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Lower staff:child ratios to bring down costs, says DfE

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  • Monday, November 30, 2015
  • | Nursery World
As Nursery World went to press, the early years sector was still digesting confirmation of the funding rates for the 30-hour childcare entitlement for working parents, released just 24 hours before, and poring over two hefty reports.

Practitioners need help with nature

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  • Tuesday, August 24, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Teachers and early years practitioners need sustained training programmes to understand the importance of children engaging with the natural world, according to school grounds charity Learning through Landscapes.

Phonics check branded 'a waste of money'

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  • 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.

Welsh practitioners go down to the woods for inspiration

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  • Tuesday, October 11, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Thirteen private nurseries and playgroups in Bridgend will discover how to promote outdoor learning through a new training scheme being delivered by the Woodlands for Learning team (WfL), which is part of Forestry Commission Wales. This represents a drive by the local authority's Foundation Phase advisory team to improve the outdoor learning skills of these settings.

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