Early Years Tips, Activity Ideas and Best Practices

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Cheqdin Childcare Software
December-16-2019

What Does the UK Election Results Mean for the Early Years Sector?

Early years leaders have called on the new government to commit to a review of the childcare funding rates after the Conservative party led By Boris Johnson secured a maj...

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Cheqdin Childcare Software
December-02-2019

7 Great Apps For Busy Parents

Here's a look at a few great apps that will make life easier for busy working parents: ChoreMonster When the mention of tidy-up time suddenly brings on the yawn...

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Cheqdin Childcare Software
November-21-2019

New Guide Calls on Employers to Rope in More Men into Early Years

The MITEY (Men In The Early Years) Guide to Recruiting Men into Early Years Education calls on early years employers to take ‘active measures’ to recruit more me...

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Sustained Shared Thinking for early years foundation stage (EYFS)

Cheqdin Childcare Software
November-11-2019

What is Sustained Shared Thinking All About?

Sustained Shared Thinking. Another fancy term for something most educational practitioners do at their setting every day? Well, it is mentioned as one of the Charact...

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Early years providers doing more paperwork than required

Cheqdin Childcare Software
October-24-2019

Early Years Providers Producing More Paperwork than Necessary

The vast majority of early years providers in the UK are producing more paperwork than required, according to a recent survey. The study carried out by Early Years A...

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Safeguarding in New Ofsted Inspection Framework

Cheqdin Childcare Software
August-08-2019

Safeguarding in Ofsted’s New Inspection Framework: What should Early Years Providers Know?

Ofsted's new Education Inspection Framework is all set to be rolled out this September. Although there are a number of new changes across the spectrum, we will focus...

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Guidelines on portion sizes for pre-schoolers

Cheqdin Childcare Software
July-22-2019

Revised Guidelines Published on Portion Sizes for Pre-Schoolers

The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has published the updated version of its 5532 Guide – a resource for planning a healthy, varied and balanced diet for pre-...

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Sensory-based food education for preschools and after school clubs

Cheqdin Childcare Software
July-04-2019

Sensory-Based Food Education: What can Preschools and After School Clubs do?

For all the picky eaters who are happy to survive on chicken nuggets and fish fingers, sensory based-food education could open the doors to a whole new world of heal...

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Paediatric First Aid Millie's Mark launches in Scotland

Cheqdin Childcare Software
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 qu...

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Early Years Coalition Launched Ahead of Government Consulation

Cheqdin Childcare Software
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 Con...

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