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July and August Inspection Round Up
Congratulations to the below settings who had a Care Inspectorate Inspection published in July and August 2026. Insch ELC – https://ci-web-media-production-bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/inspection-reports/CS2003015714/328338.pdf Turriff Playgroup – https://ci-web-media-production-bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/inspection-reports/CS2003002591/328426.pdf Jill Lawrie – https://ci-web-media-production-bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/inspection-reports/CS2016346224/328433.pdf Kiddiwinks Kemnay – https://ci-web-media-production-bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/inspection-reports/CS2003002640/328395.pdf Gillian Birnie Childminding – https://ci-web-media-production-bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/inspection-reports/CS2017362445/328589.pdf Jumping Jacks Childminding service – https://ci-web-media-production-bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/inspection-reports/CS2017357863/328502.pdf Kirsty’s childmindees – https://www.careinspectorate.scot/find-care/search-for-care/care-services/CS2024000470/kirstys-childmindees Hoodles – https://ci-web-media-production-bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/inspection-reports/CS2011289681/328852.pdfELC Podcast August 2026 – An Introduction to the Curriculum Improvement Cycle
Our first podcast for the Curriculum Improvement Cycle details what is changing, what is staying the same and how we will support going forward. It is a 14 minute recording. First Explainer Document – FINAL Curriculum Improvement Cycle Explainer for Teachers and Practitioners – designed v.1 Second Explainer Document – CIC Explainer 2 draft updated …Continue reading ELC Podcast August 2026 – An Introduction to the Curriculum Improvement Cycle
Monymusk Playgroup – Wild Challenge 🌿🌱🍄🟫
The team at Monymusk Playgroup are super proud to have their nature pedagogy recognised by becoming a “School for Nature” as they achieved the RSPB Wild Challenge Gold Award for doing great things in nature. You can read all about their journey here: https://read.bookcreator.com/MMOA3EJlebYrE5IXZUsspwoLEN73/OgFtskKTSKCW2jfVZTRSIw . Monymusk Playgroup RSPB Wild Challenge Click to read this book, made with Book Creator …From Castles to Zen Gardens: The Magic of Block Play 🏰🏯
We were delighted to welcome Early Years colleagues from across Aberdeenshire to Unlocking the Learning in Block Play today. Inspired by Froebel’s belief in the power of play, we explored the history of block play, the developmental stages children move through as builders, and the important role adults play in observing, supporting and extending learning. …Continue reading From Castles to Zen Gardens: The Magic of Block Play 🏰🏯
Latest updatesEarly Years at Wild About Aden
🌞 What a lovely day to be out and about! 🌞Our team is set up with a Stay and Play station at Wild About Aden today, making the most of the beautiful weather. 🌿☀️If you’re visiting, please pop by and say hello! We’d love to chat with you about:> 2Nurture>...Welly walkers Childminding Family
Innovative CPD Opportunity: Engaging Children in Permaculture for Early Years My name Christine Mathieson from Welly Walkers Childminding Family out at Portsoy. I have just finished a fantastic course that ran for 6 weeks, 12hrs in total 2 hrs in the evening per week. It is the Introduction to Engaging Children in Permaculture part …Latest News
H5P Interactive Video Problems with YouTube Videos
There are two problem with some H5P interactive videos. both are the result of changes in YouTube behaviour. 1 The videos play but audio only In this case the content appears but the video can’t be seen. You can fix this by updating the Interactive Video Module. This can be a bit complicated, but this […]Glow Blogs Update 27 Aug 2026
There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, making some changes, dealing with some issues and updating themes and plugins. Changes Site Creation This will have no effect on existing sites. We have changed the default site created to use the block editor and the Twenty Twenty Five five theme, a block theme. In […]Glow Blogs Start of Session FAQ 2026
A few quick tips and some information that might help at the start of this new session.Glow Blogs Update July 2026
There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, dealing with some issues and updating themes and plugins. Event Organiser A security issue has developed with this plugin. We have temporarily patched(fixed) the problem for sites already using the plugin. We have also prevented the plugin from being installed on sites. If you remove the […]Theme Retirement News
Three themes are being phased out: Yoko, Agama, and Make; Don’t use them for new sites; Existing sites are unaffected for now – no action needed; Plenty of notice and guidance will be provided before anything changes for current users
