March delivers a bumper issue

Nursery World March brings you all your favourite activities and best practice advice along with in-depth coverage of areas including managing healthy food on a budget, understanding new legislation in relation to Down’s Syndrome, working towards anti-racist leadership and shaping an early years curriculum.

It also comes with our annual Nursery Chains supplement – which provides the lowdown on group size and quality, plus a comprehensive directory and overview of the trends currently driving expansion.

And don’t miss the first poster in our A2 collectible series – People who help us, starting with ‘to stay healthy’.

 Best practice features:

• Continuing her series, ‘Unlocking the 12 keys to learning outdoors’ expert Jan White discusses why children should be able to choose to be outside when they need to.
• Shaping a curriculum – discover how assistant head teacher Elizabeth Powell has embraced the freedoms of the new EYFS to develop a curriculum that fosters children’s passion to learn and know more.
• Essential resources – build on children's fascination for moving objects or collections of objects. Nicole Weinstein advises on resources to support their transportation schemes.
• Health and nutrition – find out about the Future Dads programme which supports new Dads on both practical and emotional levels, plus advice on healthy eating from the Early Years Nutrition Partnership.
• Behaviour charts – are these an effective strategy when it comes to motivating and giving children confidence? pre-school manager and early years lecturer Emma Davis weighs the argument.
• All about… Down’s Syndrome – an in-depth look at how new legislation is designed to boost best practice and opportunities for children.

Activities

We’ve explored…hair. How reading a book inspired one setting in London to explore differences in types of hair and styles, with staff, children and parents all getting involved. This month’s education for sustainability examines how early years settings can introduce the topic of trees, and their importance. Supporting SEND – tap into visual and auditory activities that can help calm overstimulated children. Make the most of March with Julie Mountain’s creative Outdoor calendar.

 Nursery World Show 2022

• Take a sneak preview at this year’s exhibition at the Business Design Centre in London on the 29 – 30 April.

Management

• Special report – healthy food on a budget. We investigate how nurseries and childminders can manage their food budget to ensure that they serve nourishing meals and snacks.
• Recruitment – While nurseries find themselves in the midst of an ever-worsening staff crisis, Charlotte Goddard examines what strategies can help with both recruitment and retention. Plus advice from Nicola Read on how to maximise your social media reach.
• Anti-racist leadership – Liz Pemberton shines the spotlight on the language we use when we talk about race and racism, and why this is important. Plus advice on establishing a staff dresscode from the Childcare counsel.
• Manager’s problem page – what to do when a parent or carer criticises your management policy and procedures.

Free with the March issue: Nursery Chains supplement

Our annual publication that provides everything you need to know about nursery chains. Find out which organisations are at the top of their game with two key tables – groups ranked by size and by quality  according to Ofsted grades. The supplement also features an in-depth analysis of current market trends and a directory listing essential information about all the groups.

Poster

Start collecting ‘People who help us ‘ beginning with ‘stay healthy’.