News

NEW Academic Activity Planner!

There can be a lot of change in childcare settings during the summer months as children move on to school and new faces arrive. For this reason, many childcare providers find it favourable to plan alongside the school year. We have therefore created a new version of our activity planner to accommodate Academic Year Planning. […]

Getting Ready for School & Supporting Transition

Do you care for little ones who are moving onto school, nursery or even to a new care setting? These Workbooks and School Activity Pack are packed with fun activities to help prepare children for their new surroundings and look forward to the exciting times ahead.  Complete with children in your setting or put together as a […]

NEW – Eat Your Peas Activity Pack!

This week is British Nutrition Foundation’s Healthy Eating Week, a time to raise awareness of the importance of eating healthily and leading an active lifestyle. There is no better way to help children learn about healthy choices than to make it fun! We are delighted to introduce another amazing activity pack from Kids Club English… Designed to […]

Child Safety Week

This week is Child Safety Week. Ran by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), the aim of the week is to raise awareness of child safety, and ways of minimising risks so as accidents can be prevented. The CAPT website offers excellent advice, guides and action packs for both practitioners and parents as well as some […]

NEW Non-Mobile Child Policy!

We have now updated our Policies & Procedures Pack to include a Non-Mobile Child Policy template. Accidental bruising on non-independently mobile children and infants is rare and should therefore always warrant further investigation. Local Safeguarding Children Boards recommend that all childcare providers have a specific policy in place to ensure the protection of vulnerable children. […]

MindingKids & GDPR

          What you need to know about our data processing procedures and how we can assist you with your own business compliance. As you may already know, new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect from tomorrow…the 25th of May. We would like to make you aware of what we have on offer to assist […]

NEW App Information Sheet & Consent Form

Attention ALL MindingKids App Users! We have now updated our App-Guide and included a downloadable App Information Sheet and Consent Form for parents!    All childcare providers are required by the General Data Protection Regulation to keep parents and carers informed about the methods they use to collect, process and store information about children and families. If […]

NEW – Shark In The Park Activity Pack!

Designed to complement the story Shark In The Park, this exciting 217 page activity pack from Kids Club English is packed full of crafts and activities to support children’s learning in a variety of ways. Use with or without the story to support learning about people, family, animals, prepositions, colours, numbers and discovering the world […]

Spring News Update!

Our seasonal news updates summarise the latest childcare news plus which MindingKids resources have been added or revised so you can easily keep on track and up to date. After what has felt like a very long winter, SPRING is here at last. It is so nice to be enjoying the lighter nights and some […]