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Reflective Practice: Research Methods
by Dr Jen Colwell
If you would like to know more about how collecting evidence can support your reflective practice, or if you would like to explore the different research methods you can use in your setting, this is the article to read! Being familiar with researc…
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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Social Entrepreneur, Speech and Language Therapist, adjunct lecturer a…
In this article, Warda explains why developing advocacy skills is important and shares strategies on how to do it effectively.
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Tapestry App Update – Version 1.0.4
A new update to the Tapestry Education Platform app (v1.0.4) is now live across all operating systems. The latest Tapestry app update includes: Faster media upload speeds The underlying code infrastructure for the upcoming Tapestry Pay feature This update also includes a number of bug fixes and general improvements. 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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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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