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Call to delay school start and moving on from Reception or Year 1 until January 2021

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

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Early Education and TACTYC are proposing that children in pre-schools, nurseries, Reception and Year 1 classes stay on in their previous setting or class until January 2021 to support children through the Covid-19 crisis.

Revised EYFS unveiled for 'early adopter' schools to implement in September

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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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The Government has published the revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework, which schools can choose to adopt a year before it becomes statutory in September 2021.

Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

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The Reception Baseline has been postponed for a year to autumn 2021 due to the ‘challenging circumstances’ schools face with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has announced, in a move welcomed by campaigners.

Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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As nursery owners in England gear up to reopen from 1 June, an online conference run by Famly, with Nursery World as media partner, has pulled together expert advice on key questions.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Lockdown has boosted parents' respect for early years staff, says Montessori poll

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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

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More than three quarters (77 per cent) of parents have an increased respect for nursery staff and teachers following over a month at home with their children, research by the Montessori Group has found.

DfE keeping Reception Baseline for September under review

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Wednesday, May 6, 2020

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Controversial plans to test four-year-olds in English and maths when they start school in September are ‘under regular review’ by the Department for Education, in light of the disruption caused by the coronavirus crisis.

Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

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Young children are spending an extra two hours a day in front of a screen since lockdown began, according to research from children’s reading charity BookTrust.

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS or staff:child ratios, in temporary measures to be put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.

Call to scrap the Reception Baseline

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

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More than 2,500 people have signed an open letter to schools minister Nick Gibb, calling for the Government to 'urgently' reconsider plans to bring in the Reception Baseline in September.

Renewed call for early years curriculum to be extended up to seven

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Play and well-being must be at the centre of young children's development and learning after the coronavirus crisis, when children return to early years settings and school, say campaigners.

International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Why some children are running to catch up

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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What can we learn from the OECD’s International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study? Dr Martina Street explains criticisms of the research, findings, and what future studies should focus on

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

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Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

An OECD study has found a link between five-year-olds’ use of digital devices and early literacy and working memory.

Revised Development Matters to begin trial

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Monday, March 2, 2020

| Nursery World

‘Road-testing’ of early drafts of the updated Development Matters is about to get under way as nurseries, childminders and Reception classes start to trial the materials in the next few weeks. They will be available to use from September.

Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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Teachers have reiterated a call for the Reception baseline to be scrapped, after a survey found that many believe it harms children and is not an accurate assessment.

Reception baseline provides 'accurate' assessment for children's progress

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

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The Department for Education has released new research claiming the Reception Baseline Assessment provides an accurate starting point for measuring children’s progress.

Call for rethink on draft EYFS review

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Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

A survey of 3,000 practitioners from across the early years sector has found ‘extensive support’ for keeping the EYFS in its current form.

Schools asked to be 'early adopters' of revised Early Learning Goals

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Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has written to schools to invite them to adopt the revised Early Learning Goals from September, a year before they are due to become statutory.

EYFS consultation - Solving the EYFS puzzle

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Monday, November 25, 2019

| Nursery World

With many believing the EYFS does not need a wholesale review, and the pilot receiving a mixed response, Annette Rawstrone unpicks where the main battlegrounds lie

EYFS revisions ‘muddled’ and ‘inappropriate’

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Monday, November 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years experts have criticised the latest EYFS revisions, saying the proposed educational programmes and Goals are ‘muddled’ and developmentally inappropriate for young children.

EYFS consultation proposals don't go far enough

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Friday, November 1, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government consultation on the EYFS incorporates changes to both the educational programmes and the Early Learning Goals (ELGs), but these fall well short of early years experts' expectations for the framework.

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Call to delay school start and moving on from Reception or Year 1 until January 2021

Revised EYFS unveiled for 'early adopter' schools to implement in September

Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Lockdown has boosted parents' respect for early years staff, says Montessori poll

DfE keeping Reception Baseline for September under review

Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

Call to scrap the Reception Baseline

Renewed call for early years curriculum to be extended up to seven

International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study: Why some children are running to catch up

Using smartphones and tablets helps to develop early literacy

Revised Development Matters to begin trial

Reception baseline: 'children scared of getting it wrong', say teachers

Reception baseline provides 'accurate' assessment for children's progress

Call for rethink on draft EYFS review

Schools asked to be 'early adopters' of revised Early Learning Goals

EYFS consultation - Solving the EYFS puzzle

EYFS revisions ‘muddled’ and ‘inappropriate’

EYFS consultation proposals don't go far enough

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