by Heather Stallard | 18 March, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
If your life is anything like mine, you’re pretty much on the go from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed. In the last two weeks alone I have: attended a mentoring course for my students; changed around 60 nappies; attended two meetings with SEN...
by Richard Duddy | 11 March, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
The discussion on quality at last night’s #EYTalking twitter chat closed with a question about continual professional development (CPD) for the early years professional. @EYSUSSEX suggested a few ideas for continual learning that resonated with a few of us...
by Richard Duddy | 10 March, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Ahead of the introduction of the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) in April, we thought we’d run a quick poll to see if you think nurseries can make the process work. For some food for...
by Heather Stallard | 26 February, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Following my recent speaking debut at the Nursery World Show, a few early years practitioners have asked me for a copy of the slides from my presentation ‘How to motivate your team without giving them cake’. So, I thought I’d add them to our blog in case you too were...
by Heather Stallard | 25 February, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Reflective practice has been a buzzword of this era of teaching. As students, our college and university lecturers drummed it into us, “reflect, reflect, reflect”! We kept reflective portfolios, created daily lesson reflections or had one-to-one reflection meetings...
by Heather Stallard | 11 February, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Nurseries are continually full of the unexpected. Staff call in sick at the last moment, children have accidents, disagreements break out between children or the heating can suddenly break down. No two days are the same. In this environment full of the unforeseen, how...
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