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Early childhood policies - Recycling the past

Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Current intervention strategies to tackle social inequality aren't working - so perhaps it is time for a complete rethink of our approach to early childhood services, argues Helen Penn.

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

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Monday, April 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Six projects designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children from the age of two have been granted a share of £1m in funding.

Cambridge Primary Review Trust - Challenging aspects of EY practice

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Monday, April 6, 2015

| Nursery World

A research paper published earlier this year has major implications for the early years because of the challenges it makes to some of the ideas that have become 'best practice', says Julian Grenier

Reading scheme boosts children's language skills

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

| Nursery World

An early years literacy scheme has helped pre-school children that were falling behind to catch up with their peers.

New guidance for practitioners on the Integrated Review

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Thursday, March 26, 2015

| Nursery World

New guidance has been launched to support practitioners to deliver the Integrated Review for two-year-olds from September.

Fathers 'side-lined' by early years settings

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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Children’s life chances are being affected by the failure of early years services to engage with fathers, according to a parliamentary report.

Study reveals link between breastfeeding and high IQ

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Researchers in Brazil have found that breastfeeding children for up to a year can lead to higher IQs and better life prospects, in one of the biggest studies of its kind to date.

New toolkit evaluates early years strategies

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

| Nursery World

Encouraging parents to read with their child can boost their development by as much as five months, while the benefits of increasing hours to a full-day at nursery are not conclusive.

Colin Firth launches appeal for children who stammer

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Friday, February 27, 2015

| Nursery World

The charity Action for Stammering Children aims to raise £1.5m to provide specialist speech and language therapy.

Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Speech and language charities call for early years settings and schools to dedicate a whole day to spoken language.

Lords call for redistribution of early years funding

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| Nursery World

A cross-party group of peers is calling for fairer funding for PVI settings and for spending to be targeted at disadvantaged children who benefit the most.

What are the options for the baseline assessment?

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Monday, February 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Following confirmation of the Reception baseline providers earlier this month, schools that want to use the baseline during the pilot year from this September have until April to sign up.

Cost of tackling social problems too late costs £17bn a year

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| Nursery World

A move from late to early intervention would save the Government billions of pounds a year, suggests new research.

Hidden cameras reveal the secret lives of four-year-olds

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Monday, February 9, 2015

| Nursery World

A documentary observing the interactions of four-year-olds in nursery will air on Channel 4 tonight (10 February).

Napping helps children to learn

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A new study suggests the best time for young children to learn is just before they take a nap.

Sharing picture books boosts infants' development

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Thursday, December 18, 2014

| Nursery World

Sharing books could significantly improve the development of toddlers living in the poorest parts of the world, according to a new study by the University of Reading.

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Free books for children and adults are to be handed out at food banks during the festive period, thanks to a partnership between Booktrust and The Trussell Trust food bank network.

Research shows ‘IQ gap’ for poorer children starts at two

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Monday, December 8, 2014

| Nursery World

New research that examines the impact of poverty on children's intelligence has found that children from disadvantaged backgrounds have lower IQ scores on average than their peers.

Parents need not worry about bad Santa impersonators

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

| Nursery World

New research suggests that even if young children see lots of different people dressed up as Father Christmas their belief in his existence will remain unshaken.

Early years 'failing' children at maths

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are ‘failing’ young children over maths skills, a campaign group has said.

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Early childhood policies - Recycling the past

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

Cambridge Primary Review Trust - Challenging aspects of EY practice

Reading scheme boosts children's language skills

New guidance for practitioners on the Integrated Review

Fathers 'side-lined' by early years settings

Study reveals link between breastfeeding and high IQ

New toolkit evaluates early years strategies

Colin Firth launches appeal for children who stammer

Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

Lords call for redistribution of early years funding

What are the options for the baseline assessment?

Cost of tackling social problems too late costs £17bn a year

Hidden cameras reveal the secret lives of four-year-olds

Napping helps children to learn

Sharing picture books boosts infants' development

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

Research shows ‘IQ gap’ for poorer children starts at two

Parents need not worry about bad Santa impersonators

Early years 'failing' children at maths

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