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Action research might sound like the last thing that time-pressed practitioners will want to do, but it is a really useful tool to demonstrate the improving quality of your practice, finds Dr Kay...
The focus of this area of learning is now on understanding people and communities, the natural and built environment, and everyday objects with functions created by technology.
Reflective practice is embedded in early years provision, but is not always easy to achieve. Educational psychologist Anita Soni describes a project in Birmingham that uses video to help practitioners...
Children at Glaisdale Day Nursery in Cheam gained inspiration from the general election and took to the ballot to name their new pre-school room which is opening in September.
The Daycare Trust has called for a new type of childcare worker whose training and employment conditions mirror that of a school teacher, to staff the growing number of integrated services that...
Evaluate your transition arrangements for children in the Foundation Stage by asking yourself these ten questions: 1 .Do children have consistency? Practitioners can work to maintain core features...
While take-up of school meals has nearly doubled under the universal infant free school meal (UIFSM) policy, its introduction has affected schools’ pupil premium funding.
In our National Strategies features on the Early Years Foundation Stage, senior regional adviser Lorna Dick and regional adviser Jo Paterson reflect on how children make sense of the world.
We look at how one small group of settings in London makes new children and their families feel secure through its key person and settling-in approach. By Hannah Crown