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Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

Children at Stepping Stones Mirfield took part in a sponsored walk around a football pitch.

Turf's Up!

Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

Children from the toddler room at Springfield Nursery in Barnstaple have been out and about searching for bugs.

Motor Heads

Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

Children loved doing a traffic survey as part of the outdoor learning programme at Jigsaws Childcare in Tadcaster.

Rally Together

Monday, July 8, 2019

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A rally, led by a fur-covered car, has set off from Maidstone in Kent to raise funds to build pre-schools for children in need of a quality education in deprived areas of the world.

Inclusion - Supporting… Theo

Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

How one setting helped a young boy begin to overcome his speech and language difficulties.

Outdoors in Japan, part 3 - Wild ideas

Monday, July 8, 2019

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What UK settings can learn from Japanese kindergartens when it comes to connecting with nature. By Julie Mountain

EYFS best practice in schools: Baseline – Know better?

Monday, July 8, 2019

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The new baseline assessment programme is being trialled by schools from September. Charlotte Goddard examines what it involves and the concerns surrounding it

Spotlight on…Hayley Macdiarmid

Monday, July 8, 2019

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Art specialist/deputy room leader at Active Learning Nursery, Dorking

Interview - Gillian Doherty, founder of SEND Action Campaign Group

Monday, July 8, 2019

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SEND Action has recently demonstrated outside the Royal Courts of Justice to support families making a legal challenge to the Government’s approach to SEND funding

Award-winning physical activity and nutrition training courses launch nationwide

Friday, July 5, 2019

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Former nursery owner Linda Baston-Pitt is expanding her health and well-being training programmes across the country.

Appetite for nursery deals remains high - market report

Friday, July 5, 2019

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Demand for high-quality settings from buyers is continuing to rise, according to Christie & Co’s overview of the childcare market in the first half of 2019.

Children's Commissioner urges PM candidates to invest in services for vulnerable children

Thursday, July 4, 2019

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The Children’s Commissioner wants the two Conservative leadership candidates to put the billions they have promised for income and corporation tax cuts towards mending broken childhoods.

Bucks children's centre campaigners await High Court decision on closures

Thursday, July 4, 2019

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A legal challenge against Buckinghamshire County Council’s decision to shut more than half of its children’s centres at the High Court in London came to a close yesterday.

Training teachers to be compassionate creates a better classroom environment

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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Training in compassion could improve the mental health of teachers and boost staff retention, according to a new study.

Scotland launches website for parents ahead of childcare expansion

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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The Scottish government has launched new online information to help parents navigate the expanded childcare offer.

Take an upfront approach to childcare costs

Opinion

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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There is an obvious solution to help parents struggling with childcare costs under Universal Credit, argues Kevin Watkins of Save the Children UK.

'Soaring' holiday childcare costs pushing parents into debt, warns charity

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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Parents say they are being pushed into debt or having to turn down work due to childcare costs increasing by as much as £800 per month during the school holidays.

Survey to look at why so few men work in childcare

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

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Researchers at Lancaster University are looking for early years practitioners and managers to take part in a study on the recruitment, support and retention of male members of staff.

DfE awards funding for school nurseries and home-learning schemes

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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Sixty-six schools in disadvantaged areas will share £22m in funding to expand their nursery provision for two- to-four-year-olds.

Diary of an Early Childhood Studies Student: close of the second act

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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Kezia Thurgood-Parkes, an ECS student at Sheffield Hallam, talks PGCEs, placements, uni politics, and cocktails

Councils running out of funding to provide statutory children's services

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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One in three councils are concerned they will run out of funding to provide statutory services such as child protection by the end of this Parliament.

Bertram nurseries expands in Scotland

Friday, June 28, 2019

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Bertram Nurseries has acquired the five-strong Enchanted Forest nursery group based in and around Glasgow.

New DfE programme to support disadvantaged children's language development

Friday, June 28, 2019

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The £845,000 scheme to boost children’s speech, language and communication skills has launched in Derby.

Charities call on education secretary to challenge 'devastating' cuts to SEND provision