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Duchess of Cambridge launches early years survey

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

| Nursery World

The Duchess of Cambridge has launched a national survey on early childhood.

Interview - Dr Dan O'Hare

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Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The chair-elect of the Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP), British Psychological Society on its campaign for play

Pilot successful in changing young children's views on gender

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Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Young children’s views of gender can be overturned by adopting an approach that challenges perceived views of boys’ and girls’ toys, a study has found.

Interview - Steven Gauge, chief executive of Action for Stammering Children

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Monday, November 25, 2019

| Nursery World

UK charity Action for Stammering Children has just published its latest research, Suffering in Silence: Access to specialist services for children who stammer

Three quarters of under-fives have access to internet-connected devices

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The number of under-fives with access to the internet has tripled in 10 years, according to a new report.

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 700,000 Reception children will receive a free book this week, as a study finds reading helps children to open up about their feelings.

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

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Friday, August 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of parents say that a lack of play areas is affecting their child's health, figures suggest.

Ofcom receives complaints about 'Train your Baby like a Dog' TV show

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

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The UK's communications regulator has received 30 complaints about Channel 4’s ‘Train Your Baby Like a Dog’.

Premature summer-born children face ‘significant’ challenges at school

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

| Nursery World

New research reveals being born just three weeks premature can impact upon children's development, particularly if it means they fall into an earlier school year.

Progress on closing the disadvantage gap in early years at a standstill

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

| Nursery World

The disadvantage gap has now stopped closing in the early years, and there is a real risk any progress made over recent years to eradicate it could be undone, warns a new report.

New DfE programme to support disadvantaged children's language development

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Friday, June 28, 2019

| Nursery World

The £845,000 scheme to boost children’s speech, language and communication skills has launched in Derby.

Exclusive: Minister unveils details of £20m early years training fund

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Monday, June 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi has expanded a range of measures to help tackle the language and literacy gap among five-year-olds in the most disadvantaged areas by training practitioners.

Study links UK policy change to quality

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Monday, May 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Staff-to-child ratios, and more importantly, staff qualifications and in-service training can predict the quality of pre-school childcare settings, a new study has found.

Child poverty having a 'detrimental effect' on pupils' learning and behaviour

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Teachers are ‘deeply concerned’ by the effects of poverty on children’s learning, with many believing the situation has worsened in the last few years, according to a survey.

DfE funds £6.5m plan to tackle early language gap

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

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Under-fives living in disadvantaged areas are to benefit from additional help with their early speech and communication skills, as part of a £6.5m investment from the DfE.

Early years music sessions boost development of children with complex needs

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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

| Nursery World

New research has found that targeted music lessons for under-fives in deprived areas help to close the gap, particularly for children with complex needs.

Exclusive interview: Montessori St Nicholas on its milestone year

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Monday, April 1, 2019

| Nursery World

As Montessori celebrates 100 years of training in the UK, Nursery World meets Leonor Stjepic, CEO of Montessori St Nicholas

Cheltenham early years centre wins Shine a Light Award

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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

| Nursery World

Battledown Centre for Children and Families in Cheltenham has been awarded Early Years Setting of the year at the seventh annual Shine a Light awards.

Parents rate early education highly, survey shows

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

| Nursery World

Nine in ten parents of children six and under agree that early years educators have an essential role to play in their child’s development and believe they should be paid accordingly, research suggests.

Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

| Nursery World

A call for Government to bring in guidance for 'zero screen time' for babies will be made at an infant well-being conference today.

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

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Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to improve support for the 1.4 million children with speech, language and communication needs.

'Government must kick start an early years revolution', urge MPs

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

| Nursery World

The Health and Social Care Committee wants the Government to produce a long-term strategy for the first 1,000 days of life to improve support and services for children and families.

Boys from poorer backgrounds gain most from not delaying school start

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Friday, February 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged boys benefit most from starting Reception in September, according to new research.

DfE to pay for free learning apps for disadvantaged children

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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

| Nursery World

Families from disadvantaged backgrounds will get free access to apps as part of a new Government initiative.

Lego-funded research centre launches new play hub

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners will be able to access current research on play thanks to a new online hub.

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Duchess of Cambridge launches early years survey

Interview - Dr Dan O'Hare

Pilot successful in changing young children's views on gender

Interview - Steven Gauge, chief executive of Action for Stammering Children

Three quarters of under-fives have access to internet-connected devices

Parents find reading together helps children talk about their worries

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

Ofcom receives complaints about 'Train your Baby like a Dog' TV show

Premature summer-born children face ‘significant’ challenges at school

Progress on closing the disadvantage gap in early years at a standstill

New DfE programme to support disadvantaged children's language development

Exclusive: Minister unveils details of £20m early years training fund

Study links UK policy change to quality

Child poverty having a 'detrimental effect' on pupils' learning and behaviour

DfE funds £6.5m plan to tackle early language gap

Early years music sessions boost development of children with complex needs

Exclusive interview: Montessori St Nicholas on its milestone year

Cheltenham early years centre wins Shine a Light Award

Parents rate early education highly, survey shows

Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

'Government must kick start an early years revolution', urge MPs

Boys from poorer backgrounds gain most from not delaying school start

DfE to pay for free learning apps for disadvantaged children

Lego-funded research centre launches new play hub

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