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      <image:title>Notes - Note #1 - A short reflection on something I’ve been reading and sitting with this month.</image:title>
      <image:caption>1. In December, I finally finished reading Childish Literature by Alejandro Zambra. It’s a collection of short essays by Alejandro Zambra that reflect on reading, education, and childhood. For those interested in modern fatherhood, I think it does a really good job of putting into words all those messy and embodied feelings that can arise and offers reflections on how becoming a parent changes the way we see the world. There are also some beautiful passages on reading with children and raising a child during the pandemic.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2. I had a chapter published in a new book on Anti-racism in Early Childhood Education. I’d recommend this for all educators, it covers a range of issues both within the UK and internationally.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>1. The Family Music Hub is an organisation that supports anyone making music with under fives and their families, to maximise the benefits of family music-making in their communities. They are excited to be launching ‘The Hub’ on January 5th: a brand new, low-cost online platform for anyone who includes music in their work with under fives and their families, offering a rich and varied song bank, bite-sized training modules, live meetups, guest-led sessions, snappy skills sprints and a welcoming community, all accessible across devices. Find out more, join a webinar and sign up to the waiting list at www.thefamilymusichub.org/thehub</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Notes - Note #1 - State of the nation report</image:title>
      <image:caption>2. Last month, the Social Mobility Commission published its State of the Nation 2025 report. It is a wide-ranging analysis of social mobility in England, examining how factors such as family background, poverty, and place shape people’s life chances over time. Much of what the report sets out will feel familiar to those working in education and early years contexts. It reinforces what has long been known: that poverty, parental socioeconomic background, and place are powerful determinants of life chances, and that these patterns are deeply entrenched. It is a just shame that the early years are not given greater consideration in the report! Got something to share? Let me know.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Folks may have seen my LinkedIn post about my visit to Zambia recently. Something I wasn’t expecting to see was a Chinese Shaolin Temple. I’ve since learnt that the relationship between Zambia and China stretches back decades, shaped by trade, infrastructure, and resource extraction, most notably around copper, and more recently through initiatives linked to the Belt and Road initiative. Alongside this, there has been a visible growth in Chinese-run schools and educational provision, competing with Western-style private schools.</image:caption>
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