Annette Rawstrone

Families at home, early years settings and schools, can take part in online healthy eating challenges throughout the week
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Nurseries encouraged to join in healthy eating week online cook-a-longs

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Coronavirus: Under-fives' mental health at risk

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Children are eating 'substantially' more crisps, chocolates and sweets during the lockdown
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Coronavirus: Concern that children on free school meals are missing out on on healthy food

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The staff acted as the patients and the children as doctors and nurses
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EYFS Activities – We’ve explored… Covid wards

Practice
Illustration by Amanda Hutt
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Leadership for the EIF: Monitoring Staff - In progress

Management
Imaginary play encourages children to talk to themselves and others
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Nursery Equipment: Communication and Language – Zoning in

Nursery Equipment Supplement
Construction can be emotional
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Nursery Equipment: PSED - ‘Well done!’

Practice
Some schools have banned childminders from playgrounds
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Childminders banned from drop-offs at schools

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Early years settings are advised to choose easy to clean reources
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New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

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Vicky Ford, children and families minister
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Around a third of parents used formal childcare in April

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The Department for Education advices that earl years staff should wear PPE if a child begins to show signs of coronavirus, while in their care
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Early years settings receiving contradictory Government guidance on PPE

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Many children are loving spending more time with their parents and each other
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Lockdown life: Reasons to be cheerful?

Child Development
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Coronavirus: Call to double early years and school funding in 'catch up plan'

Funding
Uncertainty around nursery provision is causing ongoing problems for healthcare workers, with some unable to work because they have no childcare
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Doctors call for more funding for nurseries caring for key worker children

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Leonor Stjepic, CEO of Montessori Group UK
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#StandUpForEarlyYears: Lockdown has boosted parents' respect for early years staff, says Montessori poll

Families
A quarter of parents said that they would be happy with a September return date for children going back to school
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9 in 10 parents do not want children to go back to school as soon as lockdown ends

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