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This recently published report focuses on early language skills and reading. It explains why children's early language skills are so important for learning to read, why children experiencing poverty face the greatest risk of falling behind from an early age and asks for a commitment to boosting the early language skills of our poorest children. Click here to access report
Smile for Life information pack
This NHS information pack contains some ideas for good dental hygiene and healthy eating. Tips and ideas for lunch boxes and activities you can enjoy with your child at home.
Fruit snacks 'contain more sugar than sweets' - BBC News article May 2015
Action on Sugar looked at 94 products on UK sale, such as coated dried fruit, and found a third contained three or four teaspoons of sugar and 85% were more sugary than Haribo Starmix sweets
A Parents Guide to Potty Training - Nursery World, April 2015
Moving your child out of nappies can involve challenges - but there are ways to make the process easier. Penny Tassoni explains in this interesting article.
Important Advice re Scarlet Fever
The UK has seen a small increase in the amount of cases of Scarlet Fever recently. Follow the link to the NHS website for further information of the symptoms and treatment of Scarlet Fever if it was to affect your child. Click here to access NHS pages
Sensory Development - February 2015
How children learn from the world around them is influenced by both their external senses, such as taste and touch, and their internal senses of movement and body awareness. Anne O’Connor considers how these senses help to build understanding, when problems might arise, and how practitioners can make sure they are offering suitable environments
5 Reasons Modern Day Parenting is in Crisis, According to a British Nanny
Huff Post Parents January 2015
A Time for Talk With Your Child - The Telegraph, 6 October 2014
One month into the new school year, Fiona Barry says it's natural to compare your child's level with others but if there is cause for concern, talking can be hugely beneficial.
Brightwalton Preschool Becomes an ECAT setting - October 2014 - click here for more details
This recently published report focuses on early language skills and reading. It explains why children's early language skills are so important for learning to read, why children experiencing poverty face the greatest risk of falling behind from an early age and asks for a commitment to boosting the early language skills of our poorest children. Click here to access report
Smile for Life information pack
This NHS information pack contains some ideas for good dental hygiene and healthy eating. Tips and ideas for lunch boxes and activities you can enjoy with your child at home.
Fruit snacks 'contain more sugar than sweets' - BBC News article May 2015
Action on Sugar looked at 94 products on UK sale, such as coated dried fruit, and found a third contained three or four teaspoons of sugar and 85% were more sugary than Haribo Starmix sweets
A Parents Guide to Potty Training - Nursery World, April 2015
Moving your child out of nappies can involve challenges - but there are ways to make the process easier. Penny Tassoni explains in this interesting article.
Important Advice re Scarlet Fever
The UK has seen a small increase in the amount of cases of Scarlet Fever recently. Follow the link to the NHS website for further information of the symptoms and treatment of Scarlet Fever if it was to affect your child. Click here to access NHS pages
Sensory Development - February 2015
How children learn from the world around them is influenced by both their external senses, such as taste and touch, and their internal senses of movement and body awareness. Anne O’Connor considers how these senses help to build understanding, when problems might arise, and how practitioners can make sure they are offering suitable environments
5 Reasons Modern Day Parenting is in Crisis, According to a British Nanny
Huff Post Parents January 2015
A Time for Talk With Your Child - The Telegraph, 6 October 2014
One month into the new school year, Fiona Barry says it's natural to compare your child's level with others but if there is cause for concern, talking can be hugely beneficial.
Brightwalton Preschool Becomes an ECAT setting - October 2014 - click here for more details