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Analysis: What does 'ready for school' mean?

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A new emphasis on formal educational attainment rather than social and communication skills could be a backward step, as Mary Evans hears.

Learning & Development, Communication: Part 2 - Friendly places

Features

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| Nursery World

The whole learning environment in which young children spend their time needs to offer quality language provision, says Helen Moylett.

TV and computers wrongly blamed for children's speech problems

News

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| Nursery World

One in six parents wrongly blame watching too much TV and technology as the most common cause of speech and language difficulties in young children, a new survey suggests.

Management Focus - Jumpstart for resources

Features

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years practice is getting a big boost from local authority resources that can be shared with parents. Karen Faux reports.

Catch a story to keep creativity alive

News

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

A project that invites parents, carers and practitioners to share good practice is helping to inject creativity into early years education.

Children have a say in EYFS review

News

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Researchers have used a variety of innovative ways to gather children's experiences of the EYFS in their early years setting, a new report shows.

Art in the Early Years: Part 1 - Introduction

Features

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The basis for good early years practice in helping children develop their creativity is adults who know how to encourage them and model activity but not control the creative process.

Learning & Development: Chinese New Year - On a plate

Features

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

A Nativity play led on naturally to puppet making and a puppet show for Chinese New Year. Tessa Fenoughty describes how.

Phonics urged as remedy for early literacy delay

News

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Phonics should be taught by all early years providers and schools and children's progress in developing phonic knowledge and skills should be regularly assessed, according to a new report from Ofsted.

Gove sets out plans for new school curriculum to focus on facts

News

Thursday, January 20, 2011

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has announced further details of a review of what children are taught at primary and secondary school, which aims to reduce bureaucracy and 'slim down' the national curriculum.

Allen's early intervention report calls for better-qualified workforce

News

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Labour MP Graham Allen has called for an increase in graduate and postgraduate leadership in early years settings, in his Government-commissioned report on early intervention.

Enabling Environments: Gardening Indoors, Part 1 - Green fingers

Features

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| Nursery World

Winter indoor gardening can make a good foundation for outdoor gardening later on, says Mary Whiting in the first of two articles

Primary becomes first state Montessori school

News

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| Nursery World

An Essex school is the first in the country to become a fully accredited Montessori state school.

Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign

News

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

There's plenty that you can do to be support this vital drive, says Communication Champion Jean Gross, who spoke to Melanie Defries.

Arts campaigners condemn school cuts

News

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

The abolition of a flagship programme designed to foster creativity in children has been condemned by teachers and ambassadors of the arts as threatening the education of the most vulnerable children.