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Thursday, November 4, 2021

| Nursery World

The Old Station Nursery Group has bought My First Friends, a chain of five nurseries in the West Midlands.

Essential Resources: Containing Scheme - Going all in

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

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Why the ‘containing scheme’ is an important part of play and learning in the early years, and how settings can appropriately resource for it. By Nicole Weinstein

Children's books: Best of the bunch

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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Karen Hart takes her pick of the best recent releases. These include Time to get Dressed – part of a new series by Penny Tassoni designed to support all children to be independent – and Sophie Dahl's seriously funny The Worst Sleepover in the World.

Children with SEND in the early years: will they fall through the cracks?

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

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What do the the Government's recent funding announcements mean for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)? Catherine McLeod, chief executive of Dingley's Promise, looks at what this could mean for early years children with SEND

Cross-party Lords urge ministers to reverse cuts to early years services

Friday, November 19, 2021

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A House of Lords committee are calling for the Government to restore funding for early years services and youth support to 2010 levels to protect vulnerable children.

Scotland's Baby Box delivered to 200,000 new parents

Monday, November 29, 2021

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A total of 200,000 expectant parents in Scotland have received a Baby Box, under the devolved government’s scheme aimed at tackling inequality and promoting health.

N Family Club grows to 17 settings

Friday, December 3, 2021

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N Family Club has acquired Bright Minds Daycare, a group of four nurseries across the West Midlands.

Imagine Children's Festival to celebrate children's uniqueness

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

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Imagine Children’s festival returns to London’s Southbank Centre for its 20th year this February half-term.

Childcare Counsel - how to manage staff sickness

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

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Hannah Francis-Hopkins, solicitor at Morgan LaRoche, advises on how to manage employee sickness during the winter season

Staff Health & Wellbeing: Part 9 - All’s not equal

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

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Wellbeing depends on all aspects of identity being respected. Charlotte Goddard considers issues around intersectionality

Deprived state schools most impacted by Covid staff absences

Friday, January 14, 2022

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New findings reveal that the most deprived state schools were almost three times more likely than private schools to report that one in 10 or more of their staff were absent due to coronavirus.

Kids Allowed nursery founder to launch new parenting app

Friday, December 10, 2021

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Jennie Johnson, the former chief executive of Kids Allowed, and childcare expert Alistair Bryce-Clegg, are launching a new child development app for parents next month.

Ofsted dismisses calls to temporarily suspend early years inspections due to Covid

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

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As Nursery World reported yesterday, the NDNA wrote to Ofsted calling for routine early years inspections to be put on hold because of ‘unsustainable’ levels of staff absences, however the inspectorate has now confirmed inspections will continue as normal.

Editor’s view - A New Conversation

Monday, January 3, 2022

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Despite entering a new year in the shadow of Omicron, the sector is united in its determination to improve provision for all children

New children's commissioner for Wales appointed

Monday, January 10, 2022

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Rocio Cifuentes, the current chief executive of a voluntary organisation that supports people from ethnic minority backgrounds, has been chosen as the new Children’s Commissioner for Wales.

Outdoors: Key 1 - Get out there

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

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In this first part of a new series on unlocking learning in the outdoor environment, Professor Jan White considers building practitioner confidence and changing mindsets

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

Thursday, January 27, 2022

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Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in the autumn budget is £320m less than was stated at the time.

Essential Resources: Schemes, Positioning - Right on

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

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Some resourcing ideas for supporting children’s interest in the positioning scheme. By Nicole Weinstein

The greatest threat to nurseries is Government underfunding, not 'risky, financial operating models'

Thursday, January 27, 2022

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Responding to a UCL report that suggests the nursery sector is at risk of collapse due to private nursery groups' high levels of debt, Courteney Donaldson of Christie & Co says 'chronic' Government underfunding is often the reason for financial losses and setting closures.

‘Meeting demand for more sustainable products’