Celebrating Chinese New Year – ideas and activities for early years settings
Melanie Pilcher shares some fun ideas for celebrating Chinese New Year in your nursery or early years setting.
Happy staff, happy setting
Sonia Mainstone-Cotton, early years nurture and wellbeing trainer and early years consultant, explains how you and your staff can take care of your own wellbeing. This article originally appeared in the Alliance’s Under 5 membership magazine. Find out more about the magazine, request your free taster copy, or sign up to the newsletter mailing list here Alliance members […]
Healthy and Active Lifestyles – top tips for early years settings
Inspired by the Alliance publication, Healthy and Active Lifestyles (and just in time for the New Year!) we’ve put together some of our top tips on how early years settings can encourage and promote healthy eating and active lifestyles for the children and families they work with. Promoting healthy eating After all the seasonal treats […]
Alliance office opening over Easter weekend
The Alliance’s offices will be closed over the Easter weekend, and will reopen as normal on Tuesday 23rd April.
Taking the lead: the role of a designated lead for safeguarding in the early years
Rachel Buckler, managing director at Safeguarding Training Ltd and co-founder at the Early Years Hub, explains the role of a designated lead for safeguarding in the early years. This article originally appeared in the March 2019 issue of Under 5. Find out more and subscribe to the magazine here. Throughout my career within the […]
Get inspired at Childcare Expo London – opening next week
Childcare Expo London has announced a reputable line-up of education experts and leading early years specialists to give CPD seminars at the show when it returns to Olympia London next week on 1st and 2nd March. Some of the biggest names in the sector are due to give talks at the show, including best-selling […]
Hungry Caterpillars cooking group — Small Grant, Big Difference
Volunteer Shelley Whitney tells us about how the Small Grant, Big Difference funding enabled her to set up the Hungry Caterpillars cooking group, and explains how this has benefited children and families in the local community.
The children in the local community have benefitted immensely from the Small Grant, Big Difference funding, and I hope this article will explain in further details how, and share some of our ideas for success with other groups.
Working for you – 2018 in review
A look back at how the Alliance has been supporting the sector in the past year – this article originally appeared in our magazine for members, Under 5 magazine. The Alliance often asks its members to share their views on upcoming changes and current concerns affecting the early years sector. Here are some of the […]
Bonfires, fireworks and fire pits – 6 top tips for planning safe fire activities
Autumn is the time of year for bonfires and fireworks, and many practitioners contact us to find out how they can introduce fires to their activities whilst safely managing risk.
Can the GCSE U-turn solve recruitment difficulties?
CEEDA are independent research experts who are currently running the About Early Years (AEY) research programme with support from the Alliance and other sector partners. Here Dr Jo Verrill, CEEDA’s Managing Director, writes for the Alliance blog on how the government’s recent U-turn on GCSE requirements is impacting on early years recruitment, as well as looking at […]
Are you GDPR compliant? Take our test!
Are you compliant with the GDPR, the data protection regulation that came into effect from May 2018 across the EU? To find out, determine the personal data your setting holds and the purposes for collecting and processing it — then complete our quick quiz below. Choose your answers, then hit ‘submit’ (bottom right hand […]
Top line-up of early years experts announced for Childcare Expo Midlands
With less than a month to go until Childcare Expo Midlands returns to the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, a fantastic line-up of education and early years experts have been confirmed to give CPD seminars and workshops on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th September. Cutting the ribbon at the show doors on the Friday, Shadow Early […]