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Schools 'bribed' to use phonics, MPs' report says

Thursday, July 7, 2011

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A cross-party group of MPs has warned that the coalition Government's focus on phonics as the only way to teach children to read will lead to a decline in literacy.

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

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Friday, September 16, 2011

| Nursery World

The DfE has confirmed that all six-year-olds will take a phonics reading test next June.

Extra guidance on revised Development Matters available now

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Monday, November 2, 2020

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Julian Grenier has released a new publication, the Revised Early Years Foundation Stage: Principles into Practice, to accompany the Revised Development Matters guidance.

Practitioners want play and characteristics of effective learning in alternative EYFS guidance

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Thursday, November 12, 2020

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Play and the Characteristics of Effective Learning (CoEL) should be given more emphasis in alternative guidance being developed to support the revised Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), a survey has found.

Birth to 5 Matters EYFS guidance to launch this month

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

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‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ is on track to be launched later this month after the final sector consultation on the non-statutory Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) guidance resulted in a ‘resounding endorsement’ of the document.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders report widening attainment gap among disadvantaged under-fives

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Friday, May 14, 2021

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Nearly half of early years providers believe the gap between disadvantaged under-fives and their peers has grown during the pandemic, a survey suggests, with the majority finding that fewer children across all backgrounds are reaching expected pre-Covid levels of attainment.

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

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The education secretary’s insistence that children should be taught to read using synthetic phonics is almost ‘a form of abuse’, a leading academic claims.

Providers affirm support for EYFS in consultation

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

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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.

Lack of outdoor play in Year One limits children

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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.

Early years expert Julia Manning-Morton: 'It's time to ask our shiny new government for investment'

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

| Nursery World

Now is the time for early years professionals to fight for much-needed investment in the sector from the new Labour government, delegates at Nursery World’s ‘Birth to Three: Meeting Children’s Unique Needs’ conference were told yesterday (9 July).

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

| Nursery World

The dispute between a group of early years experts and teachers and the Department for Education over the Government’s planned reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage has ramped up this week.

Environmental and youth organisations call for MP inquiry into benefits of outdoor learning

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

| Nursery World

A wide-ranging group of organisations are calling on the Government to launch an inquiry into the vital role of outdoor learning in boosting children’s attainment, resilience and wellbeing.

Early years practitioners can make 'a positive' difference' to child health

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Children’s health has been ‘neglected for far too long in the early years’, a leading expert told delegates at Nursery World’s online CPD conference on the EYFS.

EYFS: Draft of Birth to 5 Matters out for consultation with early years practitioners

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Play and the characteristics of effective learning (CoEL) have been included in the first draft of ‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ which is published today.

Birth to 5 Matters experts hit back at criticism of guidance's stance on anti-racism by Conservative MPs

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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

| Nursery World

The group that developed Birth to 5 Matters has responded to criticisms by Tory MPs about the use of the term ‘white privilege’, in its recently published guidance, when addressing issues of equality in early years settings.

DfE confirms revised EYFS and Reception Baseline statutory from September

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has today (31 March) confirmed that the landmark reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) will be rolled out nationally and that the Reception Baseline will become statutory for schools from September.

Education secretary confirms phonics check to go ahead in the Autumn term

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

| Nursery World

The phonics check will go ahead in the Autumn term with children in Year 2, the education secretary has confirmed.

Children starting Reception face 'the most challenging school start for generations'

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

| Nursery World

The charity Nesta warns that children starting Reception this term will need more support due to the number of hours of early education they have missed in the coronavirus pandemic.

Early years settings told they can relax ratios as Covid deemed an 'exceptional circumstance'

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has confirmed that early years settings struggling with staff absences due to Covid can relax their ratios in line with the EYFS.

Early years settings in Wales prepare for the roll out of the new national curriculum

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Friday, April 1, 2022

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Wales’ education minister Jeremy Miles has praised the work of early years settings as they prepare for the roll-out of the new national curriculum for three-to-16-year-olds.

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Schools 'bribed' to use phonics, MPs' report says

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

Extra guidance on revised Development Matters available now

Practitioners want play and characteristics of effective learning in alternative EYFS guidance

Birth to 5 Matters EYFS guidance to launch this month

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders report widening attainment gap among disadvantaged under-fives

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

Providers affirm support for EYFS in consultation

Lack of outdoor play in Year One limits children

Early years expert Julia Manning-Morton: 'It's time to ask our shiny new government for investment'

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

Environmental and youth organisations call for MP inquiry into benefits of outdoor learning

Early years practitioners can make 'a positive' difference' to child health

EYFS: Draft of Birth to 5 Matters out for consultation with early years practitioners

Birth to 5 Matters experts hit back at criticism of guidance's stance on anti-racism by Conservative MPs

DfE confirms revised EYFS and Reception Baseline statutory from September

Education secretary confirms phonics check to go ahead in the Autumn term

Children starting Reception face 'the most challenging school start for generations'

Early years settings told they can relax ratios as Covid deemed an 'exceptional circumstance'

Early years settings in Wales prepare for the roll out of the new national curriculum

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