Topic of month mini beasts
Wondering if theres any good engaging activites for mini beasts
View ArticleReading In The Rain
Hi,How do you combat reading in the rain in your settings? We seem to be spending an absolute fortune on books as they end up getting damp and broken!Thanks!
View ArticleHow do you feel about the plans to offer 30 hours a week?
I'm looking for a range of different settings to talk to about the impact of the Government's plans. Are you a small voluntary provider not yet open for 30 hours a week? Will you be extending your...
View ArticleHow can the works of students be monitored? Any online tools?
Quality check on the works done by school students is a must nowadays for teachers working on standard education syllabuses like...
View ArticleChildren need three hours’ exercise a day
Implement a fully integrated early years action plan!* Ensure ALL children are given a minimum of 180 minutes of physical activity EVERY DAY* Nurseries to continuously record, evaluate and feed back on...
View ArticleEYPP: how will you use yours?
Have you decided how to use your EYPP funding yet? Are you facing any particular challenges with it? National early years charity, Early Education, has a DfE funded project to help practitioners share...
View ArticlePaperwork and OfSTED
Hi all,We've just had our inspection last week and I have a question that I'd like to ask you lovely people :)How many children do you have in your key group? How do you keep their records up to date?...
View ArticleBuddy
Do any other owners fancy a 'buddy' to share ideas/good practice/problems/etc with? I had one a few years ago and found it very beneficial to have someone there who was not in local competition with me...
View ArticleCleaning inside a nursery.....
Hi there, Just wondering if anyone has any ideas or experience of using a steam cleaner to clean toys/surfaces/cots. Looking into getting one but just wanting to know if anyone had any thoughts. Also...
View Articlelearning journeys
I work in a nursery,term time only.Some of my children leave next week but i am really behind with the learning journeys and have been told i have to complete them in a week.I am not sure how i am...
View ArticleEYP's and EYT's?
Hello all, I gained my Early Years Professional Status in 2010 and after having 2 years off to raise my children, I am now looking at getting back into work. However, in the time i have been 'away'...
View ArticleAdvice needed for pre-school team leader
I have just qualified as an Early Years teacher but am going in to team lead a nursery setting with the pre-school group. Is there any advice anyone can offer as to what I need to know?! any advice...
View Articlecontinuos provision planning
Hi just wondering in our lovely baby rooms who uses continuous provision planning and how does it work for you? Do you find it useful or just another item to add to the never ending list of paperwork...
View ArticleHardest meeting I will ever do..
Hi all, I would appreciate any views on delivering negative news to parents about their child's developmental progress. Being a male nursery teacher I feel my practice is always under the spotlight and...
View ArticleOpinions: 'technology and increase in outdoor hazards causing children to...
Hello, I'm a soon to be second year student at college studying early years at level 3. I am currently carrying out a research project on the effects of technology on children's holistic development...
View ArticleContinuous Provision
Hi, Can anyone tell me if 'Continuous Provision' is coming back into our planning or not? I heard that it was but think it's a hard, long-winded way to go about planning activities and developing the...
View ArticleEYFS requirement for 2 members of staff on premises
Hi All. In the 2014 update as you probably all know, Ofsted removed the requirement to have two members of staff on site at all times. Is there anybody out that that actually does this, surely its...
View ArticleOnline Learning Journals
Our setting is thinking of changing to online learning journals, so was wondering if there was any nursery out there that currently uses them and what software programme you would recommend. Is Apple I...
View ArticleNearly two thirds of childminders make a loss, finds our survey. Are you one...
Interested to hear why you do it, if so. Is it a lifestyle choice, something you do while you have children before going back to another job? Is it a vocation, something you do because caring for...
View ArticleManagers! Have staff beliefs ever caused problems?
Have you experienced a situation where staff beliefs e.g. religion or values, collide with those of other members of staff? For example, in the case below a Christian nursery practitioner told a...
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