Property values in Wales could soon be zooming up, driven by a mass migration to the principality of early years teachers desperate to work under the new Foundation Phase for three-to seven-year-olds...
What are the developmental benefits of using 3D objects in play and making activities, and how can early years settings best resource for this? Penny Tassoni explains
Fine motor skills, including how to hold a pencil, are all now within the goal 'Moving and handling'. Jan White suggests experiences to help children become increasingly dextrous.
We guide you through the EYFS consultation document, its questions and the main points of concern
Sally Player, Foundation Stage leader at Quilters Infant School in Billericay, Essex, urges teachers to adopt a creative approach to ensure all new children develop a love of reading, and recommends...
The principles that should underpin putting the Early Years Foundation Stage into practice are set out by Julie Fisher in this excerpt from the revised edition of Starting from the Child.
Disadvantaged areas of England are to benefit from 40m of funding for new maintained nursery facilities for three-and four-year-olds, the education and skills secretary announced last week. Estelle...
An inspiring male role model, in the form of artist Fabric Lenny, has been encouraging creative mark-making alongside improved communication and collaboration. Helen Chilton explains.
Education secretary Charles Clarke responded to criticism of SATs tests last week and said that he was prepared to look at ways of making Key Stage 1 SATs less stressful for seven-year-olds in...