Parent guide: Communicating with school
Preparing for your child to start a new school is daunting for a lot of parents, more so this year during lockdown but teachers are still there to support you, says Annette Rawstrone.
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How early years practitioners can help parents navigate home learning
Early years settings have a vital role in supporting parents with simple advice and clear guidance on how to support young children while they are at home.
Opinion: Why the well-being of teachers isn’t just a coronavirus conversation
Donna Tandy at the Focus Trust, a charitable multi-academy trust in the North West of England, describes how teachers have been supported during lockdown and how they will emerge stronger than ever to meet the challenges of returning to ‘normality’.
Opinion: How schools and parents can create a balance for learning
As the Government considers how and when to reopen our schools, Wendy Cobb and Tom Troppe at Canterbury Christchurch University suggest it is time to re-evaluate how formal childcare and home learning sit best together.
Keeping busy and staying informed during Covid-19
Janet King at awarding body CACHE suggests ways in which practitioners can make use of the current time they have available to enhance their continuing professional development.
SEND: Sharing knowledge, increasing expertise
With the Early Years SENCO Award beginning to enhance the quality of inclusive provision in the PVI sector, it is absolutely vital that government funding continues to support it.
Maths is a piece of cake
Explore these tips which can be passed to parents at home for making maths learning a fun and stress-free experience.
EYE Guide to... Closing the word gap
Find out about Bug Club's family of imaginative and independent reading resources which provide a reading solution for your whole school. These resources are currently free to download and use.
Case study: ‘Not all superheroes wear scrubs’
As one of the few nurseries in its vicinity to remain open, Funky Owls Nursery in south west London describes how parents are prepared to travel to access its childcare.
Check out the May issue of eye
Whatever your current situation, this month’s issue of EYE provides a direct, informative connection to what continues to matter most – the learning and well-being of children.
Opinion: Respond with warmth
How do love and care impact on a child's holistic development and what happens when they are lacking? Jo Button flags up the importance of practitioners developing a knowledge of neuroscience to support children's sense of security.
Book reviews
Understand how teachers can tune into and encourage quieter pupils, why bereavement should be something that schools are equipped to deal with and what makes a fantastic mentor.
Analysis: 'Noticing' not just 'seeing' every pupil
Is a pupil, tired, hungry or wearing a dirty shirt? Noticing exactly what is going on with individual children is a key requirement of good teaching and in these challenging times it is more important than ever.