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Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

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  • Tuesday, January 4, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

Talking Tents are a winner

    News
  • Tuesday, January 4, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Encouraging a love of language, stories and reading among pre-school children and their families has won a Norwich nursery a National Literacy Trust award.

Children to get in touch with artists

    News
  • Tuesday, January 4, 2011
  • | Nursery World
A group of artists are to work with young children from early years settings and schools across North Lincolnshire to create works of art that appeal to them.

Time to talk with your chatterboxes

    News
  • Tuesday, December 7, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Nurseries, playgroups and primary schools are being invited to register and get involved in the annual Chatterbox Challenge by I CAN, running early in 2011.

Gove unveils Education White Paper

    News
  • Wednesday, November 24, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Reforms for all schools in England have been revealed by education secretary Michael Gove in his schools White Paper, 'The Importance of Teaching'.

Funny books awards

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  • Tuesday, November 23, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates, (pictured), is the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010 for books for children from birth to six.

League tables loom for EYFS Profile results

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  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results are to be published by school for the first time, under proposals in the Department for Education's five-year business plan.

Ofsted backs phonics teaching plan

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  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Phonics is an 'indispensable tool' that should be used to teach children how to read by age six, according to a new report by Ofsted.

Girls surpass boys in EYFS Profile scores

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  • Tuesday, October 19, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Girls continue to do better than boys in the early learning goals at the end of the reception year, according to the latest statistics from the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile results.

Communication champion seeks more emphasis on PSED

    News
  • Tuesday, October 12, 2010
  • | Nursery World
The review of the Early Years Foundation Stage might consider the option of an increased emphasis on personal, social and emotional development and communication and language, according to Communication Champion Jean Gross.

Providers affirm support for EYFS in consultation

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  • Tuesday, October 5, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Most nurseries, childcare workers and childminders support the EYFS and want it to stay, according to reports by early years organisations who asked their members for their views on the early years framework as part of their response to the Government's consultation.

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