We’ve
got a real variety this month.
The
major article is by Lindsay White – a review of a fascinating
poem from 500 years ago on the way to rear children called Paedotrophia.
Our understanding of some things has certainly changed since then,
but some issues look the same today.
We’ve
also written about the Children’s
Workforce Strategy Report. The deadline for responses
is 22 July, so there is still time to make your points to the DfES.
It is a real opportunity for childcare workers to help to shape their
profession.
A
suitable theme for summer which crops up in more than one piece is
the outdoors. Keith White
writes of the impact of the physical setting in which childcare takes
place. There is a report of a competition which ends in the Kielder
Forest, and the Hesley column tells of the sense of achievement that
can be gained through outdoor pursuits.
Another
mini-theme is sex. Gus
Greene looks back at thinking about sexual conduct thirty years ago,
while the APPGC has been updated on sexually harmful behaviour by
children.
Good
practice
is covered by Max Smart talking about the need to develop trust with
untrusting young people, and Valerie Jackson writes of babies’
ways of learning to calculate spatially.
The
plot gets depressing in the In Care
column.
And
we’ve included an announcement from SCIE about the relaunch
of their database, Social Care Online,
which should prove to be a valuable resource for workers with children
and others.
Sorry
that we’ve fewer pictures than usual, but it’s a minor
miracle that we’re publishing on time this month, with thanks
due to the Leeds General Infirmary who miraculously patched up our
Production Manager between issues. (Thanks also to Bill Stevenson,
the Production Manager, who’s treated work on the Webmag
as occupational therapy to aid his recovery from a triple bypass.)
Enjoy
your reading.
David
Lane
Editor
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