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Pre-school Learning Alliance's latest publication, The New Child in Focus, explains the benefits to all parties of records of achievement or learning journeys.
Joanne Ryan is the head of assessment for the Early Years Professional Status programme at Edge Hill University. She gained EYPS herself through the Validation pilot scheme in 2006. Here she describes...
Blast off from an entertaining children's book for activities across all areas of learning, with these ideas by Jane Drake The story of Q Pootle 5, about a friendly space traveller, is written and...
The rise in child protection policies, vetting and CRB checks is damaging the voluntary sector, claims a leading sociologist.
Making children feel secure and content is essential, but settings often have a narrow view of how this should be achieved - creating an environment of forced gaiety, for example, which although...
QUESTION Staff at Greenfields nursery appreciate your custom and want to continue to provide a high-quality service to you and your children. We aim to provide a first-class nursery environment where...
Identifying quality in early years provision may require more than one set of measurements, as Sandra Mathers and Rosanna Singler found.
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.
Early years practitioners must view boys as they are, and not try to force them into a behaviour and learning model set by girls the same age, says Neil Farmer
Supporting the physical development of children in their first year does not require specialist equipment, explains a new book by the Pre-school Learning Alliance