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The Early Years National Training Organisation is running a project to identify the problems faced by early years employers when training staff. It would like to hear from any employer who delivers...
A total of 30,000 free books are to be given to disadvantaged children across the UK to tackle the ‘literacy gap’.
There is a feeling that the early years is at a crossroads at the moment. The outcome of the government cross-cutting spending review is due next month, which could have major repercussions for the...
Children could be assessed when they start school rather than at the end of Reception, Ofsted has suggested.
1 A=1 B=2 C=0 If you answered A you deserve a point for teaching manners, but be on guard against encouraging attention from the child you care for when you are off duty - it could become a habit. C...
Children's need to engage in imaginative role play is often overlooked as early years practitioners become engaged in reaching targets for more formal academic learning Role play is a well-established...
Trainee teachers are getting better preparation from course providers on how to teach early reading since the publication of the Rose Review, according to new research by Ofsted.
Far from discouraging children to speak their home languages at nursery, practitioners should actively promote it, and recognise that all children will benefit from hearing a mix of languages Children...
* One of the questions that linguists have been studying is whether babies learn about language from imitating and copying adults or whether language is somehow instinctive. Like many of the debates...
Working mothers will be entitled to 12 months maternity leave regardless of how long they have worked for their present employer, under new laws which took effect on 1 October. Statutory maternity...