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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Arun Kanwar, managing partner at Cairneagle, on Labour's solution to staffing pressures.

Young Leaders: How I got to the top

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Harry Mills, age 27, is chief brand officer for Cherubs Nurseries, which operates ten settings

The plants in my street: Time to go blackberry picking

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

August is the traditional blackberry month – so get a-foraging, says Julie Mountain

Sarah Mackenzie: The positive impact of proposed changes to qualifications 'should not be underestimated'

Opinion

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Well-intended government policies do not always lead to a beneficial outcome for early years settings and their families.

Editor's view: What's in store for twos

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

While the newly announced rates for twos and under are broadly welcomed, not everything adds up for the sector as a whole.

Long Read: Trying to hang on to nursery schools

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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The uncertain fate of five of Croydon's settings highlights a national trend that is casting doubt on the future of nursery schools and the provision they offer. By Catherine Gaunt

SEND: Overcoming the barriers to positive transitions

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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What are the challenges to achieving good transitions for children with SEND? Catherine McLeod, CEO of inclusion charity Dingley's Promise, has led a project to find out

An A to Z of enhancements: L is for large-scale art

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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Encouraging large-scale painting and drawing can open opportunities for children to work collaboratively, develop their motor skills, and create new artistic ideas. By Amy Jackson

Health visitor advice: Addressing pigeon toes

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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In a series written by senior health visitors, Yvonne Douglas at Highlands Health Visiting Team in Enfield, London talks about the often-overlooked problem of pigeon toes (‘intoeing’), how to spot it and what early years settings can do

FLOWER POWER

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Little Angels Nursery in Brighton turned their role-play area into a florist/garden centre.

Communication & Language: How to support children's learning at home

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

In part 2 of her enabling environments series, Dr Tanya Richardson of the University of Northampton investigates how to promote speech and language at home

Management Queries: Checking potential employees' social media

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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Is it right for early years settings to look at job candidates’ social media accounts – and if so, what exactly should they be looking for? By Gabriella Jozwiak

CPD: Tap into Elklan's training for speech and language

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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Settings, childminders and foster carers are benefiting from two training programmes that enable them to better support children's speech, language and communication (SLC)

Our working relationship: 'It's all about communication'

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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In our new monthly series, two colleagues speak to Nursery World about their working relationship – how they support each other and the challenges they face

SLIDE AWAY

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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To celebrate the arrival of summer, children at Coneygarth Farm Day Nursery in Doncaster enjoyed a week of water play.

We've explored… car windscreens

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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Children at one setting were fascinated to see a windscreen being fixed. By Annette Rawstrone

Special Focus: Strategies for creative recruitment

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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When recruiting, how should early years settings word their job ads, set their incentives and treat new starters in order to attract the right people? Annette Rawstrone reports

Expressive Arts and Design: Get set to sew!

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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Sewing promotes sustainable and anti-stereotypical practice and many areas of development, as well as being a useful skill. By Annette Rawstrone

Safer Practices Part 2: Caring for children while they sleep

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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How can settings ensure the safety of sleeping children? By Annette Rawstrone

Social and emotional skills decline among more than half of young children amid pandemic

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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More than half of young children saw their social and emotional skills worsen during the first year of the Covid pandemic, a survey of parents has found.

RUNNING FOR CHARITY

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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Baby room practitioners from Shotley Bridge Nursery School in Durham took part in a Colour Obstacle Run.

⭐️STAR PHOTO⭐️ - A Bird in the Hand

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

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Pitter Patter Day Nursery and Pre-school in Wallasey, Wirral, Merseyside got the opportunity to meet some owls.

Childminder’s petition to end Ofsted’s ‘reign of terror’ attracts 100,000 signatures

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

| Nursery World

A childminder’s petition to ensure any reform of Ofsted inspections also applies to early years settings, has attracted more than 100,000 signatures.

Make the most of the outdoors this summer