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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

For your guide to the who, what and where of nursery chains, our directory gives you all the information you need

Nursery Chains 2024: Overview – Wave of Success

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

What does quality provision look like on the ground for thriving nursery groups? Nicole Weinstein talks to some key players to find out

University leaders call on Government to expand the Childcare Grant to postgraduate students

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Leaders of four universities are urging the Government to expand the childcare grant to include postgraduate students so they are not disincentivised from studying for higher qualifications.

Early years settings encouraged to 'take silly seriously' this Red Nose Day

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Children are being urged to ‘get reddy to let loose’ and do something funny for money this Red Nose Day (Friday 15 March).

Special Focus: How apprenticeships are broadening their scope

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Following recent changes designed to make EY apprenticeships more attractive, Karen Hart looks at the opportunities they provide for both trainees and settings

The Big Debate: Labour's plans for universal childcare

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Are Labour’s plans to fund more nursery places within existing primary schools a good way to achieve the party’s vision for universal childcare? We asked two experts in the sector to share their views

Jo Casebourne chief executive, Foundations: Developing a framework for Family Hubs

Opinion

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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An upcoming Planning Framework will help local authorities ensure that Family Hubs meet the needs of their communities, says Jo Casebourne, chief executive of Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families

Market View: Advice for leaseholders when it comes to selling the property

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Leah Turner, co-founder of Owen Froebel, which offers day nursery brokerage, valuations and sales, on whether providers should tell their landlord they are selling.

HR Guru: Finding the 'right' person for a job

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Imogen Edmunds, managing director of Redwing Solutions, which specialises in HR for early years settings, on ‘safer’ recruitment

TWENTY TOP YEARS

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Tops Day Nurseries celebrated its employee Chris Champion’s 20 years with the company.

Kids Planet grows to 182 nurseries

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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The third largest nursery group in the country has acquired its first nurseries in Wales, along with five settings in Greater Manchester.

LIFE AFFIRMING

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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At Abbot’s Hill Nursery in Hertfordshire, children are encouraged to take time out during their day to practise their positive affirmations.

Health & Wellbeing: Dealing with children's anxieties

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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There are many strategies that practitioners can use to help children deal with anxiety. By Annette Rawstrone

What Research Tells Us: ‘Children’s voices: Inclusive early childhood placemaking with children’

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Creating enabling environments in early years settings is a core theme of the Early Years Foundation Stage. But do early years practitioners consider children’s own views when designing a nursery environment? By Gabriella Jozwiak

Book extract: Alison Clark's Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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There are many ways to think about time, says Alison Clark in this edited extract of her book Slow Knowledge and the Unhurried Child

An A to Z of enhancements: R is for Ramps

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Building a ramp to race cars down led to a wider exploration of ramps for various rolling objects, explains Amy Jackson

POND AND PUDDINGS

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Children cared for by childminder Caitlin Smith, who operates The Flower Cottage in Dudley, have been very busy since returning to the setting after Christmas.

Essential resources: Nursery World visits… Naturally Learning Falmouth

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Nicole Weinstein visits a nature-based nursery in Cornwall where the indoor environment matches the beauty of the outdoors

We’ve explored… artists

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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One nursery group is exploring famous artists through dedicated studios, discovers Annette Rawstrone

How co-regulation helps to build trust

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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When settings support co-regulation, children can be calmed in the moment and gain trust in the adults around them, explains Helen Garnett

Sarah Mackenzie: Why we must set our own goals

Opinion

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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Instead of setting goals, we should increase the quality of provision by encouraging staff teams to develop their own good working habits

‘POSITIVI-TEA’

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) turned the tables on the marketing ploy of Blue Monday – supposedly the bleakest day of the year – by turning the day into one of connection and positivity.

All about… clay

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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What are the particular benefits of providing clay as a resource, and how are some settings introducing clay-making skills? Annette Rawstrone finds out

Physical Development: Strategies to develop co-ordination and balance