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The huge outcry over the proposed Early Years Foundation Stage outlined in the Childcare Bill (see News, page 4) indicates an amazing lack of awareness that we already have a Foundation Stage...
Sure Start's own beginnings perhaps didn't live up to the programme's name, being rather shaky and unclear, but since 1999 the Government's scheme to improve the health and well-being of children in...
Naomi Eisenstadt has been appointed Chief Advisor on Children's Services. She will play a key part in the Every Child Matters programme on improving the quality of policy and practice. Ms Eisenstadt...
What sort of crafts do you like doing at home with the children? Michelle Bowen, a nanny in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, sent in these ideas Peg butterflies
Developmentally appropriate practice is as important for children in Key Stage 1 as it is in the EYFS, as research evidence and teachers' own experience shows.
Childcare organisations are united against proposed staff to child ratios planned in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). While they welcome the guiding principle of the EYFS in response to the...
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The Manchester Under 12s Exhibition is the place to be for professional development - it is the only event dedicated to early years and primary education, giving you an unrivalled opportunity to keep...
What is true ‘free-flow play’, and when is children’s ‘involvement’ in their learning not actually worthwhile engagement? Dr Julian Grenier unpicks the theories in the context of best practice
'I've done it,' says Melissa Blewitt, who qualified from University College, Chichester as an Advanced Early Years Specialist last month. Qualifying was the good news. The bad news is she can't find a...