Festival of Early Years – Cheryl delivers a webinar with live Q&A 18th November Sustainability in our time: An Early Years perspective 18th November Cheryl’s Keynote speech from 9.30 – 10.15 Followed by a Zoom Social with live Q&A from...
Cheryl’s book now available – claim a 30% discount today! Creating an Eco-friendly Early Years Setting: A Practical Guide By Cheryl Hadland ISBN 9780429445842 Published by Routledge 288 pages, 42 colour illustrations Cheryl’s book offers a...
Asthma Awareness – 10 ways to improve indoor & outdoor air quality According to Asthma UK, over 1.1 million children in the UK are being treated for Asthma. That’s 1 in 11 children, meaning that the average primary school class could contain 3 Asthmatic...
The Big EY Debate 2020 London, 23rd January 2020: The Big EY Debate was organised by Ceeda Research and aimed at setting owners, investors, managers, local authorities, and organisations working with the early years sector. It was also live streamed to a network of...
TG Escapes partners with EcoMatcher TG Escapes design and build low energy buildings using sustainable materials and efficient construction methods to create spaces that connect to the outdoors. In 2018 they were contracted by Tops Day Nurseries to create a 32 place...
GECCO’s first EY Eco-Sustainability Conference, London The first GECCO eco-sustainability conference was delivered on 8th February at the Nursery World Show in London. It was a great success with a wide variety of information being shared by both speakers and...
Sustainability must start in the nursery: The Guardian Letters Children must be encouraged to learn through their involvement in reducing the environmental impact of their homes and pre-schools, say a coalition of early years educators Read the article online at...
Make Sustainability Matter for Early Years … our petition Sustainability is missing from EYFS reform consultation! The Department for Education’s consultation on changes to Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) reform does not include any reference whatsoever to...
GECCO’s EY sector Eco-Sustainability Conferences Not to be missed! 2020 will bring the start of something huge … the very first industry-led Early Years Eco-Sustainability Conference offering advice, guidance and support. The conference will be run by...
60+ ways to Save Water at Home by Shaira Williams, student and blogger Ever thought about why our environment and water is getting polluted? Why is there so much of water wastage in any locality? Water Conservation has become the most important conversation between...
This week all Tops Day Nurseries will be receiving a copy of Neal Layton’s new book release: A Planet Full of Plastic. This is a beautifully illustrated book which aims to help children under 7 years understand where plastic comes from, why it doesn’t biodegrade, and...
What’s behind our sudden rage – and will it make a difference? Humankind has produced unfathomable quantities of plastic for decades, first passing the 100m tonne mark in the early 1990s. But for some reason it is only very recently that people have really...
