Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)
Bookings for the HAF Summer programme will go live on Monday 9th June 2025 at 8am.
Playing outside: 30 days wild
Get ready to embrace nature like never before! 30 Days Wild is The Wildlife Trusts’ annual challenge event, where we ask you to take on wild activities throughout June.
Top 20 Nursery award for one of our Devon providers!
Bumblebees Day Nursery have been awarded a Top 20 Nursery award for South West at the recent Nursery Awards 2025. Congratulations!
Food and nutrition survey: what support do you want in your settings for serving food to children?
We would love to hear your thoughts around food and nutrition in your setting and share any ideas of what support may help your efforts in this area.
Funding Friday
Its ‘Funding Friday’ and this week we have funding information from: ‘SPAR Community Cashback’ and ‘Tesco Stronger Starts: Cooking for All’.
Do Something Big campaign – advertising vacancies on Find A Job ahead of summer activity
The next wave of the Do Something Big campaign will run from 19 May -14 September 2025, encouraging more people to explore a fulfilling career in early years and childcare. We’d love your support in amplifying the campaign – please keep an eye out for the new adverts and use the available resources in your own recruitment activity.
Transitions and starting school
The Early Years Consultant team have rewritten Devon’s transition document to be more in line with the progress check format. It is now live and there will be completed examples uploaded soon for support.
EYFS progress check at age two
The Early Years Consultant team have rewritten our recommended format for the statutory progress check at age 2. It is now live and there will be completed examples uploaded soon for support
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) space requirements consultation launch
The Department for Education are seeking views on options for amending the indoor space requirements in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) statutory frameworks. Consultation runs until 11 July.
Training around enhancing child protection and safeguarding skills
Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership (DSCP) offers a variety of training events aimed at enhancing child protection and safeguarding skills for professionals across different sectors. Visit the DSCP website to explore and register for these essential training opportunities.