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Why physical activity in the early years is so vital

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 24, 2022
  • | Nursery World
A free course, a finalist in the Nursery World Awards 2021, aims to train early years practitioners to boost young children's physical development. Dr Jackie Musgrave of the Open University, who helped design it, explains the thinking behind it

Functional skills tests are a joke!

    Opinion
  • Friday, August 21, 2015
  • | Nursery World
As students receive their GCSE results, Ross Midgley, managing director of PBD Early Years Training, argues that functional skills testing is not rigorous enough to ensure good standards.

Mind the drop!

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 14, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for action to stop the decline in childminder numbers

Apprentice anguish

    Opinion
  • Friday, March 2, 2018
  • | Nursery World
With the number of young people starting apprenticeships down by 40 per cent, it's a challenging time for employers, says Mark Dawe

Childminders can find a way to EYTS

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 2, 2014
  • | Nursery World
Early years initial teacher training requires experience of Key Stage 1, but this should not stop childminders from taking Early Years Teacher courses.

Playing and learning

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 3, 2020
  • | Nursery World
Practitioners must protect play’s central role in early years learning and development, and watch out for bad policy and practice, says early years expert Marjorie Ouvry

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