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More girls than boys in the top ten per cent at the age of five

News

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

| Nursery World

There are more five-year-old girls than boys of the same age at the highest ability range, new research suggests.

New resource for practitioners to encourage parents to read with their children

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education has launched a new campaign to help practitioners and parents instil a love of reading and books in children before they start school.

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 3 - A better way?

Features

Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Contrasts between early years provision in different countries can help us reflect on whether education is for teaching children readiness for life, argue David Whitebread and Sue Bingham.

Learning & Development: Education Pioneer - Chris Athey, 27.1.1924 - 27.11.2011

Features

Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

We have this far-sighted thinker and researcher to thank for strides in early education described by Wendy Scott and Liz de Keller.

Call for early intervention to support premature babies

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies born between 32 and 36 weeks fare less well at school, according to a new study, which recommends that children born early should have a school readiness check before starting school to help identify any problems.

Enabling Environments: Risk - Rise to the challenge

Features

Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

The benefits of providing risky activities to children and keeping their parents on board are explained by Sylvie Gambell and Ben Hasan.

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.

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 2 - Perfect match?

Features

Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the learning that children bring with them to start school, say David Whitebread and Sue Bingham Photographs by Justin Thomas at Homerton Children's centre, Cambridge.

Summer-born children 'more likely to do worse' at school

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

| Nursery World

August born children are more likely to struggle academically and be unhappy at school, according to new research.

Learning & Development: Childhood - Listen up!

Features

Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

The feelings of children about their early years learning experiences have been captured in new research by Jacqui Cousins.

To the point: It's just not 'good' enough

Features

Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Sometimes it seems as if the language spoken in nurseries is evolving in its own unique way, distinct from the ways that other people speak.

Learning & Development School Readiness: Part 1 - Starting points

Features

Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are caught between what policymakers and educationalists mean by readiness for school, as David Whitebread and Sue Bingham explain.

EYFS REVIEW - update on the timetable for the revised early years framework

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has confirmed that the final version of the revised EYFS will be published at the end of March or early April 2012.

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.

A great new practice guide on boys' learning and development

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

| Nursery World

An exclusive online resource for Nursery World subscribers focuses on supporting young boys

A Unique Child: Cognitive Development - First reading

Features

Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Ways that nurseries can identify and promote children's readiness for reading are highlighted in studies considered by Kyra Karmiloff and Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

Gove promises action on 'educational underclass' starting with school readiness

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Education Secretary Michael Gove has stressed the Government's intention to take radical action 'to tackle the scandal of our educational underclass', talking of the need to ensure 'school readiness' for children who arrive in reception class 'unable to form letters or even hold a pencil'.

Positive Relationships: A parent's guide to ... heuristic play

Features

Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Having looked at 'treasure-basket play', Penny Tassoni looks at how this type of play can be developed with toddlers into something known as 'heuristic play'.

Children's maths ability is inborn, says new research

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Friday, August 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Children are either born with or without a natural talent for maths, according to a new study.

Early Years Professionals improve practice for pre-school children

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years settings that employ an Early Years Professional make 'significant improvements' in the quality of learning for children from two-and-a-half to five, a four-year study has concluded.

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Single minded

Features

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Involving parents in their children's learning is the single most important factor in improving outcomes for children in less advantaged families. Kate Hayward, assistant director of Pen Green Research Base, Corby, explains how to make a difference

Learning & Development: Communication, language and literacy - Speaking out

Features

Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

In the national year of communication, research by Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust shows the early years sector to be highly motivated, but in need of more support.

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.