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Best practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage will depend on understanding how all the aspects of child's development link together. Maria Robinson sets out a way to approach them.
Over the last decade there has been a significant shift in both government and Ofsted focus that has challenged many fundamental principles of early childhood education, says Julie Fisher
All childcarers should be trained to spot signs of child abuse and to report their suspicions to their local authority, says a leading charity. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...
Katherine Cooling-Smith, Kayte's House Colchester
The sensory experience of messy play has far-reaching benefits for brain development, creativity and risk-taking, says Anne O'Connor
One setting is bucking the norm of a female-dominated early years workforce by making the recruitment of men part of its commitment to equality and diversity, finds Meredith Jones Russell
Everything you need to know… but were afraid to ask.
Early years settings are being urged to get behind a new Government campaign to increase the number of children vaccinated against MMR as new figures show there has been a ‘significant’ drop in...