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QuILT: Covering every aspect of quality

    Features
  • Monday, July 9, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Judith Twani, independent early years consultant, trainer and early education improvement officer for Thurrock Council, explains how a modular quality assurance and improvement scheme is proving both versatile and enduring for a range of settings

EYP Diary - Why we need EYPs

    Features
  • Monday, July 9, 2012
    • | Nursery World
What does the future hold for EYPS? Nikki Fairchild, EYP programme co-ordinator at Chichester University, urges qualified EYPs to make their views known in the wake of the Nutbrown review while welcoming the fact that many talented individuals are coming forward to enrol on the programme's next phase

Take twos...developing trusting relationships

    Features
  • Friday, July 6, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Working closely with parents to support home learning is every bit as important for two-year-olds as it is for older children. Here James Hempsall outlines how one pre-school has developed a structured approach to gaining parents' trust and support.

Premises, part 2: How green are you?

    Features
  • Friday, July 6, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Being eco-friendly need not be considered a luxury in these hard economic times. In fact it can confer major operational and financial benefits, says Matt Roper, CEO of supplier Green Buying.

Leadership - staff find out how to go with the flow

    Features
  • Friday, July 6, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Planning around children's interests has heralded a sea change in practice at the Southwark Primary School Nursery in Nottingham. Staff now understand that planning is all about extending children's thinking around one particular topic, says nursery leader Leisa Towle

HR Update: How to get the most out of an interview

    Features
  • Friday, July 6, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Conducting an interview successfully is key to ensuring that you employ the right person for the job. To make it less of a daunting task there are a few simple steps you can take, says Jacqui Mann, managing director of HR4Nurseries (www.HR4nurseries.co.uk)

A Parent's guide to ... Physical development

    Features
  • Friday, July 6, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Hear 'physical development' and you'll probably think of the health benefits that a good diet and lots of running around can bring your child. In fact, physical development is fundamental to every aspect of your child's life.

Book extract: Childcare markets - can they deliver an equitable service? Edited by Eva Lloyd and Helen Penn

    Features
  • Wednesday, June 27, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Here we run an extract from the introduction of this timely publication which explores the viability of publicly supported childcare in the context of the rights of the child. A range of distinguished scholars come together to examine eight nations where childcare markets are the norm, while also scrutinising those countries where they are 'raw' and 'emerging'

Positive Relationships - The appeal of PEAL

    Features
  • Friday, June 22, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The tried and tested PEAL programme can help practitioners get to grips with the revised Early Years Foundation Stage's greater focus on engaging with parents, says Susan Soar from the Early Childhood Unit at the National Children's Bureau.

A Unique Child: Inclusion - As a result

    Features
  • Friday, June 22, 2012
    • | Nursery World
A project involving two Kirklees schools has proved the value of involving local stakeholders in determining strategies for improving the learning of disadvantaged children.

Positive Relationships: Hand it out

    Features
  • Friday, June 22, 2012
    • | Nursery World
How can parents find out more about the EYFS Framework and help their child's learning? The new parents guide to the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework offers a helping hand, says Sue Robb, head of early years, 4Children.

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