Winter bugs love a nursery. Here’s how to break the chain.
Winter bugs spread fast in nurseries. How hand hygiene, sensible cleaning and clear exclusion periods break the chain of infection.
Author: nursery.training
The child who won’t eat lunch isn’t a battle you need to win
Fussy eating is normal and manageable. How the division of responsibility and repeated exposure make nursery mealtimes calmer for children and adults.
Who looks after the people who look after the children?
Early years work is demanding, and January makes it harder. Practical ways to spot stress, manage workload and build a culture where staff wellbeing counts.
Stepping up to room leader without losing your team
Moving from practitioner to room leader is a big shift. Practical tools for leading practice, running the room and managing people well.
New year, new starters, and the mentoring that makes them stay
Good mentors help apprentices and new starters learn fast, feel supported and stay. What effective mentoring looks like in an early years setting.
A quiet week to get reacquainted with the EYFS
A practical tour of the EYFS framework, from learning areas and assessment to safeguarding and parents, ideal for whole team training in the new year.
Supporting a grieving child in the week before Christmas
Gentle, practical guidance for supporting grieving children at nursery, with honest language, steady routines and care for the adults supporting them.
What good practice looks like in the baby room
Why the baby room is the most important room in the building, and how attachment, routines and treasure baskets build brains in the first two years.
Little teeth and the December sugar tide
Practical ways to protect little teeth through the sweetest month of the year, from supervised toothbrushing to drink choices and honest conversations with parents.
Inhalers, antibiotics and the winter medicines shelf
Winter fills the nursery medicines shelf fast. How consent, the six rights and careful records keep every dose safe when the coughs and inhalers arrive.