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Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

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.

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.

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.

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

| Nursery World

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.

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.

Education policies: Current certainties to new visions

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Monday, May 4, 2015

| Nursery World

A new book looks at the ways we teach children and how we assess their progress - and sets out a vision for improving our methods. One of the book's editors, Dominic Wyse, explains.

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.

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

| Nursery World

Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to improve support for the 1.4 million children with speech, language and communication needs.

Call for major overhaul of ELGs with early years experts

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Thursday, July 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Early Education says that the Government’s revision of the Early Learning Goals has far wider implications and is in effect a re-write of the whole EYFS 'by the back door'.

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given an overwhelmingly positive response to recommendations made by Dame Clare Tickell in her review of the EYFS.

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

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Monday, June 18, 2012

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have joined forces to protest against the phonics screening check, which all six-year-olds will have to take in the next few weeks.

Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas

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Thursday, September 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery groups in deprived areas should be led by an early years teacher or equivalent by 2020, a new report by a coalition of more than 80 organisations recommends.

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

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Monday, July 18, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘gender gap crisis’ is seriously damaging prospects for boys in this country, according to a children’s charity.

Communication champion seeks more emphasis on PSED

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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.

Reception baseline providers slam unions' report

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Friday, February 12, 2016

| Nursery World

The providers of the Reception baseline assessment have hit back at a report commissioned by two teaching unions, which claims that the baseline is inaccurate and potentially damaging to children.

New report calls for action on EYFS children's entitlement to outdoor play

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Friday, March 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Many early years providers are struggling with inadequate outdoor space, according to a new report.

Children's early cognitive skills should be prioritised to close the disadvantage gap

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years services must prioritise children’s cognitive development to combat income-related learning gaps, an early intervention charity has warned.

Reception baseline trial will take place in September

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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

| Nursery World

A trial of the new Reception baseline will go ahead with a number of schools in the autumn.

Damning report finds Reception Baseline not fit-for-purpose, unethical and damaging

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018

| Nursery World

The Reception Baseline is ‘flawed, unjustified and wholly unfit for purpose’, according to a report by a leading educational research body.

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.

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Campaigners to draw up 'alternative' EYFS

Shops and businesses to help children develop language skills

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

Synthetic phonics 'damages' children's love of reading

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

Education policies: Current certainties to new visions

League tables loom for EYFS Profile results

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

Call for major overhaul of ELGs with early years experts

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

Teaching unions protest over phonics reading check

Call for early years teachers to lead nurseries in poorer areas

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

Communication champion seeks more emphasis on PSED

Reception baseline providers slam unions' report

New report calls for action on EYFS children's entitlement to outdoor play

Children's early cognitive skills should be prioritised to close the disadvantage gap

Reception baseline trial will take place in September

Damning report finds Reception Baseline not fit-for-purpose, unethical and damaging

Government funds 5m early education study

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