Resources
The National Veg Pledge
This year we have included some articles on the benefits of gardening with children, growing for health and wellbeing and most recently on the benefits of having an allotment associated with your nursery. This month, with the harvest completed and the nights...
Child protection: safeguarding policies and procedures
All childcare workers have a legal responsibility to safeguard the children in their care, so child protection must be a vital part of your business and everyday practice. There are several documents you need to ensure that your staff have read and understood, and...
Bonfire Night and Guy Fawkes
As the days get shorter, and with Halloween past, communities around the country finalise their preparations for a family event that has been celebrated in England for over 400 years – bonfire night! Autumn hedges are trimmed and carefully stacked into brightly...
World Kindness Day
What if? What if our tongues could speak only good? What if we solely spoke that which we should? How would we change and grow in reaction? And would this result in less dissatisfaction? If we held true to our vision and dream Holding each other in the highest...
Guest Authors
Three ways to embodied resilience
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, lots of changes have happened within our environments and our working practices. Even though we understand these changes and the reasons for them, they can still be unsettling. Some people may have felt unsupported or...
A model for change – neurological levels of learning
“How can we improve parental engagement during this pandemic?”A few weeks ago I was invited to work with a nursery school leadership team for a strategic planning workshop. Known for excellent parental engagement, the school had been struggling to engage some...
Leadership Learning through a Coaching Approach – The importance of developmental feedback
Josie, a nursery teacher has been workingwith me on her leadership development. She shared how she had taken over from an outstanding practitioner, and everyone in the room was very clear and confident about what they do and how. There was one staff member (let’s...
