The Early Years Curriculum

Children are 'fully immersed' in outdoor learning.
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Essential Resources: Nursery World visits… Belmont Farm Nursery School

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Creative activities enable children's voices to be heard
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Recognising the importance of supporting and identifying learning behaviours remains a critical area of development for EYFS educators.
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Learning Behaviours: How should we view the CoEL?

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'In the EYFS, physical development is limited to motor skills despite its impact on cognitive and emotional development' PHOTO Terri Pengilley, Ore Church Mice Pre School, Hastings
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Physical development: Strategies to deliver the best range of experiences for young children

Practice
Sport England’s latest Active Lives Children and Young People survey shows activity levels remain stagnant among children, PHOTO: Sport England
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Almost 4 million children not physically active for at least an hour a day – survey

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The first report of the DfE commissioned Children of the 2020's study has been published PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

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Slight rise in children achieving 'a good level of development' at end of EYFS

Areas of Learning
It's important to work with parents to understand what the child engages with at home.
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Cultural Capital: Which capital are we valuing?

Practice
Christmas can mean making memories in the great outdoors
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Making Christmas unique outdoors

Practice
Families can need extra support due to both short-term and long-term issues they are facing
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Social interactions part 4: Making relationships with parents key to positive behaviour

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Children enjoy noticing changes in the outdoor environment.
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Essential Resources: Equip for Understanding the World

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Alison Clark's Slow Pedagogy: How to take your time with mealtimes

Activities
The Scottish Maritime Museum
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Let's go to… The Scottish Maritime Museum

Activities
Children are often attracted to enclosed spaces, both indoors and outside
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All about… small spaces

Practice
Recent guidance suggests that waiting for the child to be ‘ready’ is not always correct
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Toilet Training: When to begin on the potty

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Nursery World's Physical Development in the Early Years conference – report

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