CLASSROOM CLIP OF THE WEEK

Have you seen the Research Schools' Clips from the Classroom? Every week we spotlight a clip of a school putting evidence into practice.

This week it's @ELResearchSch.bsky.social exploring ways to integrate mathematics throughout the day.

WATCH NOW: buff.ly/WSCSUo9

✨🎉𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 for the Powerful Playful Pedagogy Conference have been 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞! 🎉✨

📅 6th Jan 2026
📍 UEL Stratford (USS Campus)

🔥 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗯 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲! 🎟️👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/powerful-p...

🎉 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 — 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝙁𝙍𝙀𝙀 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠!

We’re thrilled to invite you to Powerful Playful Pedagogy

📚 Every attendee will receive a FREE BOOK!

📅 𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
🔗 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/powerful-p...

𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
📅 6th Jan 2026
📍 UEL Stratford (USS Campus)

Our early years conference promotes relational, intentional, and playful pedagogy to make a meaningful difference in children’s development and learning.

🎟️ Book your tickets now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1700490535...

🍎📚 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿! 🎉✏️

We hope you had a fantastic summer break! ☀️😎 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 are excited to reconnect and share evidence-informed practice. 💡🧠

We’ve got lots coming up!

🌱𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿! 🚀

🗣️ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝟮- 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟯-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀?

🌟 Join the 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 (𝗘𝗬𝗖𝗣) trains in-setting champions to lead lasting, impactful change.

🚨 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟯 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀!

📄 F𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗲𝗿

📝 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: forms.gle/CVMuBuj6HSdo...

10 months on, EYCP Champion 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 reflects on the lasting impact of ShREC 💬✨

Now a “way of being” in her setting, it’s boosted confident communication, team practice & parent engagement 🌟

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 👉 sheringham-nur.org.uk/wp-content/u...

𝗘𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻, Lead Early Years Teacher, reflects 9 months on from joining the Early Years Conversation Project in part II 💬✨

📖🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲: sheringham-nur.org.uk/wp-content/u...

𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗕𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲, EYCP Champion, shares how thoughtful interactions and the ShREC approach are transforming language development in early years 🌱🗣️

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 👉 sheringham-nur.org.uk/wp-content/u...

𝗘𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻, Lead Early Years Teacher, took part in the 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 (EYCP) – a powerful programme delivered by East London Research School through the Brighter Start Stronger Practice Hub.

📖🔗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲: shorturl.at/JFSKl

We're delighted to welcome @melissapren.bsky.social and @flissj.bsky.social to the Department!

Melissa and Fliss will be will be supporting Dr Sandra Mathers to create materials for the new PGDip in Early Childhood Education 💡🧩

🎉 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦! 🎉
𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙋𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙜𝙮

Join @elresearchsch.bsky.social & 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 for an inspiring conference!

🌟Professor Iram Siraj, @lizpemtbnm.bsky.social, @paulramchandani.bsky.social & Professor Jenny Gibson.

👉 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁
🔗 forms.gle/jUvYB4XR1aF2...

We are delighted to announce that @melissapren.bsky.social and @flissj.bsky.social have been awarded 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 with the Department of Education, University of Oxford. @education.ox.ac.uk

☀️ 🌞🍦As the summer break begins, all of us at East London Research School would like to wish you a restful and well-deserved break! 🏖️😎

Thank you for engaging with us this year — through our webinars, blogs, and events. 🌱📚

🌺 𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿! 🍉📖

👶🎒📚 We're really excited to share our @theeef.bsky.social (EEF) 🎥 Clip from the Classroom on 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀! 🧠

📺 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗽: researchschool.org.uk/clips-from-t...

#EEFClassroomClips #EarlyYears #MathsInPlay #EYFS #LearningThroughPlay #EEF

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿!‬‬

Today, @theeef.bsky.social has published findings from seven independent evaluations of early years programmes focused on communication and language, and early maths.

📖🔍 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: eef.li/0LGVLC

The @theeef.bsky.social Early Years Content and Engagement Specialist, 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁, appeared alongside @flissj.bsky.social on the latest episode of @derbyresearchsch.bsky.social’s vodcast.

🎥📖📺 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=prPw...

#EEF #EarlyYears #Education #EvidenceInformed

🚨 New strategy for early years education and family services

Today, @departmentforedu.bsky.social‬ has published its new strategy for early years education and family services.
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𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝙎𝙤𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝘼𝙢𝙞𝙣

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘄!!! forms.gle/rXBAzh7ZD4zp...

@elresearchsch.bsky.social @flissj.bsky.social @melissapren.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝙎𝙤𝙤𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝘼𝙢𝙞𝙣!!!

𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘄!!! forms.gle/rXBAzh7ZD4zp...
forms.gle/rXBAzh7ZD4zp...

𝘏𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 @abrighterstart.bsky.social

@flissj.bsky.social @melissapren.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social

🗣️🌱 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 (𝗘𝗬𝗖𝗣)

Explore how mentoring is transforming early years practice in these two insightful articles:

📘 Part 1: 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴
shorturl.at/CTlHj

📗 Part 2: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦
shorturl.at/wQBwS

𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦-𝘵𝘰-𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 @juliangrenier.bsky.social

Part 1 highlights the 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩!

shorturl.at/PBxyF

@theeef.bsky.social

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗥𝗘𝗖 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵!!

shorturl.at/0qwS4

@abrighterstart.bsky.social @flissj.bsky.social @melissapren.bsky.social @juliangrenier.bsky.social @sineadh.bsky.social @theeef.bsky.social @ncb.org.uk

Soofia Amin shows how valuing pupils’ home languages boosts confidence and learning. 🗣️📚 She urges schools to adopt multilingualism through bilingual play, family support, staff training, and inclusive spaces. 🌍🤝

Read her blog: Embracing Every Voice Through a Multilingual Approach
🔗 lnkd.in/eM4FeFA3