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Essential Resources: Home Corner - Home comforts

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

A permanent home corner with a mix of familiar resources and carefully added extras can provide the comfort that some children need during the pandemic, Nicole Weinstein explains

Coronavirus: Call for 'Summer of Play' to restore children's wellbeing

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

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Organisations and charities call for a Summer of Play, as more than half of children say they play outside or with their friends less since the pandemic.

Drawing competition invites children to 'boycott their beds'

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

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Children are being challenged to let their imaginations go wild and draw where they’d most like to sleep for a competition launched by Action for Children.

Nurseries encouraged to take part in the annual Big Lunch

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

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Early years settings have the chance to reach out to their local communities by taking part in The Big Lunch, an annual celebration run by the Eden Project.

Cash boost for nurseries hosting T Level placements

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

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Employers will be able to claim a £1,000 cash boost for every Education and Childcare T Level student they host on an industry placement, as part of a new incentive scheme launched by the Department for Education.

New guidance for early years settings on potty training

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

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Continence experts have updated potty training guidance to enable early years practitioners to support children and their families with good toileting.

New early years resources for Healthy Eating Week

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

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Nurseries and schools across the UK are invited to take part in the British Nutrition Foundations's Health Eating Week from 14 to 18 June, with the launch of a free practitioner pack full of posters, advice, daily activities and videos.

Latest data shows early years attendance has risen slightly

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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Attendance levels at early years settings have risen slightly in May, official figures show, while school attendance continues to drop as unions express concern around the spread of the Indian variant.

Early years a ‘top priority’ in union’s education recovery report

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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Investment in the early years should be ‘at the heart’ of the Government’s educational recovery plan, according to a report published by the National Union of Headteachers (NAHT) today (Wednesday).

Labour calls for free school meals in school holidays, as eligibility rises

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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More than half a million children have become eligible for free school meals during the pandemic, Labour estimates.

Coronavirus: DfE had 'no plan', MPs' report finds

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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The Department for Education (DfE) had ‘no plan’ and was ‘unprepared’ for the challenges of Covid-19, a Public Accounts Committee report released today (Wednesday) states.

High level of frustration among nursery staff during the pandemic, study reveals

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Monday, May 24, 2021

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Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the University of Leeds reveals.

Thousands of parents not using their Tax-Free Childcare accounts

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Friday, May 21, 2021

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Fewer than half of parents with a Tax-Free Childcare account are using it, reveal new Government statistics.

New £1m programme to increase understanding of the Froebelian approach

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

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A £1m funding programme from the Froebel Trust, launching this summer, aims to foster collaboration in the early years sector and provide training for more practitioners.

Majority of parents believe their child’s school has handled Covid-19 well

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

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Nearly nine out of 10 parents think their child’s school has handled the pandemic well, according to results from Ofsted’s annual Parents Survey for 2021.

Global childcare report reveals market buoyancy

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

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The pandemic has raised the profile of the early years and childcare sector across the globe, leading to renewed interest from prospective investors and increased demand from competitors, Christie & Co’s report on the impact of Covid-19 on global markets has revealed.

Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

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Family First, one of the UK’s fastest growing nursery groups, has appointed a new chief executive to oversee its growth and focus on bringing the best quality employees to the team.

Anna Freud appointed as centre of excellence for family hubs

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

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Plans to increase the number of family hubs in operation and to open a national centre championing their work, were announced by education secretary Gavin Williamson this afternoon (19 May).

Free music training on offer for early years practitioners

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

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Free music training for early years practitioners to support children’s speech and language skills is being offered by an award-winning music charity.

Coalition calls for 'credible' plan from Government to end Child Poverty

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

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The End Child Poverty Coalition says the Government owes it to ‘our children’ to come up with a plan to tackle poverty as figures show a 'dramatic' rise.