Yearly Archives: 2019

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June 27, 2019

Cheqdin childcare digest - june 2019

A Mighty Big Announcement from Cheqdin. For all our dear customers and childcare providers who have been struggling with manual reconciliations for invoices, we ha...

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June 24, 2019

Paediatric first aid accreditation, millie’s mark, launches in scotland

Childcare settings in Scotland will now be eligible to apply for Millie’s Mark, the gold standard in Paediatric First Aid for childcare providers. The childcare q...

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June 20, 2019

A beginner’s guide to daycare record keeping

Record keeping is not everyone’s cup of tea. But if you are starting a daycare, it is one aspect of the business you cannot afford to slide to the backburner. As ...

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June 17, 2019

Playful storytelling with shadow puppets and story boxes

For the days when the little minds wander off when you bring out the books, here are some ideas to help you breathe life into stories and nudge the sleepy heads to ...

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June 13, 2019

Gdpr one year on: what should childcare providers know?

After all the frenzy it set off with its arrival, the European General Data Protection and Regulation (GDPR) turned a year old on the 25th of May 2019. GDPR was intended ...

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June 10, 2019

Early years organisations launch survey ahead of government consultation

A new coalition of the UK’s leading early years organizations including the NDNA, PACEY and Early Years Alliance have launched a survey ahead of the Government Co...

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June 06, 2019

Why should you encourage children to read?

There was a time when the regal hardbound encyclopaedias, dictionaries and atlases were looked up to as supreme sources of information. They offered fascinating nug...

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June 03, 2019

5 ways to reduce your nursery’s waste footprint

From recycling cardboard boxes and paper waste for craft activities to maintaining compost pits, most childcare centres follow a solid waste management routine these days...

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May 30, 2019

Cheqdin's childcare digest: may 2019

From the announcements about the all-important Ofsted inspection framework to the latest OECD figures on the countries ranking the highest for childcare expenses an...

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May 27, 2019

5 fun stem  activities for after school clubs

With technology-addiction gnawing away on attention-spans, it can be a challenge to come up with activity ideas that are exciting enough to capture the children’s...

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