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Teachers putting three-year-olds into ability groups

Friday, December 1, 2017

| Nursery World

Children as young as three are being put into ability groups for phonics, raising grave concerns about the impact on their self-esteem, and widening gaps in attainment, teachers warn today.

Montessori closes attainment gap for pre-school children

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

An American study in academic journal Frontiers in Psychology has found that Montessori early years settings can improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.

Babies may realise some words go together from six months old

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Thursday, November 23, 2017

| Nursery World

A study suggests that babies may be able to link some words together.

Grandparents' over-indulgence is a risk to children's health

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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Grandparents’ behaviour may inadvertently have a negative impact on the health of their grandchildren, according to a new study.??

Assessment: Reducing children to numbers

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Measures of children’s progress – especially one-off assessments such as the baseline in Reception – are flawed, meaning neither policy-makers nor children benefit, say Alice Bradbury and Guy Roberts-Holmes

Study highlights benefits of forest school in nursery

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Forest school can contribute to the development of children’s collaborative learning skills, according to research by Loughborough University.

LEYF nurseries to welcome drag queens for storytime

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Friday, November 3, 2017

| Nursery World

Children at London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) nurseries will be read stories by drag queens as part of project to spread a message of tolerance and kindness.

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has moved to strengthen the quality of childcare years in advance of its target to double its funded offer.

Nurseries and childminders urged to take part in RSPB bird watch

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Friday, October 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is asking early years settings to take part in the biggest schools’ wildlife survey in the UK.

New Forest School award launches

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Friday, October 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Forest school providers can now gain an accredited award, which recognises their good practice.

Call for children with reading difficulties to have hearing checks

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Friday, October 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Academics from Coventry University are recommending children with reading difficulties be more 'thoroughly screened' for hearing problems.

Scottish government consults on closing the gap

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Wednesday, October 4, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish government has launched a consultation on assessing progress in literacy, numeracy and health and wellbeing for children and young people from 3-18.

Popular baby book scheme tops 1,000

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Tuesday, October 3, 2017

| Nursery World

More than a thousand babies in Bradford are being given a free book every month as part of a literacy skills development programme.

Early language as important as obesity as a sign of child wellbeing

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Early language development must be prioritised as a child wellbeing indicator to close the gap between children in low-income and better-off households, according to a new study.

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

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Friday, September 22, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report calls for Governments worldwide to prioritise early childhood development.

The Big Picture - Act of kindness

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Children’s television series Clangers has joined forces with the NDNA to promote kindness.

Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery groups in deprived areas should be led by an early years teacher or equivalent by 2020, a new report by a coalition of more than 80 organisations recommends.

Shortage of funding barrier to school readiness

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Lack of early years funding is leaving children less ready for school than five years ago, according to a new survey of school leaders.

Early years language training boosts children's skills

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Wednesday, September 6, 2017

| Nursery World

An early years speech, language and communication training programme has been shown to speed up children’s development by five months, an independent evaluation has found.

More nurseries bring young and old together

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Thursday, August 17, 2017

| Nursery World

As Nursery World has reported, an increasing number of nurseries are linking up with care homes for regular visits and activities.

Call to change attitudes to breastfeeding

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

| Nursery World

Social stigma is a major barrier to breastfeeding and more must be done to support women to continue breastfeeding beyond the first few weeks, experts say.

TV show aims to prove benefits of bringing young and old together

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Friday, July 28, 2017

| Nursery World

In a new experiment Channel 4 is bringing together a group of elderly care home residents and pre-school children over several weeks to assess the impact on their health, wellbeing and even life expectancy.

Time spent in early years settings leads to better-paid jobs

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

New evidence on the potential value for money of early education and childcare (ECEC) to the individual and society has emerged.

SEED: Report reveals benefits of ECEC at age three

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery World sums up the key findings of the latest research from the Study of Early Education and Development.

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

| Nursery World

A new set of short courses on the Froebelian approach has been launched by Early Education and the Froebel Trust.

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Teachers putting three-year-olds into ability groups

Montessori closes attainment gap for pre-school children

Babies may realise some words go together from six months old

Grandparents' over-indulgence is a risk to children's health

Assessment: Reducing children to numbers

Study highlights benefits of forest school in nursery

LEYF nurseries to welcome drag queens for storytime

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

Nurseries and childminders urged to take part in RSPB bird watch

New Forest School award launches

Call for children with reading difficulties to have hearing checks

Scottish government consults on closing the gap

Popular baby book scheme tops 1,000

Early language as important as obesity as a sign of child wellbeing

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

The Big Picture - Act of kindness

Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas

Shortage of funding barrier to school readiness

Early years language training boosts children's skills

More nurseries bring young and old together

Call to change attitudes to breastfeeding

TV show aims to prove benefits of bringing young and old together

Time spent in early years settings leads to better-paid jobs

SEED: Report reveals benefits of ECEC at age three

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

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