{"id":351,"date":"2026-04-21T08:55:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/earlylearningandchildcare\/?p=351"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:56:27","slug":"collaborative-working-in-the-turriff-cluster-%f0%9f%a5%b0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/earlylearningandchildcare\/2026\/04\/21\/collaborative-working-in-the-turriff-cluster-%f0%9f%a5%b0\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative working in the Turriff Cluster \ud83e\udd70"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"934\" height=\"821\" data-attachment-id=\"352\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/earlylearningandchildcare\/2026\/04\/21\/collaborative-working-in-the-turriff-cluster-%f0%9f%a5%b0\/turiff\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/earlylearningandchildcare\/uploads\/sites\/5523\/2026\/04\/21085214\/Turiff.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"934,821\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Turiff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/earlylearningandchildcare\/uploads\/sites\/5523\/2026\/04\/21085214\/Turiff-300x264.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/earlylearningandchildcare\/uploads\/sites\/5523\/2026\/04\/21085214\/Turiff.jpg\" data-id=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/earlylearningandchildcare\/uploads\/sites\/5523\/2026\/04\/21085214\/Turiff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/earlylearningandchildcare\/uploads\/sites\/5523\/2026\/04\/21085214\/Turiff.jpg 934w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/earlylearningandchildcare\/uploads\/sites\/5523\/2026\/04\/21085214\/Turiff-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/public\/earlylearningandchildcare\/uploads\/sites\/5523\/2026\/04\/21085214\/Turiff-768x675.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Partnership Working in Turriff Cluster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One part of our improvement plan this year at Turriff Nursery was to improve our partnerships with other ELC settings in the Turriff Cluster, this included other partner providers in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EYLP\u2019s and managers met to discuss what we wanted from this, the answer was the same from all, to get to know each other to form better working relationships and share good working practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Monquhitter Nursery hosted our first cluster meeting; Children\u2019s Rights was on the Agenda. It was great to see how different settings implemented UNCRC and everyone took back ideas to share in their own settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monquhitter Nursery also invited EYP\u2019s from the cluster to look at their nursery, chat and share documentation; this happened over two evenings so everyone had a chance to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope to continue in this way and dates have been organised for Turriff Playgroup to facilitate the next meetup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quotes from Attendees:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-green-background-color has-background\">Jo: the cluster meetings are great, I went to my first one last week, it was really good to see how other practices do things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-green-background-color has-background\">Ashley: we all enjoyed the visit today and I found the meeting really helpful. Loved seeing the floor-books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-green-background-color has-background\">Louise: It has been great to welcome everyone over and have an opportunity to come together and share practice and build relationships with each other. We got lots of positive feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partnership Working in Turriff Cluster One part of our improvement plan this year at Turriff Nursery was to improve our partnerships with other ELC settings in the Turriff Cluster, this included other partner providers in the area. 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