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01/11/2026

🎙️ Our LAST webinar of 2026 is here, and it's one you won't want to miss! ✨

🤔 Ever wondered whether your curriculum should look like everyone else's? There's no single 'right' curriculum, only the one that fits YOUR children, families and community. 💜

📅 Thursday 19 November | ⏰ 10:30am | 💻 Teams

Join early years education experts Lisa Gooding and Nicola Navuasese to explore:
💜 Ethos first: let your community shape your curriculum
🧩 Know your approaches, and why blending often works best
🔢 Stronger maths and STEM foundations
🔄 Keeping your curriculum dynamic, not static on a shelf

🏅 Register AND attend for a CPD certificate!

👉 Reserve your free place: bit.ly/4i4jPo6

01/11/2026

🎨 What does a great early years curriculum actually look like? Spoiler: it probably has paint on it! 😄

This November, we're exploring curriculum, assessment and learning alongside creativity and the arts, because the two belong together. 💜

✨ Here's what's coming your way:
🧠 Expert articles on sensory development, autism, leadership and nutrition
🎶 Songs from around the world to boost belonging
🪔 Gentle guides for Diwali, Remembrance and Anti-Bullying Week

💬 Tell us: what's one creative activity your children can't get enough of right now? Share in the comments below 👇

31/10/2026

Happy Halloween! 🎃

Did you know trick-or-treating as we know it in the UK only really took off from the 1980s, borrowing from much older British traditions of souling and guising, where children went door to door for food, coins or a song?

Our latest blog is full of gentle, inclusive ways to mark the day in your setting:
• Simple pumpkin and spider crafts for little hands
• Storytelling ideas that are fun without being frightening
• Ways to include children who don't celebrate at home

What's your setting's favourite Halloween tradition? Tell us in the comments!

👉 Read the full story: https://www.parenta.com/?p=106105

30/10/2026

Huge congratulations to everyone completing their apprenticeship with us this month! 🎓

From your very first module to this moment, you've shown up, kept learning and grown into the confident early years professional you are today. That's no small thing.

Whatever your next step looks like, we couldn't be prouder to have been part of your journey.

👉 Your success story: bit.ly/4x8w33P

29/10/2026

Families come in every shape and size, and music is one of the simplest ways to help every child feel seen.

As Black History Month continues, : Music education for life's Frances Turnbull shares familiar songs about family life (with a few adaptable lyrics) that settings can use to build inclusion, one singalong at a time.

👉 Read the full piece: bit.ly/4yx22vk

29/10/2026

Nervous about a tricky conversation with a parent? You're not alone.

Whether it's a concern about development, a behaviour worry, or asking for more support at home, talking to families well is one of the hardest, and most important, skills in early years practice.

Our latest blog shares:
• How to open a difficult conversation with warmth
• Language that reassures rather than alarms
• Ways to keep families as partners, not just recipients of news

29/10/2026

Struggling to get parents more involved, or nervous about a tricky conversation?

Our free How to Guide is a practical companion to building real parent engagement, the kind that makes families feel like partners, not just drop-offs and pick-ups.

• Simple ways to open up two-way communication
• Confidence for those trickier conversations
• Ideas to bring families into everyday setting life

👉 Grab your guide now: bit.ly/4fX5gBI

27/10/2026

Strip away the music and costumes from a ballet, and you're left with four simple movements: a stretch, a bend, a jump and a turn. Children explore all four instinctively, long before anyone teaches them to.

This latest piece by 's Gina Bale looks at why these fundamental movements matter so much for physical development, and how a little imagination (dragons, dinosaurs, snowflakes) can turn them into powerful play.

👉 Read the full piece: bit.ly/4r3cTKO

27/10/2026

14%. That's the annual staff turnover rate in group-based early years provision, twice the rate seen in schools. In a nursery of 20 people, that's almost three staff lost every year.

Dr Mona Sakr's latest article for Parenta looks past pay and hours to ask what leadership can actually influence: belonging, being valued, and having room to grow.

👉 Read the full piece: bit.ly/4h2e7l6

27/10/2026

Be the champion every child deserves.

Every setting needs someone who understands SEND: someone who notices, advocates and makes sure no child is left behind. That someone could be you.

Our Level 3 Award in the Principles of a SEND Coordinator gives you the knowledge and confidence to lead inclusive practice across your setting, for £299 + VAT.

• Understand your SENCO responsibilities with clarity
• Learn the graduated approach: assess, plan, do, review
• Build partnerships with families and professionals

👉 Master SEND support: bit.ly/4vYr4lk

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