Why are parent partnerships in the early years important? The early years foundation stage (EYFS) places a huge emphasis both in its statutory framework and its development matters document on building parent partnerships. Having strong parent partnerships has many benefits for the child’s development including their emotional development. The main
When will a transition happen in the Early Years A transition in the early years can happen for many reasons, this can cause many changes for the child. Transition may be when the child first begins a setting, moves rooms throughout a setting as they become older, leaving a preschool
An early years managers work is never done As an early years manager you may feel like your to do list is forever growing and you never seem to cross anything off. Between managing the practitioners, complaints, leading a team, completing office duties, meeting new Ofsted regulations you feel like
Looking further at the Common inspection Framework changes The changes were introduced in September 2015, the changes meant early years settings were to be inspected slightly different. The framework now allows parents to compare judgements between settings, which is a positive for parents when choosing childcare or schools for their
Every Monday for the next 5 weeks you will receive more information on continuous provision. These helpful articles created by Early Years Careers will help with your practice and give you more of an insight as to what continuous provision is. * indicates required Email Address * First Name Last
When might you need to access multi agency support? Accessing multi agency support in the early years might need to happen for a number of reasons. As a practitioners in an early years setting you may at some point work with multi agencies. Many professionals from a variety of backgrounds may
Nursery workers will face difficulties if tax credits are cut Nursery nurses will be amongst some of the people who will lose a huge amount of money if the tax credits cuts go ahead. The Children’s Charities have been working hard to push the delay to cut tax credits.
Understanding the importance of early identification, intervention and support in the early years When a child starts an early years setting you may begin to develop some concerns about the child. These concerns may be based around a number of things such as behavioural, speech and language or learning and development.
New scheme to help Nurseries promote healthy eating A new project launched next year will help nurseries to promote healthy eating. The Pre School Learning Alliance and the British Nutrition Foundation and Dannone Ecosystem Fund have joined together to create this project. The new project will allow nutritionists to support
NDNA Maths project to be scrutinised The Maths Champions Project delivered by NDNA and supported by the Education of Learning is to be scrutinised.The project helps build nursery staffs knowledge and confidence skills. These combined will help improve children’s early Maths skills. The Education Endownment Foundation (EEF) are requesting a