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EYFS REVIEW - update on the timetable for the revised early years framework

Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has confirmed that the final version of the revised EYFS will be published at the end of March or early April 2012.

Politicians 'misuse science to push own agenda'

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| Nursery World

The extent to which studies of infant brain development have been misinterpreted and exploited by politicians to push a political agenda on to parenting were debated at a conference at Kent University.

Row over daycare stress claims

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Monday, September 12, 2011

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The debate about whether childcare raises stress levels in young children is in the spotlight again, following a research review by controversial psychologist Aric Sigman.

Gove promises action on 'educational underclass' starting with school readiness

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Education Secretary Michael Gove has stressed the Government's intention to take radical action 'to tackle the scandal of our educational underclass', talking of the need to ensure 'school readiness' for children who arrive in reception class 'unable to form letters or even hold a pencil'.

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

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Monday, August 22, 2011

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Sue Atkins talks to Sue Learner about parenting and discipline, in the wake of the riots that spread destruction through the streets of London and most of the major English cities.

Gateway to the Foundation Years

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Monday, July 18, 2011

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Anne Longfield, chief executive of 4Children, looks at the importance of early intervention and gives details of a new website for parents from pregnancy to when their children reach five years old.

EYFS review: 'Slimmed down' EYFS and payment by results for Sure Start children's centres

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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The number of early learning goals in the EYFS will be radically reduced, in plans set out by the Government in its response to the Tickell review.

Number Ten makes Allen wait for early intervention cash

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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The Government has not yet made a decision as to whether to provide joint funding to establish an Early Intervention Foundation.

Boris Johnson and Peter Andre launch under-fives reading scheme

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

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The London Mayor and singer Peter Andre have launched a new literacy project to support three-to-five-year-olds in the capital.

Gruffalo author is the new children's laureate

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, has been appointed the seventh Children's Laureate.

EYFS review prioritises how children learn

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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

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How, rather than what, children learn should be given greater emphasis under a revised early years framework, the EYFS review has recommended.

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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The early years sector has given an overwhelmingly positive response to recommendations made by Dame Clare Tickell in her review of the EYFS.

EYFS REVIEW: The key points in an interview with Dame Clare Tickell

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

Communication and language should be given greater emphasis than literacy in young children's development, the review into the Early Years Foundation Stage recommends.

Health and wellbeing study given 33.5m

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A 33.5m project is to follow the lives of 90,000 British children from birth to find out more about what factors affect health and happiness in society.