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Emotional Competence Part 4: The Importance of Self-Motivation
by Nicola Call
Motivation is essential in any aspect of life and plays an important role in a child's early development. Considered as crucial in the development of emotional competence, Nicola Call discusses self-motivation in the fourth article of her series.
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Podcast: The importance of fundamental motor skills in child development
Jules and Ben chat with Dr Leanne Jaye about fundamental motor skills – what they are, the role educators play in developing them, and how to support families in realistic ways to encourage movement with their children.
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What does it mean to be antiracist? Education and racial literacy cons…
Education and racial literacy consultant, and former headteacher Orlene Badu explains that we need to focus on our own antiracist journey in order to be able to model how to challenging and disrupt racism to our children.
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Staff Schedules
Hi, @Kellie Compton A staff scheduling feature is something we are working on! I will update you here when that feature is released. Let me know if you need anything else :) Jack -
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Safer Sleep Cot Question
With the new Safer Sleep guidance, it provides a list of British Safety Standard codes so we can check that our beds and matresses meet these. We recently purchased sleep pods for the baby room which were very expensive but their BS code does not match any of those on the list. Does anyone know if the sleep pods can be used for babies both under and over twelve months old? -
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Medicine, incident and bumps and bruises from home forms
Are these forms that can be added or the option for us to add the forms we use in the settings for staff to complete online and parents to be able to sign? -
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Staff Schedules
It would be really helpful to be able to add staff rotas and allocate staff to each room. -
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Tapestry App Update – Version 1.0.2
A new update to the Tapestry Education Platform app (v1.0.2) is now live across all operating systems. This release focuses on performance improvements and bug fixes to make everyday use smoother and faster, particularly when working with media. What’s improved: Media uploads now display progress, so you can see exactly how they’re progressing Faster uploads for media captured within the app Improved loading speeds when navigating throughout the app If your app is not set to update automatically, please download the latest version from your device’s app store. Please note: On Amazon devices, the update may take up to 24 hours to appear. -
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Nursery Management System – Multiple age ranges & staff ratios per room, accounting integrations with Xero and QuickBooks, and updated invoice format
We’ve introduced some highly requested improvements to our Nursery Management System. New: Multiple age ranges & staff ratios per room You can now set multiple age ranges within a single room. Tapestry will automatically calculate staff requirements based on the different ages of children in that room, helping you manage ratios more accurately and efficiently. Setting up rooms with multiple age ranges. New: Xero and QuickBooks integrations Tapestry now supports exporting invoicing data for use with Xero and QuickBooks. Simply export your invoices as a compatible CSV file and upload it directly into your accounting software for reporting and bookkeeping. Get started: Configure your account for accounting software. Export invoicing information for accounting software. Updated: Invoice format improvements Invoices have been refreshed to remain compliant with updated regulations requiring additional charges to be clearly itemised. A new summary section has been added to present itemised information clearly without creating multiple invoice pages. This section highlights: Regular sessions Extra bookings Custom charges Learn more about the new invoice layout. -
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Early years teachers – study on social-emotional education & peer conflict
Hi everyone, I'm a UCL MA student looking for 2-3 early years teachers for a short online interview (about 1 hour). The study is in the area of social-emotional education, specifically looking at how teachers support children in resolving peer conflicts. The interview is anonymous and voluntary. If you're interested, or if you'd like to see the interview questions first, feel free to message me. I'll then send you more details. Thanks for considering!
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