Writing reports for parents, effective newsletters, parent partnership strategies, handling difficult conversations, and settling-in processes.
Difficult conversations with parents are an unavoidable part of working in early years — and the longer you put them off, the harder they tend to get. This guide offers straightforward, practical advice for approaching those moments with honesty and confidence, without needing a perfect script.
Most nursery newsletters get a quick scan for the child's name and nothing more — not because parents don't care, but because the writing wasn't meant for them. This guide cuts through the Ofsted-speak to show you what parents actually want to read, and how to say it in a way that sticks.
End-of-term reports for young children sit at an uncomfortable crossroads: too vague and parents learn nothing, too formal and you lose the warmth that defines early years practice. A practitioner with years of nursery and reception experience shares what she's learned — including the mistakes that took embarrassingly long to fix.