Nursery World's April issue looks at new directions
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
With Covid-19 restrictions easing, it's a good time to think about fresh approaches - there's plenty of advice and information in our April issue, now out in print and online.
Best practice features:
- An essential new series on the Areas of Learning in the run-up to the revised EYFS continues with Personal, Social and Emotional Development
- How one nursery school built its curriculum on core experiences
- Embracing the neurodiversity of children with SEND
- Choosing and using the best resources for learning about minibeasts
- Lessons from lockdown about enhancing relations with parents
- Our Health & Nutrition strand talks to one nursery group which has switched to a plant-based diet
- Our regular activity section, with a project on making paper; Julie Mountain's outdoor calendar for April; activities for sustainable education; physical development ideas for birth to threes; and the A to Z of learning
A new series of posters on the theme of collections continues with Hats and Headwear
In our management section:
- Our series on running your business in a new operating environment continues with funding and occupancy
- An online course focusing on digital play
- Showing parents the benefits of outdoor play in our CPD series
- MCI explains its STAR quality assurance framework
News, analysis and opinion includes:
- Exclusive article from children and families minister Vicky Ford
- Eunice Lumsden and Peter Moss and Claire Cameron call for a rethink on early childhood services
- Interview with Bright Horizons new early childhood director Caroline Wright
- Exclusive report on LEA underspend of early years funding
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