Early Childhood is the leading national children’s advocacy and membership organisation. We work in partnership with Early Years, School Age Care and Childmindi...
Send us a textAistear, the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework has been updated. In this episode we chat to Dr Sharon Skehill from the NCCA about some of the key developments and changes in the Framework. You can find the Updated Aistear here https://curriculumonline.ie/early-childhood/aistear-2024/
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A Look Back at General Election 2024 with Frances Byrne and Emily Clarke
Send us a textFor our first episode of 2025, and as the final stages of government formation are taking place, we chatted with Frances Byrne and Emily Clarke of Early Childhood Ireland about our policy work during the recent General Election campaign.
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Ensuring Child Safeguarding, with Laura Dagger
Send us a textIn this episode we are delighted to be joined by Laura Dagger, from the National Child Safeguarding Office. She discusses the legal responsibilities of Early Years, School Age Care and registered Childminding settings in relation to Child Safeguarding. She outlines the requirements of the Safeguarding Statement and finally stresses the fact that Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. Laura also signposts us to training and resources that can be found here https://www.childsafeguardingelc.ie/training
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Eco-Emotions in Action, with Johanna Davis and Mary-Ellen O'Sullivan
Send us a textIn this episode we have a conversation with two passionate educators about children thriving outside in nature. Johanna Davis and Mary-Ellen O'Sullivan, from Seedling Nature Schools in Limerick share their experiences of children developing self-regulation and a value for the environment in their outdoor setting.
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Eco-Emotions: Exploring the research, with Muireann Ranta
Send us a textMuireann Ranta, from the South East Technological University joins us for this episode of Early Childhood Ireland's podcast. We discuss how we can encourage children to develop a sense of wonderment about the natural world from their very earliest days and how this sense of wonder supports education for sustainability. The resource developed by OMEP Ireland, called Sustainability for the Start, that Muireann refers to, can be found here
Early Childhood is the leading national children’s advocacy and membership organisation. We work in partnership with Early Years, School Age Care and Childminding settings to ensure that every child is thriving and learning. We advocate for an effective and inclusive system which values, supports and invests in childhood, children and services. Our Vision is that every child is thriving and learning in quality Early Years and School Age Care in centre-based and Childminding settings. Our Mission is to champion quality for children in Early Years, School Age Care and Childminding settings, through our work with our members and on the system.
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