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New programme to monitor two-year-olds' progress

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  • Tuesday, August 16, 2016
  • | Nursery World
The progress and outcomes of funded two-year-olds are to be tracked from point of entry to the end of Reception in a new project backed by funding from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.

Council aims to narrow gap with 'fun phonics'

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  • 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.

Youngest children not active enough

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  • Wednesday, January 20, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Lego Foundation's £4m grant for play research

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  • Thursday, December 3, 2015
  • | Nursery World
A new research centre dedicated to the role of play in the early years is being established at Cambridge University, thanks to a grant from the Lego Foundation, the toymaker’s charitable arm.

Lower staff:child ratios to bring down costs, says DfE

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  • Monday, November 30, 2015
  • | Nursery World
As Nursery World went to press, the early years sector was still digesting confirmation of the funding rates for the 30-hour childcare entitlement for working parents, released just 24 hours before, and poring over two hefty reports.

Bees in the wild

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  • Monday, January 12, 2015
  • | Nursery World
Busy Bees has partnered with The Wildlife Trusts to design Busy Bees Goes Wild, a learning enhancement programme to reignite children's curiosity for the outdoors.

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