Relationships and Communication with Parents Ideas As Early Years Professionals we know relationships with parents are very important; strong relationships improve the learning outcomes of children, help parents feel comfortable with leaving their child and make children feel secure and safe. How ca …
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There is now a new framework for inspections. This framework sets out Ofsted’s inspection principles and the main judgem …
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Whether we agree or not, the current method for assessing our children’s ability to read and therefore the method to ass …
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Did you know children as young as 14 can get preventable skin cancer? It appears that in the UK many Nurseries and Child …
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Exploring, inquiring and learning through water play! A case study of 2-3 year olds in a Nursery setting. …
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Last term we added ‘The Curiosity Cube’ to our provision after being inspired online. My poor other half sacrificed his …
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‘In the moment planning’ by Katherine Houghton at Early Years Staffroom and Louise Smith at All Play Matters. How often …
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Messy play! Benefits of Messy Play You either love it or hate it! Well if you hate it, hopefully I can change your mind… …
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What is Wellbeing? There are many different definitions of wellbeing but perhaps the most agreeable is “the state of be …
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As a teacher my question is ‘why would you not want your child to be independent?’ Parents are children’s first educator …
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