With many families concerned by the current news cycle, Val Pope, business manager at the Alliance, explains how we can talk about the situation in a sensitive way

Fairtrade Fortnight provides a good opportunity to explore all sorts of subjects with children – ranging from food, health, the environment, weather, different countries - and opening their minds to the world around them.

Settings should be welcoming to every child and parent to show that they are valued and part of the community.

*This page was last updated on 21 February 2022*

Get coronavirus guidance and information for nurseries and the early years — includes links to government public health website and resources.

The NHS has launched a campaign to try and boost take-up of the MMR vaccine which is at its lowest rate for a decade.

Melanie Pilcher shares some fun ideas for celebrating Chinese New Year in your nursery or early years setting.

As educators, we want to make sure we use our Early Years Pupil Premium Funding (EYPP), in the most inclusive and effective way possible to make it stretch — so how can we do that?

World Nursery Rhyme Week is an international celebration promoting the importance of nursery rhymes in early childhood development.

Being an emotion coach requires adults to respond fully to young children’s expressions of their feelings and to help them to learn to regulate them for themselves — not just to make them feel better but as a crucial part of their development into fulfilled, balanced human beings.

As educators we support and value the unique child in our settings, but do we really understand what their play is telling us? 

In a world that changes so fast how do we ensure those children that think and react differently to expected norms, are supported and guided through this noisy, ever-changing and, at times, inconsiderate society?

A legal guide to the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in early years settings