30 Jun 2016 Debates
Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Author of The Gentle Sleep Book
YES
“Leaving a baby to cry evokes physiological responses that increase stress hormones. Crying infants experience an increase in heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure. These reactions are likely to result in overheating...
Mandy Gurney, Founder of the Millpond Sleep ClinicNO
Controlled crying is a sleep training method that teaches children to sleep independently.
“Controlled crying does not mean you abandon your baby to their tears but instead you return to briefly check them at set intervals........
16 Jun 2016 Debates
Julie Hyde, executive director, CACHE (Council for Awards in Care, Health and Education)
In 2014 the Government changed the requirements so that all Level 3 Early Years Educators (EYEs) must have at least a C grade in GCSE English and in GCSE maths to count in the ratios. Before this, Functional Skills had been accepted...
Nikki Palmer, assistant head of Early Years education at City of Wolverhampton CollegeWhen this first came out I strongly agreed that functional skills qualifications were a better alternative for the work that early years professionals actually do, I’m now not so sure.
What worries me more than anything is the........