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EYFS Activities - 5 ways to explore… your neighbourhood

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Some ideas for getting the most out of your setting’s local area. By Julie Mountain

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… rockets

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners from Pen Green Children’s Centre in Corby, Northamptonshire, report on recent rocket play at their setting

EYFS Activities: Sharing books… Kings of the Castle

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Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

As part of her series exploring books for babies and children, Penny Tassoni has ideas for sharing Kings of the Castle, by Victoria Turnbull (Templar Publishing 2016).

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

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Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

An OECD study has found a link between five-year-olds’ use of digital devices and early literacy and working memory.

Loose Parts Play - Think out of the box

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Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

How can loose-parts theory inform the way we provide resources and play and learning opportunities for the children in our settings, asks Ben Kingston-Hughes

Picturebooks 3 - Rhyme time

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Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Poetry has great developmental importance for children, and rhyming picturebooks are a great way to introduce it, finds Andy McCormack

Revised Development Matters to begin trial

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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

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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

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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

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Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

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.