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All in a day's work - a lasting Olympic legacy

Friday, September 14, 2012

| Nursery World

Creating a lasting legacy for our future Olympians is a must, say Hayley Cannell and Nicky Bushell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-school in Essex

EYFS Best practice: Be Specific ... Literacy

Features

Friday, September 14, 2012

| Nursery World

Controversy over when reading and writing should be taught could persist under the revised framework.Jan Dubiel, national development manager for Early Excellence, reviews the essential principles.

Teachers call for end to 'pointless' reading check for six-year-olds

News

Monday, September 3, 2012

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten Year 1 teachers in primary schools believe that the phonics check for six-year-olds should be scrapped, according to a survey by teaching unions.

Enabling Environments: City Farms - Field days

Features

Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Children can learn far more from stroking a cow than looking at one in a book. Vesela Gladicheva describes what's on offer at urban farms.

Enabling Environments: Making spaces... Mathematics

Features

Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Calculating and number play must be interactive if it is to trigger ideas and stimulate thinking. Anne O'Connor suggests ways of making the best use of mathematical resources.

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - snack time

Features

Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

On their latest trip to the forest, the children took charge of their snacks, says Caroline Watts, forest school leader, Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex.

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Communication and Language

Features

Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

To create a communication rich environment for their charges, Norland Nursery staff studied their own communication patterns. By Clare Crowther

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - changes for the new term

Features

Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

New term ahead and time for some changes, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys pre-school in Essex.

The big picture: Nursery school digs for gold

News

Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Welton Free Rangers Forest Nursery School in Somerset has won gold in the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Excellence Awards with a project that allowed children and young people to enjoy the natural environment in a non-damaging way.

Learning & Development: Literacy - Dear Zoo

Features

Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Viv Hampshire recreates the setting of picture book Dear Zoo in a local park so a group of children can learn about animals and their habitats.

Eyfs best practice: Prime time ... Communication and Language

Features

Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Ability to communicate and use language is recognised as the foundation for children's development across other learning areas. By Nancy Stewart

Leadership - In with the new EYFS

Features

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

The team at Southwark Primary School Nursery in Nottingham is currently gearing up for implementing the new EYFS in September. It's all about a shift in emphasis from what children learn to how they learn, says nursery leader Leisa Towle.

To the Point - Mixed messages

Opinion

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

With just one month before the EYFS revisions come on stream, it would be fantastic if we were all pulling in the same direction. But instead there is a serious mismatch in some of the messages coming from forces that affect services for our youngest children.

Enabling Environments: Dens - What a build-up!

Features

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Whole families had fun working together at Oakwood House Nursery's first den-making festival in Huddersfield.

Editor's View - Training in Olympian qualities starts early

Opinion

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

The Nursery World team have certainly found it difficult to tear themselves away from watching Team GB in the Olympics for the past week or so, but luckily there are lots of parallels between the sporting action and this issue of the magazine.

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Features

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

In promoting PSED, Norland Nursery chose to focus on the elements in isolation as well as how they weave together. Clare Crowther explains.

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - glorious mud

Features

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Rain continued to be a source of fascination, says Caroline Watts, forest school leader, Reflections Nursery & Forest School, Worthing, West Sussex

A Parent's Guide to ... Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Features

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Ann Langston explains the main aspects of Personal, Social and Emotional Development and offers advice on how parents can support their children

Enabling Environments: Play and the revised EYFS

Features

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Community Playthings' new resource 'Play and the Revised EYFS' has advice on how to create enabling environments

Learning and Development: Creativity - Little Big Bang

Features

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

In a bid to improve creative opportunities for the under-fives and their families in Somerset, four artists were placed in nine children's centres. Louise Monks reports on the project's progress.

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

News

Monday, July 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Male reading volunteers in schools and parenting programmes that focus on fathers are among the recommendations of a major report into how to tackle the gap between boys and girls in reading.

Learning & Development: Play - Get hooked

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

In this extract from the guide Playing to Learn, author Di Chilvers points out that, in order to teach children, we need to tune into their existing world of play.

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

A menagerie of pets is bringing joy and learning benefits to the children of St Edward's C of E School in Rochdale, says head teacher Lynne Coxell.

The big picture: Netmums gives silver award to Piccolo Music

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Piccolo Music, which runs music sessions for young children and their families, has won silver in the Netmums awards for best pre-school activity in Newcastle.

A Parent's guide to ... Physical development

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Hear 'physical development' and you'll probably think of the health benefits that a good diet and lots of running around can bring your child. In fact, physical development is fundamental to every aspect of your child's life.

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All in a day's work - a lasting Olympic legacy

EYFS Best practice: Be Specific ... Literacy

Teachers call for end to 'pointless' reading check for six-year-olds

Enabling Environments: City Farms - Field days

Enabling Environments: Making spaces... Mathematics

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - snack time

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Communication and Language

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - changes for the new term

The big picture: Nursery school digs for gold

Learning & Development: Literacy - Dear Zoo

Eyfs best practice: Prime time ... Communication and Language

Leadership - In with the new EYFS

To the Point - Mixed messages

Enabling Environments: Dens - What a build-up!

Editor's View - Training in Olympian qualities starts early

EYFS Best Practice: Prime time - Under threes ... Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Enabling Environments: Forest school diary - glorious mud

A Parent's Guide to ... Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Enabling Environments: Play and the revised EYFS

Learning and Development: Creativity - Little Big Bang

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

Learning & Development: Play - Get hooked

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

The big picture: Netmums gives silver award to Piccolo Music

A Parent's guide to ... Physical development

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