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Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

‘Road-testing’ of early drafts of the updated Development Matters is about to get under way as nurseries, childminders and Reception classes start to trial the materials in the next few weeks. They will be available to use from September.

Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Teachers have reiterated a call for the Reception baseline to be scrapped, after a survey found that many believe it harms children and is not an accurate assessment.

Reception baseline provides 'accurate' assessment for children's progress

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has released new research claiming the Reception Baseline Assessment provides an accurate starting point for measuring children’s progress.

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Hairy Maclary’s Rumpus at the Vet

Monday, February 17, 2020

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Hairy Maclary is the star of a series of rhyming books about a shaggy Scottish terrier. In this book, he is at the vet’s surgery, where the busy waiting room is full of different animals – dogs, kittens, mice and a cockatoo called Cassie.

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… our neighbourhood

Monday, February 17, 2020

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An exhibition in south London is showing off children’s photographs of their explorations of the world outside their nursery, explains resident artist Rosie Potter

Around the Nursery, Part 6 - A rich palette?

Monday, February 17, 2020

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Painting, collage and junk modelling have many benefits for children beyond self-expression and creativity, finds Penny Tassoni

Partnerships in early years music: Working together

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

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Two large-scale partnership projects in London and Birmingham have recently shown what an ambitious agenda for excellence in early years music education can look like. Project leader Nicola Burke takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the work

Playing and learning

Monday, February 3, 2020

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Practitioners must protect play’s central role in early years learning and development, and watch out for bad policy and practice, says early years expert Marjorie Ouvry

Literacy - In two minds

Monday, February 3, 2020

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Concerns have been raised about some early years settings using phonics with two-year-olds. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Editor’s view - Adopting a position

Monday, February 3, 2020

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Primary schools are being given the chance to adopt the revised EYFS a year early, while pre-school providers must wait and see

Picturebooks: part 2 - No fear?

Monday, February 3, 2020

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Picturebooks offer children safe spaces in which to develop an understanding of their own and other’s emotions, says Andy McCormack

Early Years Science - To the test

Monday, January 20, 2020

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Kindergarten children in Germany are being turned into ‘little scientists’. Charlotte Goddard reports

EYFS reforms: New and improved?

Monday, January 20, 2020

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Let’s not have change in the EYFS for change’s sake, says Beatrice Merrick

Call for rethink on draft EYFS review

Monday, January 20, 2020

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A survey of 3,000 practitioners from across the early years sector has found ‘extensive support’ for keeping the EYFS in its current form.

Around the Nursery, Part 5 - Cover to cover

Monday, January 20, 2020

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How should settings provide books and storytimes for children across the age groups, and what is the role of the adult? Penny Tassoni explains

Schools asked to be 'early adopters' of revised Early Learning Goals

Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has written to schools to invite them to adopt the revised Early Learning Goals from September, a year before they are due to become statutory.

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility