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Summer may finally be struggling to come through, but Nursery World isn't taking a break in providing you with the essential guide to the new Early Years Foundation Stage pack. September will be here all too quickly, and the countdown to the implementation of the new framework will begin in earnest.

You'll find part 3 of Lena Engel's invaluable guide as a handy pull-outin the centre of this week's magazine. This time, the practice guidanceis under scrutiny, and the final part on 23 August will examine theCD-Rom and how best to use it in your practice. It all adds up to aresource that every nursery, pre-school, childminder and school willwant to keep to hand.

There was a flurry of activity from Government, too, before parliamentwent into recess, with 1 billion extra funding promised under theComprehensive Spending Review to support the development of extendedschools (News, page 4). Not so much for joy for teaching assistants,however, with a new survey into their pay and conditions finding lots ofroom for improvement (News, page 6).

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