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Phonics check branded 'a waste of money'

    News
  • Tuesday, May 21, 2013
  • | Nursery World
The largest teaching union has slammed the phonics reading check for six-year-olds as a 'waste of money', after Government research found that the majority of teachers found it had 'little or no impact' on children's reading and writing.

Practitioners want EYFS left as it is

    News
  • Tuesday, September 7, 2010
  • | Nursery World
There is 'overwhelming' support among most early years practitioners for the EYFS framework, new research by the Institute of Education suggests.

The big picture: Nursery school digs for gold

    News
  • Friday, August 17, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Welton Free Rangers Forest Nursery School in Somerset has won gold in the Royal Forestry Society (RFS) Excellence Awards with a project that allowed children and young people to enjoy the natural environment in a non-damaging way.

From Bach to Baby

    News
  • Sunday, January 7, 2018
  • | Nursery World
Orchestral musicians are to visit settings in a new venture called Bach to School, from classical concert series Bach to Baby.

Catch a story to keep creativity alive

    News
  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011
  • | Nursery World
A project that invites parents, carers and practitioners to share good practice is helping to inject creativity into early years education.

The EYFS is not a 'straitjacket', says Elizabeth Truss

    News
  • Friday, April 19, 2013
  • | Nursery World
The education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss told delegates at Nursery World's conference that they should be delivering the EYFS in the way they see fit, but that settings do not need to provide free-flow play or a certain proportion of child-led activities.

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