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BIG ISSUE
What can be done to combat child poverty ➜ https://www.nursery world.co.uk/category/ big-issues/child-poverty
PRACTICE GUIDE Explore slow pedagogy with Alison Clark ➜ https://www.nursery world.co.uk/category/
practice-guides/slow-pedagogy
MANAGEMENT GUIDE Guide to safer practices in the nursery ➜ https://www.nursery
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coming up
August 2024 ■ All about...AI and how it is currently
being used in early years ■ Explore female activism linked
to childcare as part of Tate Britain’s Women in Revolt exhibition ■ Health and wellbeing: using a
toolkit to help support children with a parent in prison ■ International: Gabriella Jozwiak
visits a school in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia ■ With more children accessing
funded places, how can practitioners boost the home learning environment?
POSTER Series on the seasons continues with summer animals
in this issue
contents
NEWS 6 analysis Unpicking what party political
proposals will mean for the sector 8 news round-up
All you need to know in brief 11 noticeboard
Community catch-up
OPINION 12 to the point
How we can create a stronger society, by Michael Pettavel; Ben Franklin says childcare is vital infrastructure 13 interview
Julian Grenier reflects on his career and what he wants to achieve next 66 over to you
Your letters and social media posts
PRACTICE 14 CoEL Helen Moylett concludes her series
with thinking creatively and critically 18 best practice
Supporting children following trauma 20 social enterprise A new move to create a social
enterprise collective 24 all about... the Zones of Regulation 27 policy
Peter Moss on why the UK’s current childcare model is broken 30 essential resources For sensory play and movement 36 health and wellbeing Initiatives to improve oral health 39 observation A project to scaffold learning 42 physical development
Exploring free movement with Pikler 53 special focus
What’s new in the world of M&As
COVER STORY
P14
ACTIVITIES 29 A – Z
W is for weather 32 STEM outdoors
Developing spatial awareness 34 We’ve explored
Life on the farm 38 Transport
Lorries and vans
MANAGEMENT 58 childminding
How to be sustainable 60 managing costs
How providers in Scotland are faring with the funded hours 62 managers’ queries
How best to support staff who are experiencing the menopause?
CLASSIFIED 63 services 64 appointments
NEW SECTION P37
45 welcome and contents 46 latest research
Addressing the language gap in areas of high deprivation 49 student spotlight
Meet budding Level 3 practitioner Jade Stevens 51 professional book review
The Brain that Loves to Play 52 picturebook reviews
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