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Shining a light on outstanding practice

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  • Thursday, September 8, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Early years settings, practitioners and schools are invited to enter this year’s Shine A Light Awards, which celebrate those who support children’s, communication and language skills.

The Big Picture - Book bugs

    News
  • Monday, September 5, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Children from the Royal Mile Nursery in Edinburgh take a look at the picture books that have made it onto the shortlist for the first Bookbug Picture Book Prize.

Big picture - Put to the vote

    News
  • Monday, July 11, 2016
  • | Nursery World
The ‘Pre-school’ classroom at New World Nursery in Washington, Tyne and Wear, will keep its name after a vote by the children that mimicked the referendum.

New resources show how tablets can aid literacy

    News
  • Monday, June 27, 2016
  • | Nursery World
As learning how to swipe a screen becomes as much a part of a young child’s development as turning the page of a book, what role does digital technology play in helping children learn to read?

Council aims to narrow gap with 'fun phonics'

    News
  • Thursday, May 19, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Oxfordshire early years providers are being offered free 'letters and sounds’ training after EYFS Profile scores revealed the county’s most disadvantaged children were getting left behind.

DfE will use cancelled KS1 spelling test data

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  • Tuesday, May 3, 2016
  • | Nursery World
The Department for Education has asked schools to submit the results from the pilots of the Key Stage 1 spelling test - even though it has been scrapped. Meanwhile, parents are holding a day of protest against primary testing.

DfE scraps spelling test after leak online

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  • Friday, April 22, 2016
  • | Nursery World
The Department for Education has been forced into cancelling a Key Stage 1 test following yesterday’s revelation that the spelling paper had been accidentally posted online.

DfE scraps baseline as a progress measure

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  • Friday, April 8, 2016
  • | Nursery World
The controversial Reception Baseline will not be used as a starting point to measure children’s progress – the purpose for which it was designed - the Department for Education has confirmed.

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