The Private Early Years Chatroom Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Early years problems: carpet time, difficult conversations with parents and staff rotas
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Twinkl Private Nurseries and Preschools answers your early years practitioners problems! This episode covers:How long should carpet time be in prescho...
Early years practitioner must have resources
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all have a list of essential resources and items for working in early years. Join Katie, Charlotte and Fliss as they share the resources they could...
Early years problems: job benefits, getting parents involved and obvservations
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Twinkl Private Nurseries and Preschools answers your early years practitioners problems! This episode covers:What additional job benefits do you get a...
Adjusting to the new 1:5 ratio for 2 years olds in early years
06 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Department for Education have confirmed that from 4th September 2023, the ratio for toddlers in early years settings will be increasing from 1:4 t...
Early years problems: moving rooms, settling babies, deputy manager interviews and September topics!
30 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Twinkl Private Nurseries and Preschools answers your early years practitioners problems! This episode covers:How often should early years practitioner...
2 Truths and a lie... early years edition!
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Katie, Fliss and Charlotte as we get to know each other and our early years careers a little bit better! Who almost fell down the stairs with a b...
Early years problems: phone storage, gifts from parents, end of the day activities and early years qualifications
16 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Twinkl Private Nurseries and Preschools answers your early years practitioners problems! This episode covers:phone storage for early years practitione...
What are Ofsted's Three I's?
09 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The thought of Ofsted makes most early years practitioners in day nurseries and preschools panic... especially all the buzzwords. Amongst the newest a...
Early years problems: sun cream policies, summer uniforms, staff sickness and snack time.
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Twinkl Private Nurseries and Preschools answers your early years practitioners problems! This episode covers sun cream policies, summer uniforms, staf...
Are home corners old fashioned in early years settings?
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We all have home corners in our day nurseries and preschools but are you make the most out of it? Do you have a separate role-play area? Are mud kitch...
Never have I ever... early years edition!
18 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Never have I ever... pulled a sicky as an early years practitioner! 👀 Never have I ever... hidden items that need tidying instead of doing it in my...
EYFS regulatory changes consultation
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Proposed changes to the EYFS in the May 2023 Consultation include removing maths from the level 3 requirements, a practice-based route to the level 3 ...
What are the highs and lows of working in early years?
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the advantages of working in an early years setting, such as a nursery or preschool? What are the lows of being an early years practitioner? ...
Should early years settings follow children's interests?
28 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should early years setting use a child-led approach? How can early years practitioners resource this? How do you work with mixed age groups in your nu...
Do early years settings need room leaders?
21 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What are the main responsibilities of a early years room leader? Are they essential to for the day-to-day running of an early years setting? How can y...
Should early years practitioners get time out for paperwork and admin?
14 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should early years settings give practitioners time out of the room to complete reports, assessments and observations? How much time should early year...
Should early years practitioners have degrees?
07 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should early years practitioners have degrees to be counted in ratios? What's more important for an early years setting - experience or knowledge?...
Do trips actually happen in early years?
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What ratios should be used for trips in early years settings? Do babies have more opportunities to leave early years settings than preschools? What ar...
Are display boards pointless in early years?
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Twinkl Private Nurseries and Preschool team question... what is the point in display boards in early years settings? Who are they...
Should food play be banned in early years?
16 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is food play wasteful in nurseries? Is it confusing? Is it too expensive during the cost of living crisis for preschools? Should early years practitio...
Is the key person approach outdated in early years?
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do early years settings use the key person approach as intended or has it become purely organisational? Are we limiting children by encouraging one im...
Early years uniforms, tattoos, piercings and the 1:13 ratio!
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should early years settings have uniforms? Should early years practitioners be allowed tattoos, piercings, nails and bright hair? Who's allowed to...
How far should early years settings take parent partnerships?
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Should early years practitioners be allowed to babysit nursery or preschool children in their EYFS setting? Is it weird to be friends with parents on ...
How will the Spring 2023 budget affect the early years sector?
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On 15th March 2023, the Government announced their Spring 2023 budget and there are some big changes planned for the early years sector. This includes...
How did you get started working in early years?
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Twinkl team as we talk about how we began working in early years, the difference between a nursery and nursery... and how to cope if your ear...
Should early years practitioner go on strike?
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What questions could OFSTED ask early years practitioners? Grab our list of questions for early years settings here.Visit our full range of OFSTED sup...
Top tips for early years practitioners.
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Katie, Charlotte and Fliss share there top ten tips for early years and nursery practitioners. If you work an early years setting or ...
Early years and pet peeves...
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know what really drives early years practitioners mad about working in the early years? So many things.... and they probably make you a bit crazy ...
Every day is a celebration in early years...
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are so many weird and wonderful events to celebrate in your early years setting including World Nutella Day, Put Your Own Shoes Day and I Forgot...
I'm not just an early years practitioner...
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Life as a preschool and nursery practitioner is very busy. You aren't just an early years practitioner... you're also an actor, athlete and pr...
Would you rather... early years edition!
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's take everyone's favourite game and make it early years friendly. So, fellow preschool or nursery practitioners, in your early years sett...
Interview questions, biscuits and elephant trunks in early years.
16 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all know preschool and nursery practitioner interviews can be stressful with tricky questions but we've been asked some downright weird ones by...
Tell me you work in early years...
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Go on then fellow EYFS preschool and nursery practitioners... tell us you work in the early years without telling us you work in the early years. We&#...