During your inspection it is important to show that children are confident about communicating with staff. Laura Henry suggests undertaking an audit to gauge the quality of interactions.
Lawton, who is managing director of Our Monkey Club, was one of a number of people in the sector working on the Level 5 Early Years Lead Apprenticeship standard, which was approved for delivery in...
Portico Moss Bank Day Nursery in St Helens (pictured); Cuckoo Meadow Pre-school in North Waltham, Basingstoke; Rosedene Hemlington Initiative Centre in Middlesbrough; Woodland House Nursery in...
All schools will offer access to a range of out-of-school activities and extended services by 2010, according to the Government's ten-year Childcare Strategy Implementation Plan launched last week....
Here at the Maria Montessori Institute School we have been thinking about how social distancing could work in our Children’s House nurseries, with our three- to- six-year-olds.
Linda Griffiths, head of EYPS assessment at Edge Hill University, tells how a candidate on the short pathway gave evidence of Standard 8: Establish and sustain a safe, welcoming, purposeful,...
The Department for Education has released new resources aimed at encouraging less well-off parents to use 30-hour childcare.
It is vital to encourage young children's listening and speaking skills as they progress to writing, as Lena Engel demonstrates Early learning goal
Reflections Nursery & Forest School’s new book details its use of ‘storying’. By Marianne Sargent
Business training has not quite trickled down to nursery children yet, but early years practitioners can acquire some valuable knowledge at a tailor-made series of business skills development seminars...