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As part of Early Years Wellbeing Week Sarah Fillingham area manager from Portico Nurseries shares with us her case study from July 2017, on leadership and emotional wellbeing. Sarah also shares 12 months on, an update of where they are now and the impact it has made on staff and children’s mental health and wellbeing.…

As part of Early Years Wellbeing, Susan and Katie co-authors of Let’s Go Yoginis and founders of Yoginis Yoga Training, discuss our physical and mental health in relation to our Wellbeing. Quality of life is a relatively new idea, but it’s a concept that doctors and psychologist are beginning to emphasise. Quality of life goes…

Throughout Early Years Wellbeing Week we have focused on the importance of self-care and wellbeing for early years practitioners, “In order to take care of others we need to take care of ourselves first“. To be in a position to nurture and care for children and enable them to become resilient and well-rounded young people,…

As part of Early Years Wellbeing Week 2018, we welcome Joanna from Led by the Wild, a community interest company that engages children and parents in nature-led learning and wellbeing activities in their outdoor environment at white woods farm woodland in Kent. The wellbeing of both adults and children is interwoven through all the activities…

As part of Early Tears Wellbeing Week and on World Mental Health Day: young people and mental health in a changing world. Heather and Isaac write a guest blog. My name is Heather and I’m the mum of my miracle little boy Isaac who is currently 10 years old. Isaac has ADHD and is also…

The start of Early Years Wellbeing Week came from an idea I had about how I was going to support, promote and link Early Years to mental health for World Mental Health Day on 8/10. The focus for 2018 is: youth in a changing world and so very relevant to Early Years, yet many are…

I know you’re feeling weary right now, I know it’s only a couple of weeks into the new term and you are already feeling worn out and depleted. This is a note to anyone working with children in any role, whatever age, whatever stage, a reminder that you matter too and you must remember to…

“A person’s a person, no matter how small”. Dr. Seuss In an online group, a parent posed the question about how unhappy their child is at school and the battle she has to get him there. She reflected upon the respect, love, care and nurture we provide in abundance in the EY but how and…

Like so many, I love a good photo of an inspiring Early Years environment. I like to ooh and ah at an imaginatively designed construction area, gasp in delight at a play dough station and will share inspirational practice on Facebook along with outdoor mudpie kitchens that look better than my own kitchen. I will…

I had a conversation with someone the other day and we talked about the word stress, we kind of agreed that we use the word stress on a daily basis and in fact we often use it to replace the word busy. How often do you say you are busy or stressed? Perhaps more than…