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Nursery Management: Sustainability - Long-term view

Monday, March 16, 2020

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After doing a course on sustainable leadership, Tops Day Nurseries’ managing director Cheryl Hadland was inspired to bring green transformation to her 30-setting group

Nurseries expected to stay open for key workers from Monday

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Friday, March 20, 2020

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Nursery workers and teachers are on the list of key workers whose children will still be able to attend nursery or school during the coronavirus outbreak.

Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

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Philippe Fraser, director of London-based Bilingual Nurseries and Les Petites Etoiles, has raised concerns about the financial viability of childcare settings if they have to close to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders call for more support to ensure survival of settings

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

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Childcare providers and early years organisations are urgently calling on the Government to offer more support for settings affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

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Friday, March 13, 2020

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Ofsted is being urged to temporarily suspend routine early years inspections in light of the ongoing coronavirus spread.

Coronavirus: More childcare settings closing their doors

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Thursday, March 26, 2020

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An increasing number of nurseries are closing, because they feel that the risk of spreading Covid-19 is too great.

Nursery group pledges to stay open for NHS staff

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Friday, March 20, 2020

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Tops Day Nurseries intend to keep all settings open during the coronavirus outbreak to support NHS staff.

Settings encouraged to stay open over Easter

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

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Settings remaining open to cater for the children of key workers are encouraged to stay open over Easter, the Department of Education has confirmed.

Going Dental

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Monday, March 16, 2020

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Children at Acorn at Kents Hill took part in Public Health England’s 2020 dental survey.

Renewed call for early years curriculum to be extended up to seven

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Play and well-being must be at the centre of young children's development and learning after the coronavirus crisis, when children return to early years settings and school, say campaigners.

Children's Minister: Assisting the early years in unprecedented times

Opinion

Monday, May 4, 2020

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The Government appreciates the sector’s role in managing coronavirus and has set out its schemes to help settings weather the storm financially, says children and families minister Vicky Ford

Doctors call for more funding for nurseries caring for key worker children

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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

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Nurseries that are continuing to operate during the Covid-19 pandemic to support frontline workers need financial support now to keep sustainable, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and British Medical Association (BMA) have jointly stated.

Online platform connects settings and families during lockdown

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Friday, May 1, 2020

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A software platform making it possible for early years settings to stay in touch with families during the current nursery closures is being offered free of charge by digital management solutions provider Famly.

Wales puts 30 hour childcare on hold to pay for key worker children

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Monday, April 6, 2020

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The Welsh Government is launching a coronavirus childcare assistance scheme to support Wales’ critical workers, and suspending the childcare offer for Wales for three months.

Lockdown life: Reasons to be cheerful?

Features

Thursday, May 14, 2020

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While some families are struggling during the coronavirus lockdown, many others are enjoying the extra time spent together, the slower pace of life and getting to know each other better

Actually, it does matter

Opinion

Monday, June 8, 2020

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With the spotlight on protests around the world against racism, educators and the early years sector can be a force for change and make a lasting difference to how children view race, argues Laura Henry-Allain

Coronavirus: Educational gaps widen during lockdown

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Monday, May 18, 2020

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School closures are increasing educational inequalities between the rich and poor, a report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies has revealed, as the debate about wider opening from 1 June continues.

Childminders more likely to stay open than nurseries, survey suggests

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Friday, May 22, 2020

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More than a third of nurseries and around half of childminders have stayed open for keyworkers and vulnerable children, a survey suggests.

AT A DISTANCE

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

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Children at Bright Horizons Blackheath Day Nursery and Preschool in London recently took part in a socially distanced storytime session, when they all tried to remain two metres apart.

Child Development: An essential guide to… regression

Features

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

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What is regression in young children, how can they be supported when experiencing it, and when is their behaviour actually something different? Caroline Vollans explains