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BIG ISSUE Mental health and wellbeing: How staff and children can be supported
https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/ category/big-issues/mental-healthwell-being
PRACTICE GUIDE Make winter the time to be outdoors ➜ https://www.nursery world.co.uk/category/
practice-guides/outdoors-in-winter
MANAGEMENT GUIDE Staff health and wellbeing: Covering
a range of aspects to support wellbeing https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/ category/management-guides/ staff-health-and-wellbeing
coming up
DECEMBER 2023 ■ Celebrating this Christmas:
Find out how settings are spurning traditional nativities and doing it their own way. ■ All about...small spaces. ■ Jan Dubiel’s series continues
with a look at assessment in the context of learning behaviours. ■ Helen Garnett on building
strong foundations for learning, for all children, by using effective co-regulation. ■ Toilet training: Caroline Vollans
makes the case for teaching children skills.
POSTER This month’s classic books poster provides activities to go with Look Up! written by Nathan Bryon and illustrated by Dapo Adeola
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contents
NEWS 6 analysis
Are financial pressures taking the sector to breaking point? 8 news round-up
All you need to know in brief 11 noticeboard
Community catch-up 12 NW Awards 2023
Photos from a glittering evening OPINION 14 to the point
Michael Pettavel on why Labour’s planned review is welcome; the Government should be leading on inclusion in schools, says Anne Longfield 15 people
Meet David Heard, joint winner of Nursery Practitioner of the Year 2023 66 over to you
Your letters and social media posts PRACTICE 16 How children learn
New series by Jan Dubiel explores key learning behaviours 20 behaviour
Co-regulation and self-regulation 24 essential resources
Resourcing your setting to help children express their artistic sides 51 collaborative play
Using whiteboards creatively 53 inclusion
An award scheme to support children with C&L delay 55 special report
Using parent apps to empower businesses NURSERY
MANAGEMENT SUPPLEMENT 29 buying and selling Caution tempers the market
while high-quality acquisitions are still in hot demand
ACTIVITIES 26 the plants in my street
Explore your local conifer trees 44 let’s explore fl o r i s t s 46 health and wellbeing Teaching children about money 48 slow pedagogy
How to take this approach outdoors 50 a – z of enhancements
O is for oral health
33 workforce
How far will policy changes to early years training help to boost recruitment and retention? 37 send Exploring the challenges and
strategies to welcome increasing numbers of children with SEND MANAGEMENT 58 safer practices
Part 5 looks at risk assessments 60 team values
for two co-workers at outdoor nursery Beatle Woods 62 management queries
Should staff be able to do out-of-hours babysitting for nursery families? CLASSIFIED 63 services 64 appointments
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