Has anyone ever lost their sense of taste after general anaesthetic? Two days since surgery and it's driving me mad that I can't taste anything.

Full study on the Cass report found here. It exposes the report to be deeply unreliable and not representative of trans children's healthcare needs tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I feel like if I voted The Labour Party right now, I'd just be voting for the same kind of party that came in in 2010 - the Conservatives before they went completely rabid. It's like our choice is now centre-right or far-right.

And the booking link is here eventbrite.com/e/early-years-…

And here's the booking link eventbrite.com/e/early-years-…

The deliberate and cynical destruction of Sure Start stands out - against stiff competition - as one of the worst long-term policy decisions taken by a British government in recent decades.

This is an excellent article on the Cass review into transgender care. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

What madness is this????

Some of us have been writing about talk and oracy and, dare I say it, group work, for years now! debra-kidd.com/2018/03/13/mak…

‘If children don’t like reading, how we teach it to them isn’t working.’ theconversation.com/phonics-isnt-w…

Our Year 11 Core drama class visited children from Reception yesterday to read stories and role play. It was a great experience for our older students, who hopefully inspired some of our younger students yesterday afternoon! The British School #bsbdrama #oneschool #drama

NEW: Sure Start, England’s first large programme to provide holistic support to families with children under five, greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results.

Read Nick Ridpath Sarah Cattan Pedro Carneiro’s report, funded by Nuffield Foundation: ifs.org.uk/publications/s…

so the Cass review apparently reached their desired conclusion by excluding *almost all studies* showing gender-affirming care to be efficacious. this essay cites 100+ research studies & reviews to that effect – that's a lot of studies to exclude!
juliaserano.medium.com/gender-affirmi…

Had my ear drum surgery today and feeling so very grateful for the Belgian health service and for all my lovely, supportive and kind colleagues at BSB. 💕

Never ceases to amaze me how vitriolic the attacks on Jo Boaler's work are and how co-ordinated. Here's the story from the other side.

Calling all Early Years people!! We're holding a conference at our lovely school in Brussels on June 15th in partnership with Early Excellence talking all things EY and revelling in play. Come and join us - contact Esther O'Connor or me for more details. We would love to see you.

So I now have a Folksy shop for my artwork! Please take a look and share!!

folksy.com/shops/feltingf…