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Cultivating Curiosity in Young Children - A Practitioner's Journey
by Ann-Marie Piper
Early Years educator Ann-Maire Piper reflects on using open-ended play to cultivate curiosity in young children.
Podcast: Change and transition in the early years sector
Stephen and Jules chat with Adam Marycz, about his own changing roles and about the changes in the sector, and how we can get back to what we are all striving for – positive outcomes for children, families, and the educators who work with them.
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Teacher, Varinder Kaur Johal, reflects on 10 years as an educator
In this reflective article, teacher Varinder Kaur Johal responds to the question ‘is your role as a teacher evolving and how has it changed?’ after a decade as an educator.
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Adding Policies and procedures onto Tapestry
Hi, It isn't currently possible for relatives to sign documents through Tapestry, but this is something we are looking to introduce. When this becomes available, we will get in touch to let you know! If you have any further queries or questions, feel free to contact us on customer.service@eyfs.info. Best wishes, Vanna Tapestry Support Team -
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🧾 Survey Invitation – Teachers Wanted!
📣 Are you an early childhood teacher in the UK? We’d love to hear about your experiences with digital technology in the classroom! I’m conducting a short survey as part of my PhD research at the University of Sheffield. The aim is to understand how digital tools are being used in early childhood education and what support teachers need. 🕐 It takes about 10 minutes to complete 🔒 Your responses are anonymous and confidential 🌍 We are looking for teachers in the UK 👉 Click here to take the survey: Teacher Survey | Digital Technology in Early Years Education 📧 If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at: she39@sheffield.ac.uk Thank you for supporting this research! -
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Emergency contacts
I currently have a section at the bottom of my all about me forms to add emergency contacts onto but this is very time consuming when trying to access them. Could there be a way to add emergency contacts to a child's profile and a way to access them based on what children are signed in? -
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Reflection in relation to Professional Development
To complete my Early Years Educator qualification I need to discuss the importance of reflection in relation to professional development. Is there a particular theorist you feel supports this in a better way? Has anyone got any views how this works in practice? Do you use this often in your own setting to think about your teaching methods and for identifing areas of growth? Many thanks -
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Bespoke frameworks in reports
Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to include bespoke frameworks in the report. I have tried to create a custom report but there is no option to add bespoke framework assessments as a section. Does anyone know if there is an option/way to do this? Thank you. -
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Climate change requirements
I see the DofE has declared “By 2025, all education settings will have nominated a sustainability lead and put in place a climate action plan”. This includes early years settings, schools, multi-academy trusts, colleges, and universities. (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sustainability-leadership-and-climate-action-plans-in-education#msdynmkt_trackingcontext=662d9927-17d5-4b7c-9d04-b2cc0ffe0100 And there is training for us e.g. from the Early Years Alliance - I am all for helping our little treasures (and indeed staff!!) to be more climate aware but I have only just heard of this and it is already 2025!! Anyone done any done any of the training?
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