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Navigating New beginnings: A Mother’s perspective on Early Years Educa…
by Alicia Wilkins
Alicia Wilkins, a mother who has also been a teacher and a home nursery educator, shares her reflections on the transition from home to early years setting for a parent/carer.
Podcast: Men In The Early Years Part 3
Stephen chats with Claudio Sisera - Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Male Childcare and Teaching Jobs. They discuss Claudio's route into the Early Years, barriers he has faced as a man in the sector, and how his organisation is making a difference…
Warda Farah explains the Pathology of Agency and reflects on the impac…
Warda Farah explains Pathology of Agency, and reflects on the impact it has on children in the early years, as well as what we can do to combat it.
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Registers - tracking attendance with a reports
Hi @Tweetinat and @CarolineD123, Just to let you know - we now also have an Attendance Report on Tapestry within our Management System! This tutorial will take you through it: Online Register - Attendance Report. 🙂 Best wishes, Alexandra -
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Nursery Management System - Attendance reports for children
Attendance reports for children are now available as part of Tapestry's Nursery Management System! Set a custom date range, filter by room, and easily view a child's: Number of days booked Number of days attended Attendance % Absence % Number of illness days Number of holidays 'Other' absences You can also export the data into CSV for your records. -
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Employment Allowance
Hi everyone Does anyone have some knowledge of the Employment Allowance via HMRC? We have lots of confusion surrounding this. Each year when we apply, we read through the current eligibility, which I find vague and confusing, particularly relating to the de minimus aid rules and which employers qualify. We have always thought we qualify particularly when the HMRC eligibility criteria states: De minimis state aid limits are likely to apply to your business if both of the following are true: * your business is located in Northern Ireland * your business makes or sells goods or wholesale electricity (neither of which apply to us) and also states: Check if you’ve received any de minimis state aid - if so, you should have been told in writing. (I don't believe we have ever had written advice that we have received de minimus aid.) Our recent NDNA newsletter email reported this: Purnima Tanuku OBE, CEO said: “The Government must recognise that by increasing the number of hours of funded childcare available to parents, they will disadvantage nurseries in England: they won’t be eligible to apply for the employer allowance because more than half of their income will be public funding.” So this makes it sound like the Early Years Entitlement we receive is de minimus aid? Before I spend half my life queueing to speak to someone at HMRC, who I do not have faith will be able to answer my question, I wondered if anyone here had any knowledge please? Thank you in advance. -
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Ofsted inspection tomorrow!
So I’m closing my nursery next Wednesday and opening new setting at new address in Jan 2025( already got registration certificate) I get a call today for Ofsted to say they inspectingbcurrent setting tomorrow even though closing next Wednesday!! Totally crazy! I have already packed up most of my equipment and moved some too!!- 2
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Nursery Management System - Exporting child absences
You can now export a child's absences! This might be especially helpful for auditing purposes, for example. You can export it for: A specific child A specific room All your children And it will include inactive, enrolling and partially deleted children. Check out how to export child absences. -
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Sleep policies - sheets storage and washing
Just a few quick queries about how other settings manage childrens bedding in nursery. 1 Do you provide and wash it, or do parents provide and you wash, or do parents provide and wash? 2 Where and how is it stored hygienically for ease of access? We are a small setting with very limited closed storage space and are struggling to manage the pile! Just wondered if there was a easy solution we haven't considered 🤔 -
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Nursery Management System - Generate and send invoices in bulk
You can now generate and send invoices in bulk - save even more time with Tapestry's easy-to-use Nursery Management System! You'll spot a 'bulk invoice' button in your 'Invoices' area: -
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Nursery Management System - Available spaces forecast
As part of our continuous effort to further develop Tapestry's Nursery Management System we have recently released a new feature: The weekly room view now forecasts available spaces, so you can easily manage your occupancy and offer ad hoc sessions to the families in your community. -
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'Oral Health in Early Years' free online training
Hello! We can support you in promoting 'the good oral health of children attending your setting' (EYFS). We run free online training sessions (including some evening sessions) for anyone working in early years. We cover topics like tooth-friendly snacks and drinks, toothbrushing tips, bottle and dummy use, as well as activity ideas. After attending the training we email you lots of resources to use in your setting. Please see our flyer for session dates and booking information. Who are we? We are your local Oral Health Improvement Team. We are employed by the NHS but our service is commissioned by Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire Councils. We look forward to hearing from you! early years oral health training flyer dec 24 - mar 25.pdf
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