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Linda Thornton
Linda has over 40 years' experience in education as a teacher, headteacher, adviser and lead officer for early years for a local authority. She is passionate about developing children’s thinking and learning, valuing creative learning environments and encouraging educators to think about the ‘why’ as well as the ‘how’ in their approach to teaching.
Together with Pat Brunton, Linda edited Early Years Update newsletter and has co-authored many books on early years learning and development.
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Linda Thornton examines the first of the Early Years Teachers’ Standards and suggests points for practitioners to reflect on
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Download and adapt our model policy for early years parental and carer involvement to use in your setting
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Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton discuss the benefits of playing with light and dark with early years children, offering thinking skills activity ideas
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Outdoor provision in the early years at St Edward’s School has some interesting learning opportunities. Lynn Young, head of early years, describes bringing an underused wooden chalet in the school grounds to life by using it as an outdoor library
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Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton suggest ways to use small world play to encourage not only imaginative play but mathematics learning too
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Provide personalised, professional training for your early years staff with our bite-size training modules, each based on an area of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework
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Linda Thornton takes a closer look at the second of the Early Years Teachers’ Standards, suggesting points for reflection for those looking to gain EYTS
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Linda Thornton considers what Teachers’ Standard 3 means for early years practitioners in terms of their practice, and suggests points for reflection
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Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton provide a handy summary of recent changes to the early years self-evaluation form