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Campaigners against formal learning in Reception call for controversial report to be withdrawn

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

| Nursery World

More than 1,700 academics, Reception and nursery teachers, early years practitioners, parents, headteachers, union leaders, and MPs have signed a letter expressing concern about Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report.

EYFS Best Practice: All about… spatial reasoning

Features

Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Spatial reasoning skills are critical to early learning, particularly in mathematics, and need to be supported by engaging children’s entire bodies. Dr Jennifer S Thom explains why

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, space scientist and broadcaster

Other

Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Dr Aderin-Pocock is referred to as the BBC’s ‘face of space’. She presents The Sky at Night and regularly appears on science and non-science programmes. She tells us about her education.

Fantastic masterclasses on children's learning and gender at the Nursery World Show 2018

Other

Thursday, January 4, 2018

| Nursery World

Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, presenter of the BBC's The Sky at Night, is leading How children learn: inspiring, supporting, teaching.

Keep it Christmas!

Opinion

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Don't let Christmas be a stressful experience - for the sake of practitioners and children, says Chloe Webster of Pebbles Childcare

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Strength of feeling

Features

Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

How should practitioners deal with a child who is always angry and is making life difficult for everyone at the setting? Cath Hunter explores some strategies both for nursery and for home

A Unique Child: Child development - Sleepy time

Features

Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners have a vital role to play in developing healthy sleeping habits for the babies and young children in their care. Jackie Hardie explains her nursery’s approach

Positive Relationships: Behaviour - Wise Words

Features

Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

A snippet of Nursery World history and years of sound advice to parents are revealed in a new book about Susan Isaacs

Ofsted's Reception report open to misinterpretation

Opinion

Friday, December 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Early Excellence, the training and resources organisation, shares its first thoughts on Ofsted's Bold Beginnings report, arguing that there is much more to Reception than reading, writing and maths

SEED: qualifications and CPD highlighted in quality report

News

Friday, December 8, 2017

| Nursery World

We summarise the latest findings from the Government-funded Study of Early Education and Development (SEED).

SEED: Early years quality on the rise across the country

News

Thursday, December 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The quality of early education and childcare in nurseries has risen over the past 15 years, and staff qualification levels appear to have improved, according to the latest findings of the Government-funded SEED study.

Teachers putting three-year-olds into ability groups

News

Friday, December 1, 2017

| Nursery World

Children as young as three are being put into ability groups for phonics, raising grave concerns about the impact on their self-esteem, and widening gaps in attainment, teachers warn today.

Montessori closes attainment gap for pre-school children

News

Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

An American study in academic journal Frontiers in Psychology has found that Montessori early years settings can improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.