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Culturebaby: taking art to the under-twos

Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Culturebaby is a new programme rolling out in Manchester which aims to help practitioners and families find new ways to engage very young children with art and culture.

Picture book author Lauren Child is new children’s laureate

News

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

| Nursery World

The author and illustrator of the award-winning Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean books has been named as the 10th Waterstone’s Children’s Laureate.

Ofsted: Cultural Capital - A capital idea?

Features

Monday, April 29, 2019

| Nursery World

Reference to ‘cultural capital’ in the draft Education Inspection Framework has sparked a number of concerns in the early years sector, finds consultant and author Helen Moylett

EYFS Activities - Five things to do with… favourite stories

Features

Monday, June 26, 2017

| Nursery World

Children’s favourite books can be used to encourage imaginative play outdoors, finds Julie Mountain

Baseline providers give views on form of new assessment

News

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s decision to bring back a baseline assessment in Reception, just two years after it was forced to scrap the previous attempt, is a controversial one (see Analysis, page 14).

EYFS Profile figures show rise in results for five-year-olds

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Thursday, October 19, 2017

| Nursery World

More children have achieved a good level of development at the end of Reception than last year, according to new figures.

Summer-born children 'more likely to do worse' at school

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

| Nursery World

August born children are more likely to struggle academically and be unhappy at school, according to new research.

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has moved to strengthen the quality of childcare years in advance of its target to double its funded offer.

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

The Scottish Book Trust's early years book gifting programme has received an additional 450,000, bringing the total amount of funding for the scheme to 1.5m until 2013.

EYFS REVIEW: children's minister announces further consultation

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Thursday, December 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather has confirmed that a further short consultation on the EYFS will be launched shortly.

Learning and Development gender: Boy zone

Features

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

| Nursery World

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

Learning & Development: Rhymes for birth to threes - Rock-a-byebaby

Features

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

| Nursery World

Use one of the best known nursery rhymes to soothe babies and inspire imitative play by toddlers, says Judith Stevens.

Learning & Development EAL: Dual purpose

Features

Friday, October 12, 2012

| Nursery World

A training project to help early years practitioners assess the development of children with English as an additional language has proved highly effective. Julie Cigman explains

Eight out of ten nurseries believe the EYFS is good for children

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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

| Nursery World

The majority of nurseries support the EYFS and do not want to see any radical changes to the framework, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association suggests.

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

News

Thursday, July 13, 2017

| Nursery World

A new set of short courses on the Froebelian approach has been launched by Early Education and the Froebel Trust.

A Parent's Guide to ... Mathematics

Features

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

Many parents may think they left mathematics at the school gate but, of course, it permeates every aspect of our day-to-day life, from cooking and checking bills to working out how long it will take us to reach home.

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Revised guidance and a multimedia resource for Scottish practitioners working with parents from pregnancy, and with babies and children under three, is being unveiled on Wednesday.

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

'Talking timetable' supports children with EAL

Features

Thursday, April 21, 2011

| Nursery World

Children with English as an additional language are benefitting from the introduction of a visual and audio timetable and story sacks at a Lancashire nursery.

Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Pirates!

Features

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

| Nursery World

Set sail for adventure, imagination and creative activities across all areas of the curriculum with a topic on these popular characters, outlined by Helen Bromley.