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Phonics check branded 'a waste of money'

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  • Tuesday, May 21, 2013
    • | Nursery World
The largest teaching union has slammed the phonics reading check for six-year-olds as a 'waste of money', after Government research found that the majority of teachers found it had 'little or no impact' on children's reading and writing.

National Curriculum review - A springboard for success?

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  • Friday, May 3, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Headteacher Alison Peacock argues that the teaching profession should respond courageously to the draft curriculum by enhancing it with a richly diverse and irresistible school curriculum that builds on high-quality early years practice.

Questions over funding for creationist nurseries

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  • Friday, May 3, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Creationist schools are being funded by the Government to provide free nursery education places, according to the British Humanist Association (BHA), Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

The EYFS is not a 'straitjacket', says Elizabeth Truss

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  • Friday, April 19, 2013
    • | Nursery World
The education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss told delegates at Nursery World's conference that they should be delivering the EYFS in the way they see fit, but that settings do not need to provide free-flow play or a certain proportion of child-led activities.

Make school days longer, says Michael Gove

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  • Friday, April 19, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Speaking at the Spectator Education conference , the education secretary said that in order for children to achieve better outcomes school days should be longer and school holidays shorter.

Government funds 5m early education study

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  • Thursday, April 18, 2013
    • | Nursery World
The first major early years research to begin since 1997 will look at the impact of free early education from the age of two on the development of thousands of children.

Lack of outdoor play in Year One limits children

    News
  • Thursday, April 11, 2013
    • | Nursery World
A sharp decline in outdoor learning as children move from the Foundation Stage to Year One may reduce opportunities for them to develop their creativity and social skills, finds a new study.

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