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Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

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.

Editor's view phonics test fails to make the grade

Features

Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

If the test itself is wrong, children shouldn't be judged as a failure if they fail the test!

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 3 - A better way?

Features

Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Contrasts between early years provision in different countries can help us reflect on whether education is for teaching children readiness for life, argue David Whitebread and Sue Bingham.

Learning & Development: Education Pioneer - Chris Athey, 27.1.1924 - 27.11.2011

Features

Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

We have this far-sighted thinker and researcher to thank for strides in early education described by Wendy Scott and Liz de Keller.

Call for early intervention to support premature babies

News

Thursday, December 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies born between 32 and 36 weeks fare less well at school, according to a new study, which recommends that children born early should have a school readiness check before starting school to help identify any problems.

Two-thirds of children in phonics pilot fail test

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Two-thirds of children who took the pilot Phonics Screening Check for six-year-olds last summer failed the test, Department for Education statistics show.

Disadvantaged children continue to lag behind their peers at the end of Reception

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Friday, December 2, 2011

| Nursery World

More children from low-income families do less well than their peers at the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Design a Sea Creature winners

News

Thursday, December 1, 2011

| Nursery World

A record number of children entered the Design a Sea Creature competition, held by childcare insurers Morton Michel in association with Sea Life Conservation.

Enabling Environments: Risk - Rise to the challenge

Features

Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

The benefits of providing risky activities to children and keeping their parents on board are explained by Sylvie Gambell and Ben Hasan.

Learning & Development Science: In the lab

Features

Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Becoming real-life research scientists for the day sparked children's enthusiasm for enquiring and learning. Lisa Jane Wildey, Early Years Professional and pre-school team leader at University of Sheffield Union of Students' Pre-school, observed the long-lasting effects.

Nurseries forge links with teachers in drive for school readiness

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Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years settings are responding to the Government's focus on 'school readiness' by building better links with schools and putting more emphasis on helping children to develop their independence skills.

The big picture: Next to nature in the big city

News

Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

An education centre designed to encourage city children to explore the environment outside the classroom has been opened in London.

Learning and Development: Poetry - Go with the flow

Features

Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Poetry is for everyone, as leading children's poet Michael Rosen tells Karen Faux, with suggestions for introducing rhyme in an early years setting.

Enabling Environments: Collections - Baby talk

Features

Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Don't stop at dolls, but supply all the equipment that babies need in an essential collection of role-play resources, says Nicole Weinstein.

Learning & Development: School Readiness: Part 2 - Perfect match?

Features

Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to the learning that children bring with them to start school, say David Whitebread and Sue Bingham Photographs by Justin Thomas at Homerton Children's centre, Cambridge.

Revised EYFS: Gearing up for the challenges of delivery

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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Dame Clare Tickell is urging practitioners to focus on the importance of reflective practice and the role of supervision in the run-up to the introduction of the revised EYFS.

Nursery Chains: EYFS - Getting ready to roll

Features

Friday, November 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Nursery chains are thinking ahead to how they will implement the revised EYFS once it is finalised by the Government. Nicole Weinstein hears their plans

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

News

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

| Nursery World

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

Learning and development: 'it's time to listen to children more'

Features

Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Listening to four- and fourteen-year-olds is shedding light on children's early learning experiences, as Dr Jacqui Cousins explains in this extended version of the article in the latest issue of Nursery World