by Richard Duddy | 11 May, 2015 | Business, Nursery management |
If you are a nursery professional, you are probably a people person: you have to be when you spend most of your day communicating with children, parents and colleagues. But how often do you go and meet peers outside of your setting? There are many benefits to be...
by Heather Stallard | 23 April, 2015 | Childcare, Nursery management |
Although we work in a primarily play-based environment, sometimes our activities and our days can lack lustre and excitement. You can feel it when your team has almost run out of enthusiasm and you can see some of the same ideas being reworked. Recently, I’ve been...
by Richard Duddy | 16 April, 2015 | Business, Childcare, Nursery management |
When you get excited, you sometimes do things without thinking about the consequences. It’s quite possible that such a scenario led to David Cameron’s surprise pledge to increase free childcare hours for three to four-year-olds. We are, after all, in the midst of...
by Heather Stallard | 2 April, 2015 | Business, Childcare, Nursery management |
The current hot topic on the Government’s agenda is the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP): an additional amount of money that is intended to support our most “at risk” 3–4 year olds. At first glance, it appears that the Government have finally listened to the outcry of...
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...
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