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Cambridge Primary Review Trust - Challenging aspects of EY practice

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

New EYFS guide helps parents support learning

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Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Counting with children as you put their socks on and talking about the sounds you hear on a trip to the park are just two tips from a new guide to help parents support their children's learning.

Campaigners urge ministers to say 'no' to the baseline

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Friday, March 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years organsiations and teaching unions have joined forces to protest against the introduction of the baseline assessment.

Do iPads and Montessori mix?

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Friday, March 13, 2015

| Nursery World

How children and practitioners’ use of iPads fits with traditional Montessori practice will be debated at a national conference later this month.

EYFS guide helps parents check children's progress

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

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New EYFS guidance designed specifically for parents has been launched by children’s minister Sam Gyimah.

Funding for school book clubs to foster love of reading

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Friday, March 6, 2015

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Ministers want schools to set up book clubs and arrange library membership for all seven- and eight-year-olds to help boost children’s reading skills.

Early years experts review the baselines

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Two leading early years organisations are recommending that schools should not introduce the baseline.

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.

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.

Baseline check providers named

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

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Six providers have been chosen to offer the reception baseline assessments.

Experts call for withdrawal of baseline check

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

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Campaigners are calling on the Government to scrap the new baseline check, which all children will be required to take in the first few weeks of starting Reception.

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

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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.

Figures show wider gap in attainment for five-year-olds with SEN

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A more detailed breakdown of the EYFS Profile statistics, published today, shows that the gap has widened between children with special educational needs and their peers.

Sector urges re-think on plans for 'harmful' baseline assessment

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Monday, November 3, 2014

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The early years sector is calling on the childcare and education minister to reconsider plans for a baseline assessment for reception pupils.

MPs back charity's literacy vision

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Friday, October 31, 2014

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Forum has secured cross-party commitment for its campaign for a more literate nation.

MP named as patron of books' scheme for children in care

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Friday, October 24, 2014

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Alan Johnson MP is the new patron for children’s book reading club Letterbox.

Big picture: Bench marks

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Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Fifty unique 'BookBenches' designed by well-known artists and illustrators and inspired by books, including children's classics Peter Pan, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Lauren Child's Clarice Bean stories, have raised more than £250,000 at auction for the National Literacy Trust.

More children doing better at the end of the EYFS

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Friday, October 17, 2014

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More five-year-olds than ever are reaching a good level of development at the end of Reception, the latest statistics show.

DfE invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

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Monday, October 6, 2014

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The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting proposals from organisations to design and deliver Reception Baseline Assessments to schools from September 2015.

More children passing phonics test

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Friday, September 26, 2014

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There has been a five percentage point increase in the number of six-year-olds passing the phonics reading check.

Programme boosts children's early literacy

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the first year of the Making it REAL programme, published today, has found it has been successful in considerably improving children’s early literacy development.

Montessori launches new introductory online courses

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

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Montessori Centre International is to launch two new distance-learning courses next month.

Guidance on 'British values' could pave the way for complaints

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| Nursery World

Guidance about local authorities’ new role over the thorny issue of ‘British values’ in early education could leave the early years sector open to more complaints, a charity has warned.

EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| Nursery World

Children who attend a pre-school setting go on to gain better grades at GCSE than those who do not, the latest findings from a major study show.

England football star in bid to get more children reading

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

At the start of the World Cup, England midfielder Frank Lampard has teamed up with the National Literacy Trust to encourage children to take ‘reading selfies’.

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Cambridge Primary Review Trust - Challenging aspects of EY practice

New EYFS guide helps parents support learning

Campaigners urge ministers to say 'no' to the baseline

Do iPads and Montessori mix?

EYFS guide helps parents check children's progress

Funding for school book clubs to foster love of reading

Early years experts review the baselines

Nurseries urged to spend a day on the spoken word

What are the options for the baseline assessment?

Baseline check providers named

Experts call for withdrawal of baseline check

Reading charity gives away books at food banks this Christmas

Figures show wider gap in attainment for five-year-olds with SEN

Sector urges re-think on plans for 'harmful' baseline assessment

MPs back charity's literacy vision

MP named as patron of books' scheme for children in care

Big picture: Bench marks

More children doing better at the end of the EYFS

DfE invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

More children passing phonics test

Programme boosts children's early literacy

Montessori launches new introductory online courses

Guidance on 'British values' could pave the way for complaints

EPPSE research: Pre-school leads to higher GSCE grades

England football star in bid to get more children reading

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