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Reflecting on Kerry Murphy’s talk on ‘Neurodiversity – Affirming Commu…
by Vanna Fossella
Educator and Tapestry product support specialist Vanna Fossella shares her reflections after attending a key note talk by Kerry Murphy at the 2024 Newham Early Years Conference.
Podcast: How to practice mindfulness with very young children
Stephen and Jules chat with Julie Robinson and Charlotte Thornton from Mini Minds Matter. They discuss what mindfulness looks like for very young children, how this supports emotional regulation and resilience, and they share some ideas you can imple…
Child and Adolescent Counsellor Simmone Boyce, and Anya Edwards from o…
Simmone Boyce and Anya Edwards reflect on how settings can develop expertise to support children that suffer from trauma or consistent stress.
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Accident forms - do parents see comments?
Good morning @Tweetinat, Yes, comments added to the Accidents Only / Care Diary feature by staff members will always be visible to all relatives of the child. 🙂 The relative user permission for 'View comments added to an accident' / 'Visibility of care diary comments' refers to comments added by other relative users only. If this is 'not permitted' then staff comments will be still visible to all, and staff will be able to view all relative comments. Best wishes, Alexandra -
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Accident forms - do parents see comments?
Hi, we're looking at using the accident form feature on Tapestry but would like to understand whether comments added by staff are visible to parents? I can see from the help that you can stop comments being visible to other carers, but it's not clear whether staff comments are visible to all. -
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Kamal Hinduja : What are classroom management strategies?
Hello everyone, I’m Kamal Hinduja from Geneva, Switzerland. I'm new to this community and excited to contribute positively to discussions while learning from everyone's insights. Can anyone explain in detail what classroom management strategies are? Thanks in Advance! Kamal Hinduja from Geneva, Switzerland -
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Summer 2025 - Early Years Courses & Events offered by Dorking Nursery school
Hi Please follow this link Dorking Nursery School - Early Years Courses and Events to access details of courses being offered this summer by the Dorking Nursery school Sue Admin Team -
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Allergies and Permissions
The management system has some really great features, we currently use Connect Childcare but are keeping up to date with Tapestry improvements with a view to moving over as it develops more. It would be good to have a box to tick if a child has any allergies and then somewhere to write what the allergies are so the staff can all see this. Also a section for permissions would be useful. Our registration form has a number of questions which parents tick yes or no to, for example "can your child have nappy cream applied", "can you child have sun cream applied", Can staff apply plasters", "can you child have face paint".... etc. A printable report for meals would also be useful - one which has the children's names on who are having lunch, grouped into which room they are in. One last thing which I think has already been mentioned, is emergency contacts which the staff can see easily from the register. Thank You -
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Check an early years qualification
Early years managers can now use the new digital service Check an early years qualification to quickly verify whether staff qualifications meet the requirements for staff:child ratios in England. The new service can be accessed at https://check-an-early-years-qualification.service.gov.uk/?utm_source=bedford&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=la This free GOV.UK tool allows managers to check a qualification’s approval status by entering key details such as: • course start date • level • awarding organisation At the end of the process, a clear outcome is provided, which can be printed for your records. Why use the new service? Using the new Check an early years qualification service: • saves time during recruitment and HR processes • supports workforce planning ahead of the September 2025 expansion of funded childcare entitlements • reduces confusion when checking qualifications- 1
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