Creating a Brighter Future in Early Years
Jacqueline Humphreys
I have worked within the early years sector all my professional life, as a Senior nursery manager, an Eariy Years professional, SendCo, Designated Safeguarding Lead and as a self employed early years consultant.
I enjoy family life at home with my husband, three children and our two dogs. I love being a mum to my three teenage children, although this is by far my biggest challenge and honour. I believe that being a parent is one of the most difficult yet rewarding roles that one can do and working with children and young people comes a very close second. We all need support, advice acknowledgement and encouragement at times to help us on our journey.
I am fully committed to continuing my professional development and am a member of several networks which enable me to learn and further develop my practice. I strive to improve on my current best and make a difference to the practitioners, children and families that I am in contact with.
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. I am passionate about delivering high quality early years training and consultancy services on all aspects of early childhood education.
I continue to be an advocate for listening to young children, making learning multi-sensory, active and, of course, playful. 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.”