Zara Smith, PACEY Advisor In England and Wales there is a clear focus on the importance of following children’s interests through play. In England, one of the four overarching, guiding principles of the EYFS is that ‘children learn and develop well in enabling...
How many childcare practitioners care for children who seem to have perpetual runny noses? I know it happened in my setting – I should have shares in a tissue company, I used so many boxes of tissues. The NHS state that it’s normal for a child to have 8 or more colds...
Click to Read in English Cliciwch i ddarllen yn Gymraeg Elizabeth Jarman, Learning environments expert and author Tactile sensory experiences explored the importance of these experiences for children’s development along with planning the environment and activities to...
Samantha Gordon What is the significance of assessing progress at this stage, why not wait until between three and four years when they’re ready for school?As an early years SEND manager in a nursery supporting children with physical disabilities and neurodiversity, I...
Lucy Lewin, PACEY Trustee My journey into registered childcare began in 2009 when I became a childminder. I knew that this was going to be an exciting adventure as I had been looking after friends children during school holidays for a few years before and...
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Tax-Free Childcare has saved 649,935 families on their childcare costs during the 2022 to 2023 tax year, an increase of more than 137,500 from the previous year according to the latest statistics released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)...
Zara Smith, PACEY Advisor ‘Oral Health’ is explicitly referred to in Section 3 – The Safeguarding and the Welfare Requirement of the EYFS under Medicines, paragraph 3.45, because, whilst tooth decay is largely preventable, significant numbers of children aged 5...
Ka Lai Brightley-Hodges, Head of Membership and Marketing at PACEY I’ve always really struggled to switch off after work on a Friday, even more so now I work from home. Unless I’ve got big plans to go out that evening, I never really get settled into the weekend until...
Sue Newman, Boogie Mites There’s a football chant: “Sing when you’re winning, you only sing when you’re winning”. But we think they have it round the wrong way. At Boogie Mites we would chant “ Win when your singing, you’re gonna win when you’re singing! What We All...
Victoria Sedgwick Would you like to feel the following? Energised throughout the day. Decreased levels of anxiety. Help to regulate your blood sugars & blood pressure. Have a mind that is engaged in learning and remembering. Have a better relationship with...
We will be back at the iconic Bishopsgate Institute on Saturday 6 February 2027. Throughout the day, we will be looking back and celebrating the last fifty years of childcare and early years and the contribution of home-based childcare professionals. We cant wait to share it with you.
Our super early bird sale has come to an end. But don't fret you can still get your early bird tickets until 31 October 2027!
