How can settings ensure that staff are fully trained up on safeguarding procedures? Hannah Crown looks at good practice at Little Rainbows Day Nursery
Some food for thought in your professional career A Guide to Early Years Practice. by Sandra Smidt. Second edition (Routledge Falmer, 14.99, 020 7842 2010)
As early years settings plan for how they will introduce the Early Years Foundation Stage, they need to keep its principles in mind, says Foundation Stage regional adviser Ann Langston.
Winner - Achieving Early, Achievement for All, Newbury, Berkshire
I am writing in response to the comments made by Alan Bentley ('To the point', 17 May). The dinner to which Alan Bentley referred was organised by Mary Chant of Blake Lapthorn Tarlo Lyons and myself,...
Storal Learning visited its recently acquired Farley Nursery School group to carry out internal training on safeguarding, outdoor provision and the EYFS.
Research-driven practice and ‘influencer-informed’ approaches all have their place, but settings need to find what works best for them
The history of the influential early years education movement and how it is being put into practice today. By Janni Nicol
Kicking off a new series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks at the first two key features of effective practice within the document: ‘The best for every child’...
1. Create a stimulating environment that will arouse children's curiosity. 2. Support children's learning by providing the resources that they need to take their investigations further.