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No sound strategy for children

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Friday, August 24, 2012

| Nursery World

The BBC's Strategy for Children's Audio has hit the youngest listeners hardest, says Susan Stranks

Free school meals feed minds as well as bodies

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

A two-year pilot that made free school meals available for all primary pupils significantly improved children's attainment, with children making between four and eight weeks more progress than is generally the case.

Sure Start works better for parents than for children

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Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Sure Start local programmes have had more impact on parents than children, the latest findings from the national evaluation of Sure Start show.

Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Parenting and improving parents' lives should be given as much focus as children's health and development, according to new guidance for children's centres.

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

A menagerie of pets is bringing joy and learning benefits to the children of St Edward's C of E School in Rochdale, says head teacher Lynne Coxell.

Report highlights barriers to outdoor learning

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Monday, July 2, 2012

| Nursery World

A lack of understanding among early years practitioners and teachers, along with a shortage of funding, are preventing children from learning about and taking responsibility for the environment, finds a new study.

EYFS: Early years settings get to grips with changes to practice and planning

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Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Thinking up imaginative ways to use their indoor space to develop children's physical development and renewed thinking about child-initiated learning are just some of the ways nurseries have been preparing for the new EYFS.

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.

Nursery quality affects attainment at age 14

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Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

The quality of the nursery that children attend still makes a difference to how well they do at school at the age of 14, EPPSE research shows.

High-quality childcare key to mothers' involvement in children's learning

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Good quality childcare isn't only important for children, but for their mothers too, claims a new study.

Jean Gross: education and health should work together to support children's speech and language

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| Nursery World

Cuts across the country are a significant threat to vital speech and language services for children and young people, the outgoing communication champion has warned.

The Big Picture: The art of motherhood

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Illustrations of mothers and their babies underwater are among works of art displayed in a new exhibition of the work of Quentin Blake at the Foundling Museum in London next year.

Leadership - so much to say about books

Features

Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

At Southwark Primary School in Nottingham, nursery leader Pip Otter is exploring the potential of the 'dialogic book talk' approach, which promotes early language and literacy

Call for early years settings to enter Chatterbox Challenge

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

| Nursery World

Nurseries, childminding groups and pre-schools are invited to register and get involved in I CAN's Chatterbox Challenge, running early next year.

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.

Rise in the number of pre-school children taking part in library activities

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

| Nursery World

More children under five are visiting libraries to take part in children's events than four years ago, new research suggests.

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.

Row over daycare stress claims

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Monday, September 12, 2011

| Nursery World

The debate about whether childcare raises stress levels in young children is in the spotlight again, following a research review by controversial psychologist Aric Sigman.

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Sue Atkins talks to Sue Learner about parenting and discipline, in the wake of the riots that spread destruction through the streets of London and most of the major English cities.

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.

Ofsted thumbs up for nurture groups

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Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Nurture groups make a big difference to the behaviour and social skills of children who might otherwise be at risk of exclusion, says an Ofsted report.

EYFS review: 'Slimmed down' EYFS and payment by results for Sure Start children's centres

News

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The number of early learning goals in the EYFS will be radically reduced, in plans set out by the Government in its response to the Tickell review.

Number Ten makes Allen wait for early intervention cash

News

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government has not yet made a decision as to whether to provide joint funding to establish an Early Intervention Foundation.

Positive Relationships: Military Families - In service

Features

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

| Nursery World

The disruption of family life from military service has effects upon young children that practitioners need to understand, says Annette Rawstrone.

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given an overwhelmingly positive response to recommendations made by Dame Clare Tickell in her review of the EYFS.

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No sound strategy for children

Free school meals feed minds as well as bodies

Sure Start works better for parents than for children

Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

Report highlights barriers to outdoor learning

EYFS: Early years settings get to grips with changes to practice and planning

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

Nursery quality affects attainment at age 14

High-quality childcare key to mothers' involvement in children's learning

Jean Gross: education and health should work together to support children's speech and language

The Big Picture: The art of motherhood

Leadership - so much to say about books

Call for early years settings to enter Chatterbox Challenge

Nurseries forge links with teachers in drive for school readiness

Rise in the number of pre-school children taking part in library activities

Reading test for all six-year-olds given go-ahead

Row over daycare stress claims

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

Early Years Professionals improve practice for pre-school children

Ofsted thumbs up for nurture groups

EYFS review: 'Slimmed down' EYFS and payment by results for Sure Start children's centres

Number Ten makes Allen wait for early intervention cash

Positive Relationships: Military Families - In service

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

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