The launch of the Early Years Foundation Stage caught the imagination of the press last week, with a host of 'nappy curriculum' headlines such as 'Babies to be given marks for babbling' in The Daily Telegraph and 'A crying shame - inspectors will check on how many babies are in tears at our nurseries' in the Daily Express. The Guardian asked, 'Is your baby playing with its toes yet? If not, the government wants to know'.The Daily Mail, like many other papers, declared the EYFS 'the 'Final proof the nanny state has gone ga-ga'. The growing phone-in competition scandal engulfed the BBC's 'Blue Peter', which was found to have faked the results of a competition after a technical problem kept callers from getting through. A child visiting the studio was asked to pose as a caller and answer a question live on air.
The launch of the Early Years Foundation Stage caught the imagination of the press last week, with a host of 'nappy curriculum' headlines such as 'Babies to be given marks for babbling' in The Daily Telegraph and 'A crying shame - inspectors will check on how many babies are in tears at our nurseries' in the Daily Express. The Guardian asked, 'Is your baby playing with its toes yet? If not, the government wants to know'.The Daily Mail, like many other papers, declared the EYFS 'the 'Final proof the nanny state has gone ga-ga'.
The growing phone-in competition scandal engulfed the BBC's 'Blue Peter', which was found to have faked the results of a competition after a technical problem kept callers from getting through. A child visiting the studio was asked to pose as a caller and answer a question live on air.
The Daily Express revealed that the cost of a child's party bag has risen to an average of 7.48 as parents vie to outdo each other, and bagged goodies such as model cars, plastic sunglasses and fake tiaras are now taken for granted.
