Hannah Crown
@NWfeaturesed
Freelance, @NurseryWorld and @CYPNow magazine, 2025 BASW award winner. Now mostly on LinkedIn and Bluesky https://grudgingnewyorker.wordpress.com/
Any premium #ArtificialIntelligence tool can now 'learn' any qualification now - put in a unit number and out will pop a model answer. So why aren't these quals changing? @ofqual @NCFE @SamiaKazi @EYAlliance see my story for @NurseryWorld tinyurl.com/mryt6mvn
Find out how two nursery groups are using mentors and innovative learning approaches to help develop individuals in their teams. By Hannah Crown nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur…
Hannah Crown reports back from a day spent at the 2025 Barnes Children’s Literature Festival with her four-year-old son and explains why she is now inspired to ‘tear up the story time rule book at home’. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur…
My son and I had fab day of #storytelling @kidslitfest using nursery rhyme rap from @MrMCGrammar #clay from @aardman and sensory storytelling from londondreamtime.com nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur… @NurseryWorld
I'm looking for #nurseries that are doing strong work building staff teams. Could be setting aims and objectives, communication, individual strengths and weaknesses and incorporating #research. For a piece in @NurseryWorld Please get in touch [email protected]
kqed.org/mindshift/6523… Research found switching off internet on smartphone for a few weeks was as effective as antidepressant medication. Well worth a read .
Playtime is not a reward, it’s a right. Children’s to play is enshrined in UN Article 31. All the research points to free play being good for children, and less physical activity being bad for them. So why are schools still reducing breaktimes and using removal as punishment?
There's a warning that playtime is being squeezed out of children's lives, according to a report by early years experts. They're urging the Government to protect playtime in schools after their research found that screen time instead of play, is leaving children unhealthy,…
Let’s make sure Ofsted hears what those working in education really think. Please respond to The Alternative Big Consultation (ABC) Survey surveymonkey.com/r/LQ7KG25
DfE 'cheaper childcare' campaign angers providers - CYP Now cypnow.co.uk/content/news/d…
Why don't parents have access to quality childcare all year around, regardless of whether their children have #SEND? is it because we still de facto expect women to compromise, be flexible, even give up work as these women have been told to do? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Have you any thoughts on the majority male Ofsted board, given they preside over a majority female workforce and independent reports have found @Ofstednews to have a 'macho culture', and dishonesty and bullying by inspectors?
After break of a couple of years to focus on delivering a couple of fabulous @wildinart trails, I'm delighted to be back at the newly rebadged @NurseryWorld Show - Big Day Out. I'm chairing this panel which promises to be lively and thought provoking - hope to see you there.
We don't often cross paths with James Bond at @NurseryWorld, but (rather thrillingly) ianflemingfoundation.org pointed us to an unofficial #007 story in our archives from 3 September 1959. If anyone happens to have a paper copy of that issue they are looking for it! #nwarchives
Children make on average 3 months of progress on @NDNAtalk Maths Champions programme (more here): tinyurl.com/y6badmx2 .
The government is extending funding for Stronger Practice Hubs, which aim to support early years settings in England, for a further year, and rolling out more training for Maths Champions. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/d…
Wonderful to join @froebeledin @playinpoppies & 50x #FabFalkirkEducators at todays Slow sewing workshops, where we shared our @FroebelTrust funded project work. Great participation & practical experiences to deepen knowledge 🧵🪡 Thank you @LvpsN for being fantastic hosts. 💕
Make sure not to miss the opportunity to hear @DanWuori in person in Southampton on March 27th Details and ticket booking here - eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-daycare-…
What a way to begin the day in Belfast: speaking about early years policy at Northern Ireland’s Stormont Parliament Building. Thanks to all involved in hosting - and all who attended - this great conversation. Off to @UlsterUni for tonight’s event for @niscifest.
One thinks of #nurseries existing because mothers wanted to work, but this 1943 kindergarten-trained mother sought them to elevate women's status and have quality time with her children (referenced in article below) @NurseryWorld
@nw_weinstein wrote this interesting (and depressing) piece on 100 years of the #nurseryschool movement for @NurseryWorld centenary A-Z nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur…
"It's similar to how youth clubs used to work" - @StGilesTrust work as part of the #safetaskforce programme - cypnow.co.uk/content/practi…
The Nursery World Awards for 2025 are now open for entries. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/e…
Part 2 of our spatial reasoning series - looking at body sense, from sensorimotor exploration of feet in babies to physically exploring boxes or a number track on the floor nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur… @EChildhoodMaths @CathGripton