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New measurement tracking early literacy progress to launch

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

| Nursery World

A campaign group concerned with early language is to create a new national measurement of children’s reading.

Daddy Pig promotes family reading for BookTrust

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

Peppa Pig’s Daddy Pig has been unveiled as Ambassador for BookTrust, the UK’s largest reading charity.

Foundation Stage Profile shows lower achievement by boys and minorities

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Poor white boys are doing less well than most other children at the age of five, the latest results from the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile reveal.

Opera sessions let babies call the tune

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies as young as six months can call the tune in an interactive opera devised by the Scottish Opera company.

Children's maths ability is inborn, says new research

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Friday, August 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Children are either born with or without a natural talent for maths, according to a new study.

Summer-born children 'more likely to do worse' at school

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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

| Nursery World

August born children are more likely to struggle academically and be unhappy at school, according to new research.

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has moved to strengthen the quality of childcare years in advance of its target to double its funded offer.

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

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Thursday, July 13, 2017

| Nursery World

A new set of short courses on the Froebelian approach has been launched by Early Education and the Froebel Trust.

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Revised guidance and a multimedia resource for Scottish practitioners working with parents from pregnancy, and with babies and children under three, is being unveiled on Wednesday.

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

EYFS data highlights growing gap between disadvantaged children and their peers

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

| Nursery World

The gap between children on free school meals and their peers at the end of Reception has widened, updated data from the EYFS Profile shows.

Campaigners publish case against the baseline

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| Nursery World

A coalition of educational experts, teachers and parents is calling for the Government to abandon plans for a new baseline for four-year-olds.

Concert pianist calls the tune at nurseries

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

| Nursery World

A concert pianist is to tour nurseries across the country next year to teach children about playing the piano.

New resource for practitioners to encourage parents to read with their children

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education has launched a new campaign to help practitioners and parents instil a love of reading and books in children before they start school.

More girls than boys in the top ten per cent at the age of five

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

| Nursery World

There are more five-year-old girls than boys of the same age at the highest ability range, new research suggests.

Sector quick to respond to the EYFS review

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years organisations and the childcare workforce have given a mixed reaction to the announcement by children's minister Sarah Teather that the Government is to review the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

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Monday, August 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The early years workforce is being urged to submit evidence towards the independent review of the EYFS, with a consultation launched online today.

TV and computers wrongly blamed for children's speech problems

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

| Nursery World

One in six parents wrongly blame watching too much TV and technology as the most common cause of speech and language difficulties in young children, a new survey suggests.

Success for nursery music project

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

A community project that aims to boost music-making in nurseries and children's centres in London has been found successful in bringing quality musical experiences to children.

Analysis: What does 'ready for school' mean?

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| Nursery World

A new emphasis on formal educational attainment rather than social and communication skills could be a backward step, as Mary Evans hears.

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New measurement tracking early literacy progress to launch

Daddy Pig promotes family reading for BookTrust

Foundation Stage Profile shows lower achievement by boys and minorities

Opera sessions let babies call the tune

Children's maths ability is inborn, says new research

Summer-born children 'more likely to do worse' at school

Scottish Government launches quality childcare action plan

Travelling tutors offer Froebel training

Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

EYFS data highlights growing gap between disadvantaged children and their peers

Campaigners publish case against the baseline

Concert pianist calls the tune at nurseries

New resource for practitioners to encourage parents to read with their children

More girls than boys in the top ten per cent at the age of five

Sector quick to respond to the EYFS review

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

TV and computers wrongly blamed for children's speech problems

Success for nursery music project

Analysis: What does 'ready for school' mean?

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