

Over this year I have asked you to think with me about many different things facing young children, their families and the practitioners who work with them.

I began the year by writing about the folly of the reintroduction of baseline assessment, a theme that has troubled many practitioners and parents as the year has gone on – and continues to do so.

While some recent policies have been worried over and challenged, the global context in which young children are growing up – hunger, homelessness and conflict – makes the need to teach young children how to live peacefully even more important.

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