Childcare Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulation of School Age Services Regulations, 2018 drive.google.com/file/d/1lylb-c… drive.google.com/file/d/1lylb-c…

Early Years Inspection -a case of two masters issuu.com/educationmatte… issuu.com/educationmatte…

Employment Opportunites with AsIAm. asiam.ie/careers-traini…? asiam.ie/careers-traini…

A gloomy picture for childcare workers in England from the point of view of financial remuneration and stability.This and other interesting findings in the full report avaialble at:... epi.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Online Safety: Minister Zappone has signed and published an addendum to Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children on on-line safety. If you are an... dcya.gov.ie/documents/chil…

Cash strapped Edinburgh Council plans to compromise quality Early Childhood Education and... nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/…

Baseline assessment will bring 'stress for children right at the start of their school experience when... morethanascore.org.uk/2019/01/16/bas…

New findings about the well-being of young children in five EU countries show: - 75% of 5-year old children doing well in terms of social and emotional well-being - Reason for concern for a cross-country average of 24% Read more at:... lnkd.in/dbj83dN

'A balanced diet of play' keeps children healthy fit and happy. Download this lovely play pack for parents and carers of children ages 8 to 12 years old. playscotland.org/wp-content/upl…. playscotland.org/wp-content/upl…

Wise investment or lack of understanding and respect for early childhood education? Clark's shop workers to receive training as UK government seeks to tackle poor... theguardian.com/education/2019…

Guidelines issued for ECEC and... dcya.gov.ie/docs/EN/31-01-…

Online safety risks must be assessed by Organisations working with children and young people dcya.gov.ie/docs/EN/Press-… dcya.gov.ie/docs/EN/Press-…

Great to see #First5 placing a stong emphasis on learning through play as as evidence from a... psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedo…

How many times do we force children to apologize? Too often perhaps. Based up two students with 4 to 9 year old children, Smith, Anderson, Straussberger (2018) urge parents to take time out before force their child to... digitalcommons.wayne.edu/mpq/vol64/iss2…

Stimulating and challenging discussion at the PLÉ AGM this weekend in Athlone.

The first Early Years Forum meeting of 2019 was held in Dublin today. Minister Zappone gave very generously of her time, listening to and responding to presentations about recruitment and retention of early childhood... facebook.com/PLEIreland/pos…

Exciting announcement by Minister Zappone today relating to 12.5 hours CPD on Aistear & Play. This CPD has been developed by a working group with representation from the National Síolta Aistear Initiative, the Early Years Education Inspectorate,... betterstart.ie

New research reveals that children in the UK sit, confined to the same four walls for far too many hours - day... learningandexploringthroughplay.com/2019/02/childr…

Minister Zappone explains the rationale for using the term Early Learning and Care. What do you think? facebook.com/earlychildhood… facebook.com/PLEIreland/pos…

Applications open today for the 2019 ECEC, School Age and Fire Safety (community settings only) Capital programmes. dcya.gov.ie/docs/ dcya.gov.ie/docs/EN/25-02-…