I have a story about a penguin that I have been wanting to share but just needed the right moment and a suitable platform, so here it is... My son H, then aged 8, was enjoying his class topic on Antarctica. This topic had captured H's imagination and he had so much to tell us on the subject. One day H revealed that he was unhappy and in his words 'did not like his life' - after some gentle discussion it transpired that H was finding it difficult to be in school as the class

We were really pleased to be invited to the Early Years Career Event at Gloucestershire College today. It was a pleasure to meet fellow professionals in Early Years, all striving to inspire the future Early Years and Health and Social Care workforce. We spent two hours talking with students, discovering what inspires them and where they want to progress to. We are really interested to find out what motivates people to study in this field. Over the last week we have worked wi