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To the point: Let's get on with it

    Opinion
  • Friday, April 13, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The revised EYFS has now been pored over and has met with both approval and alarm. Of course, people have their own basic outlook towards any sort of change - some of us look forward to the stimulation of something new, while others resist change and typically look for the negatives in a new situation. Seeing these tendencies in action with the revised EYFS has led me to reflect on professionalism in the early years, and our responsibility to live the qualities we aspire to protect and promote in children.

The revised EYFS: Too little, too late

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 10, 2012
    • | Nursery World
It's time for a completely new approach, argue Margaret Edgington, Grethe Hooper Hansen, Richard House and Kim Simpson, for the the Open EYE Steering Group

To the Point - The dangers of localism for Sure Start

    Opinion
  • Monday, April 2, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The Department for Education has just published a consultation on statutory guidance for Sure Start Children's Centres. I strongly encourage all Nursery World readers to go online and give your own comments on the guidance by 1 June, says Naomi Eisenstadt.

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Let's raise the bar

    Opinion
  • Friday, March 16, 2012
    • | Nursery World
There have been plenty of eye-catching reports relating to childcare over the last decade. Not all create the headlines they deserve, but every so often you get one that jumps up and down demanding attention.

To the point - Serve the common good

    Opinion
  • Friday, March 2, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Politicians of all parties sign up to the goal of social mobility. John Major wanted a classless society. Tony Blair aspired to a meritocracy. Today Nick Clegg declares that increasing social mobility is the overriding ambition of the UK Coalition Government.

To the point - Being in the here and now

    Opinion
  • Friday, March 2, 2012
    • | Nursery World
What is early education and childcare for? If you follow one of the arguments in the recent report from the National Audit Office, it exists to boost results at the end of Key Stage 1.

Too much, too soon

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    • | Nursery World
It is astonishing that the unrealistic writing targets in the EYFS haven't been amended, says Sue Palmer

To the point: Bonds make us strong

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 9, 2012
    • | Nursery World
In the week before Christmas, children from different schools in Tower Hamlets came to sing, beautifully, in the Town Hall. It was altogether a moving experience.

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