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Learning & Development: Blockplay - Stacking up

    Features
  • Tuesday, September 7, 2010
    • | Nursery World
A deeper understanding of children's blockplay and significant improvements in practice in different types of settings were discovered in a unique research project by early years consultants Daniel Spry, Pauline Latchford and Annabel Hollis.

Leadership - team learns a lot from looking at levels of children's involvement

    Features
  • Monday, October 3, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Southwark Primary School in Nottingham City has kicked off the new term with training for the EYFS and Year 1 staff about Ferre Laevers scales of involvement and well-being. Believing that levels of children's well-being are already high, nursery leader Pip Otter has decided to focus on levels of involvement during child-initiated play.

QuILT: Covering every aspect of quality

    Features
  • Monday, July 9, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Judith Twani, independent early years consultant, trainer and early education improvement officer for Thurrock Council, explains how a modular quality assurance and improvement scheme is proving both versatile and enduring for a range of settings

With feeling

    Features
  • Monday, October 29, 2018
    • | Nursery World
What is empathy and its role in learning? An edited extract from Helen Garnett’s book on the subject, which won a Nursery World award this year, reveals all

Nursery Management: Poverty - Destined for failure?

    Features
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Early years practitioners know that part of their job is reducing the disadvantage gap. But what do they really think of poor children? Dr Donald Simpson, who has led a two-year study into practitioners'perceptions of poverty, reports.

Work Matters: Careers - Where do I go from here?

    Features
  • Wednesday, October 31, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Where could a BTEC in counselling lead a candidate with a wealth of working experience, that includes teaching, managing a bereavement service and training? Tina Jefferies suggests three career options.

Leadership - supporting staff to see the whole child

    Features
  • Friday, May 11, 2012
    • | Nursery World
While observation forms an important part of both planning and assessment at Southwark Primary School in Nottingham, nursery leader Leisa Towle recently identified staff who needed more support to undertake it effectively. She explains how this involved helping them to understand what to observe, when and how.

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