Passionate About Inspiring Others

I believe that all children deserve practitioners who are inspiring, dynamic, reflective and passionate about their learning. When children have the very best start in their early years they adopt positive dispositions and attitudes to learning and the primary way to assist with this is through inspiring and motivating those who teach them. In this environment children thrive and grow and can achieve their potential.

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I am an advocate for using the outdoors to enhance learning, making learning multi-sensory and active and learning through play. Play is the best way that children of all ages learn and develop. We need to allow children time to become engrossed in their play and encourage them to follow their interests and fascinations. I particularly love the quote by George Bernard Shaw, “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

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Qualifications

Professional Memberships

• Fellow - Higher Education Academy 

• PGCHE

• MA Early Childhood Education

• PGCE Early Years (with QTS)

• Early Years Professional Status (EYPS)

• Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)

• BA (Hons) Humanities (Geography)

• Early Education

• EY Matters

• LGBTQIA Early Years  

Articles 

• Grimmer, T (2018) 'Observing and extending schemas in practice.' Early Education Journal, 85. pp. 4-5. ISSN 0960 - 281X

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• Grimmer, T (2018) 'Children who are ready for school.' Early Years Educator, 20 (1). pp. 38-44. ISSN 2052-4617

• School readiness - don't judge a book by its cover! 

• We Must Ensure our Schools are Ready for Children Entering Year R  

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• Parenta articles

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• 10 Top Tips for Developing a Loving Pedagogy 

• Not All Superheroes Wear Capes

• Five Types of Play in Early Childhood Education

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Book publications 

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• ​Calling all superheroes: supporting and developing superhero play in the early years 

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• School readiness and the characteristics of effective learning: the essential guide for early years practitioners

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• Observing and developing schematic behaviour in young children: a professional's guide for supporting children's learning, play and development.

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• Developing a loving pedagogy in the early years. (2021 -To find out more, please follow Tamsin on Twitter or Facebook

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• Forthcoming - Tamsin is currently working on her next two books, Supporting Behaviour and Emotions and Self-Regulation in Early Childhood

Other external roles

• Lecturer, Bath Spa University, PGCE Primary Teacher Education

• Education Director, Linden Learning Ltd 

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