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Maternal depression a factor in young children's behavioural problems

Friday, July 29, 2011

| Nursery World

Children of depressed mothers are more likely to experience emotional, behavioural and verbal difficulties as they grow older, according to a new study.

Call for early years practitioners to enter children's communication awards

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Friday, August 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The Hello campaign, the national year of communication, is inviting early years practitioners to enter their Shine a Light 2011 awards, which recognise the exemplary work of individuals and teams in supporting children's communication.

Gove promises action on 'educational underclass' starting with school readiness

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Education Secretary Michael Gove has stressed the Government's intention to take radical action 'to tackle the scandal of our educational underclass', talking of the need to ensure 'school readiness' for children who arrive in reception class 'unable to form letters or even hold a pencil'.

Babies can learn to pay more attention, study shows

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Friday, September 2, 2011

| Nursery World

New research has found that it may be possible to train babies to develop their concentration skills.

Awards celebrate children's speech and language

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Children’s House Nursery School in Tower Hamlets has been named early years setting of the year at the 2018 Shine a Light Awards.

It's child's play, as Ribena delivers 4,500 cardboard boxes

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Nearly half of young children prefer playing with a cardboard box, instead of toys and games, according to new research.

DfE £1.6m fund to improve early language and opportunities

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children with speech and language difficulties in North Yorkshire are to receive extra support through a new Department for Education scheme.

SEED: Quality care has benefits at age four

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Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Spending more time in good-quality settings can positively impact a child’s ability to socialise, empathise with their peers and regulate their own behaviour, find researchers.

Gap between poor five-year-olds and their better-off peers has grown

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

| Nursery World

The early learning gap between children in poverty and their peers has widened in half of areas across England, according to new analysis.

Ofsted chief calls on nurseries to help close the 'word gap'

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| Nursery World

Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman is telling childcare practitioners to read 'time-honoured classics' to children to help solve the problem of four-year-olds starting school unable to communicate.

Older fathers are 'more likely to have grandchildren with autism'

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Researchers from King's College London, who led the study, found that children's risk of autism increases the older their grandfather was at the time his son or daughter was born.

Union warns primary curriculum will 'turn out robots'

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The proposed primary national curriculum will hold back the progress of many children and label others as failures according to 102 individuals and organisations.

Speech and Language awards launch this month

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Friday, August 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years settings, practitioners and schools will be eligible to enter the 2019 Shine A Light Awards, which celebrate support for children’s speech, communication and language skills.

The Big Picture: Early language skills in action

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The minister for children and families, Edward Timpson MP, visited Stonegrove Children's Centre in Edgware, Barnet to celebrate the progress made by children and their families through the Early Language Development Programme (ELDP).

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

| Nursery World

The Birth Cohort study into the lives of 90,000 babies and children will be chaired by Professor Dame Janet Finch.

Study analyses children's tantrums

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's temper tantrums have the same pattern and rhythm to them, and when understood can help practitioners and parents to calm down children, suggests a new study.

More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach

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Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

A charity has warned that using the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) framework is ‘no quick fix’ for identifying and supporting children at risk from the effects of abuse and neglect – and those using the framework may be overlooking vulnerable children.

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

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Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

An OECD study has found a link between five-year-olds’ use of digital devices and early literacy and working memory.

NSPCC launches nationwide programme of activities for babies

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

| Nursery World

The NSPCC is calling on early years practitioners to help promote a campaign that encourages better childhood brain development.

'Rough and tumble' play with fathers helps children to learn how to control their feelings

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Children whose fathers make time to play with them from a very young age may find it easier to control their behaviour and emotions as they grow up, research suggests.

Revised EYFS: more curriculum guidance to be launched soon

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

| Nursery World

More curriculum guidance will be published shortly to support practitioners in understanding the revised Development Matters, ahead of implementation of the revised EYFS in September 2021.

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

| Nursery World

The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

In Focus: Early Childhood Education – Time for an ECE revolution

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

| Nursery World

The pandemic offers the opportunity to transform early childhood education in England to benefit young children and their families, say Claire Cameron and Peter Moss

Ofsted: Children's learning and development regressed in lockdown

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Some early years children were back in nappies and using dummies following their return to settings after lockdown, according to a survey by Ofsted of the impact of Covid-19 on nurseries and childminders

Sector seeks 'catch-up' cash to alleviate Covid's impact

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Various organisations urge the Government to make more funding available to early years settings as parents and practitioners reveal concerns over lockdown’s effect on children.

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Maternal depression a factor in young children's behavioural problems

Call for early years practitioners to enter children's communication awards

Gove promises action on 'educational underclass' starting with school readiness

Babies can learn to pay more attention, study shows

Awards celebrate children's speech and language

It's child's play, as Ribena delivers 4,500 cardboard boxes

DfE £1.6m fund to improve early language and opportunities

SEED: Quality care has benefits at age four

Gap between poor five-year-olds and their better-off peers has grown

Ofsted chief calls on nurseries to help close the 'word gap'

Older fathers are 'more likely to have grandchildren with autism'

Union warns primary curriculum will 'turn out robots'

Speech and Language awards launch this month

The Big Picture: Early language skills in action

Chair named for UK's biggest birth study

Study analyses children's tantrums

More evidence needed on adverse childhood experiences approach

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

NSPCC launches nationwide programme of activities for babies

'Rough and tumble' play with fathers helps children to learn how to control their feelings

Revised EYFS: more curriculum guidance to be launched soon

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

In Focus: Early Childhood Education – Time for an ECE revolution

Ofsted: Children's learning and development regressed in lockdown

Sector seeks 'catch-up' cash to alleviate Covid's impact

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