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Positive Relationships - Behaviour: part 2 - Team spirit

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

| Nursery World

Success in working with children who cannot stay in control comes down to the team working among well-supported staff at any early years setting, says Pat Gordon-Smith.

Fears over safety stop children from playing outside

News

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

| Nursery World

New figures released for Playday 2010 suggest that half of all adults think it is unsafe to let a child play outside without supervision.

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.

Review will examine how early intervention can support most disadvantaged children

News

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

| Nursery World

An independent review into early intervention has been launched by the Government, with the aim of finding out how to break the cycle of disadvantage for the most vulnerable young children.

Work Matters: Continuing Professional Development - Addressing behaviour

Features

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Distance learning provides practitioners with the opportunity to develop their knowledge of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties

Britain's first official reading dog gets to work

News

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Five-year-olds Robert Prue, Frankie Manners and Connor Ward from Arden Forest Infant School in Bedworth, Warwickshire, share a book with Batman, a former racing greyhound, who is Britain's first official reading dog thanks to a project backed by the National Literacy Trust and National Autistic Society.

Vocal clues can indicate infant autism

News

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Autism can be detected by the unique noises babies make, a new study has found.

EYFS Best Practice: All about ... Outdoor provision for under-threes

Features

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies, toddlers and two-year-olds and the outdoors are a natural combination, with endless benefits for learning and development. Jan White explains where to find them.

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: Behaviour: Ask the expert ... From all angles

Features

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

Is one child's aggression a problem, or just a stage? Dr Maria Robinson looks at developmental factors.

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.

A Unique Child: The developing brain, Part 3 - Face to face

Features

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

The baby's discovery of the social world is described by Annette Karmiloff-Smith.

Learning & Development: Leuven Scales - All's well

Features

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

Practitioners used observation tools developed by academic researchers to assess provision outdoors, as Annie Davy explains.

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.

Positive relationships: Behaviour, Part 1 - In the extreme

Features

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Supporting children who cannot stay in control may be the ultimate challenge for conscientious practitioners, says Pat Gordon-Smith in the first of four articles on responding to behaviour.

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.

Work Matters: Studying for an MA in integrated Provision for Children and Families

Features

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

| Nursery World

Pen Green is currently recruiting for its next intake of MA students who will gain in-depth understanding of how theory links to practice and have the support of a vibrant learning community

NW writer to be UK's forum rep

News

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

| Nursery World

Laura Henry, Nursery World contributor and managing director of training and business support company the Childcare Consultancy, has been appointed the UK's national representative for the World Forum Foundation on Early Care and Education.

Learning & Development: Intelligence - Smart thinking

Features

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Published to critical acclaim, the book New Kinds of Smart argues that intelligence is expandable. Here, co-author Professor Bill Lucas considers the opportunities this new thinking presents for early years education.

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.