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EYFS review prioritises how children learn

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

How, rather than what, children learn should be given greater emphasis under a revised early years framework, the EYFS review has recommended.

Staff 'need digital guidance' for supporting literacy

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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners should have more guidance on how to support literacy with digital technologies, says a new study.

Nurseries forge links with teachers in drive for school readiness

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years settings are responding to the Government's focus on 'school readiness' by building better links with schools and putting more emphasis on helping children to develop their independence skills.

Study indicates early counting development

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies understand the concept of numbers and counting from as early as 18 months, according to new research.

Book scheme goes on with reduced funds

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has reaffirmed its commitment to providing free books for babies and children and announced a new scheme to be targeted through children's centres.

Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| Nursery World

A new group made up of academics and practitioners will draft an alternative early years curriculum, amid concerns that the review of the EYFS does not go far enough in reforming the current early years framework.

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.

New 'Ready for School' fund to close attainment gap

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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

| Nursery World

A‘Ready for School’ fund is being launched to test approaches to close the communication and language gap for disadvantaged children in the North of England.

Parents' reading project aims to boost three-year-olds' language

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

A new study aims to find out whether 20 minutes a day of story activities can help parents boost their child’s language skills.

Shops and businesses to help children develop language skills

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Clarks has pledged to train all 6,500 of its staff in developing children’s speech, language and communication skills and engaging with families in stores across the country.

Ofsted gives parents a chance to have their say on schools

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents will be able to give their comments on their child's school whenever they like, on a new website called Parent View.

Study highlights benefits of forest school in nursery

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Forest school can contribute to the development of children’s collaborative learning skills, according to research by Loughborough University.

Disadvantaged children continue to lag behind their peers at the end of Reception

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Friday, December 2, 2011

| Nursery World

More children from low-income families do less well than their peers at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Primary curriculum is 'fatally flawed', Gove adviser says

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

| Nursery World

A leading academic who advised the education secretary on plans to revise the primary curriculum has slammed the Government's proposals.

Conference on children as musicians

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

| Nursery World

How to help young children fulfil their potential as musicians is explored at a two-day conference in York (2 - 3 February 2011) by charity Music4U in conjunction with the National Centre for Early Music.

Most primary heads 'negative' about introduction of Reception baseline

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Monday, September 2, 2019

| Nursery World

Most primary school heads are highly critical about the Government's plans to bring in the Reception Baseline Assessment, a survey suggests, as a national pilot of the test gets underway.

DfE analysis shows Reception baseline link to KS1 scores

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Friday, September 6, 2019

| Nursery World

New research shows that the Reception baseline is an appropriate starting point for measuring progress, the Government claims today.

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 700,000 Reception children will receive a free book this week, as a study finds reading helps children to open up about their feelings.

Future of EYFS Profile unclear as QCDA is axed

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

The future of EYFS Profile assessment is uncertain in the wake of the announcement by Education Secretary Michael Gove confirming the closure of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA).

Government unveils wide-ranging review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

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Monday, July 5, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather has launched a review of the EYFS, which will consider whether the framework is too bureaucratic and how to shift the focus to getting children ready for education and improving the attainment of children from deprived backgrounds.

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

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Thursday, July 7, 2011

| Nursery World

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

| Nursery World

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

| Nursery World

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

| Nursery World

‘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.

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EYFS review prioritises how children learn

Staff 'need digital guidance' for supporting literacy

Nurseries forge links with teachers in drive for school readiness

Study indicates early counting development

Book scheme goes on with reduced funds

Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

New 'Ready for School' fund to close attainment gap

Parents' reading project aims to boost three-year-olds' language

Shops and businesses to help children develop language skills

Ofsted gives parents a chance to have their say on schools

Study highlights benefits of forest school in nursery

Disadvantaged children continue to lag behind their peers at the end of Reception

Primary curriculum is 'fatally flawed', Gove adviser says

Conference on children as musicians

Most primary heads 'negative' about introduction of Reception baseline

DfE analysis shows Reception baseline link to KS1 scores

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

Future of EYFS Profile unclear as QCDA is axed

Government unveils wide-ranging review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

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

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