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Practitioners need help with nature

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

| Nursery World

Teachers and early years practitioners need sustained training programmes to understand the importance of children engaging with the natural world, according to school grounds charity Learning through Landscapes.

Young children make more mistakes learning new words than parents expect

News

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

| Nursery World

Learning new words is not always as easy for young children as parents may think, according to the results of a new study.

Learning & Development: Taking inspiration from Magda Gerber

Features

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

| Nursery World

The influences on today's childcare practice by the work of a pioneering European educator are explained by Mary Evans.

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

News

Monday, August 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The early years workforce is being urged to submit evidence towards the independent review of the EYFS, with a consultation launched online today.

Learning & Development: Language - Sign posting

Features

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Can signing help hearing children to develop language quickly? Michael Jones reports on an innovative project in Luton, helping children's oral storytelling by teaching them British Sign Language.

Positive Relationships: Transitions - Rosie starts reception

Features

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

The ingredients that helped a child to make a confident move up to school are gratefully acknowledged by former early years teacher Phoebe Doyle.

Sector quick to respond to the EYFS review

News

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years organisations and the childcare workforce have given a mixed reaction to the announcement by children's minister Sarah Teather that the Government is to review the Early Years Foundation Stage.

BIG ISSUE: Review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

Features

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

News, views and advice on the Early Years Foundation Stage Review

Children's minister urges early years and childcare sector to contribute to EYFS review

News

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Speaking at an NCB event in Westminster yesterday in advance of the launch of the EYFS review today, children's minister Sarah Teather said the EYFS had set standards and 'raised the bar' for many in the sector.

EYFS has overwhelming support among childcare providers, survey finds

News

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

There is strong support for the EYFS among childcare providers, research by the Daycare Trust suggests.

Learning & Development: Reading - Willing and able?

Features

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

'The earlier the better' when applied to young children learning to read is an orthodoxy that needs to be challenged, says Dr Sebastian Suggate.

Opposition to academies gathers force

News

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Unions have stepped up their campaign against academy schools following the news that a group of leading Liberal Democrats involved in education are opposing the Academies Bill.

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

News

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.

Transitions: Part 2 - The learning and developmental needs of five- and six-year-olds

Features

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Developmentally appropriate practice is as important for children in Key Stage 1 as it is in the EYFS, as research evidence and teachers' own experience shows.

New guidance covers risks in outdoor play

News

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

New guidance on outdoor play aims to dispel some popular myths about health and safety and risk.

Learning & development: Play - Play is what I do

Features

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

| Nursery World

This extract from a new book, 'Play Is What I Do', explains the different aspects of young children's play and activities.

Learning & Development: Language - Time to talk

Features

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

| Nursery World

Poor communication skills in young children are the subject of a new strategy for an education team working in partnership with a primary care trust, says Adele Hawkes.

Transitions: Part 1 - Preparing children for the move to Key Stage 1

Features

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

| Nursery World

Put children securely on the bridge from the Early Years Foundation Stage to the more formal curriculum of primary school with careful planning and an enthusiastic attitude.