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Supporting full-time children
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“Full-timers can present certain issues that
don’t occur with children who are brought
in for two or three days a week.”
– Lorraine
Jenkin looks at steps early years settings
can take to ensure the wellbeing of their
most regular attendees.
Doubling the free entitlement
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“The Childcare Bill is very much welcomed
by working families, but the sector is
bracing itself, for there are many questions
still to be answered.”
– PACEY’s Liz Bayram
on why government needs to take the
early years profession seriously.
How to handle
pushy parents
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“Some parents are supportive but
others struggle to understand why
we use particular approaches, or
why we have certain procedures in
place.”
– Sue Cowley offers advice
on working with challenging mums
and dads.
Learning to
be the boss
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“We must be careful not to make
leadership seem so hard that it
becomes unattainable, something
to leave to the superheroes.”
–
June O’Sullivan MBE’s take on the
trials and tribulations of leading
an early years setting.
Recruit male
staff members
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“Interaction with both male and
female carers is a valuable
experience for children, from
birth onwards.”
– Toad Hall
Nursery Group’s Sophie
Haylock on why the nursery
sector needs more men.
So you want to
open a nursery?
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“So many things were different
back when I opened my first
little 30-place setting at the
age of 21!”
– Angels at Play
director Angela Spencer offers
some words of warning for
those thinking about opening
a setting of their own.
