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Survey seeks sector's views on children's literacy and language

Thursday, July 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are invited to take part in the National Literacy Trusts survey on supporting childrens language.

Poll highlights concern about 'schoolification' of early years

News

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Just a third of childcare workers believe that it is very important that children have basic reading, writing and maths before they start school, new research shows.

Five-year-olds will learn computer programming in new curriculum

News

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Five-year-olds will learn about fractions and computer programming in the revised national curriculum for children from five-to-16.

Ofsted chief under fire from early years experts on assessment

News

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

| Nursery World

A group of early years experts has written to Ofsted to challenge Sir Michael Wilshaw on his plans to reform early years assessment.

Ofsted: 'Strong leadership' in early years key to being ready for school

News

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Poor leadership in some early years settings means that some children, particularly those in deprived areas, are not starting school ready to 'make the most' of it, an Ofsted report says today.

Question mark over future of Development Matters guidance

News

Monday, July 1, 2013

| Nursery World

The Development Matters guidance widely used by early years practitioners appears to have been sidelined by the Department for Education.

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Opinion

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| Nursery World

Those who lived through the bleak days of the Woodhead/Blunkett Education regime of the late 1990s scarcely imagined that early-years policy-making could be any more Dark-Aged, but in this respect the current Wilshaw/Gove regime is breaking all previous records.

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.

Make school days longer, says Michael Gove

News

Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

Speaking at the Spectator Education conference , the education secretary said that in order for children to achieve better outcomes school days should be longer and school holidays shorter.

Red Nose Day: laughing and learning

Features

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

With its focus on raising money by having a laugh, Red Nose Day gives pre-school children the chance to make a difference by doing what comes naturally. Aleks Leimanis, Schools and Youth Manager at Comic Relief, suggests approaches and resources to help practitioners plan powerful, purposeful learning experiences this Red Nose Day

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

News

Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

The long-awaited Government response to Professor Cathy Nutbrown's review of early education and childcare qualifications goes further than responses to her recommendations.

Steiner Waldorf schools win victory on EYFS exemptions

News

Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Steiner kindergartens have been successful in achieving exemptions from those aspects of the Early Learning Goals in the EYFS that do not fit with the Steiner educational philosophy and ethos. The ruling applies to all Steiner settings.

Booktrust campaign to raise 2m to get 12,000 disadvantaged children reading

News

Thursday, January 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The charity Booktrust has launched a new fundraising drive to help the UK's most vulnerable children through the power of stories and reading.

Parents win deferred school entry for daughter

News

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Parents of an August-born child have won a two-and-a-half year fight to defer her school entry until after her fifth birthday.

Montessori offers grants and free primary training

News

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

A Montessori specialist could be trained in every primary school in England, in plans to widen access to Maria Montessori's philosophy to all children.

Ofsted report marks down childminders

News

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| Nursery World

The best early years provision overall is found in group settings, Ofsted's annual report on early years has found.

Call for volunteers to join the 'play army'

News

Thursday, October 18, 2012

| Nursery World

Do you have a favourite children's play area?

Private schools will be able to opt out of the EYFS

News

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Independent schools will be able to opt out of the EYFS from the end of this month.

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.

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

A menagerie of pets is bringing joy and learning benefits to the children of St Edward's C of E School in Rochdale, says head teacher Lynne Coxell.

EYFS: Early years settings get to grips with changes to practice and planning

News

Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Thinking up imaginative ways to use their indoor space to develop children's physical development and renewed thinking about child-initiated learning are just some of the ways nurseries have been preparing for the new EYFS.

Nurseries asked to gear up dads for Fathers' Story Week

News

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Fathers should participate more in their children's learning, says the Fatherhood Institute, as the think-tank urges schools, nurseries and other family learning settings to sign up for Fathers' Story Week 2012.

Pre-School Learning Alliance deal offers free training to thousands of early years staff

News

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

| Nursery World

The Alliance is offering free training to all its 14,000 member day nurseries, pre-schools and parent and toddler groups in a partnership with training provider EduCare.

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

News

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.

Nursery quality affects attainment at age 14

News

Friday, February 17, 2012

| Nursery World

The quality of the nursery that children attend still makes a difference to how well they do at school at the age of 14, EPPSE research shows.

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Survey seeks sector's views on children's literacy and language

Poll highlights concern about 'schoolification' of early years

Five-year-olds will learn computer programming in new curriculum

Ofsted chief under fire from early years experts on assessment

Ofsted: 'Strong leadership' in early years key to being ready for school

Question mark over future of Development Matters guidance

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

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

Make school days longer, says Michael Gove

Red Nose Day: laughing and learning

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

Steiner Waldorf schools win victory on EYFS exemptions

Booktrust campaign to raise 2m to get 12,000 disadvantaged children reading

Parents win deferred school entry for daughter

Montessori offers grants and free primary training

Ofsted report marks down childminders

Call for volunteers to join the 'play army'

Private schools will be able to opt out of the EYFS

The big picture: Nursery school digs for gold

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

EYFS: Early years settings get to grips with changes to practice and planning

Nurseries asked to gear up dads for Fathers' Story Week

Pre-School Learning Alliance deal offers free training to thousands of early years staff

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

Nursery quality affects attainment at age 14

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