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The Big Picture: Outdoor fun for under-5s

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  • Friday, August 23, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Nature Tots, a new six-session parent and toddler group focusing on engaging under-fives in wildlife and outdoor activities, has been launched by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.

Montessori awards its 150th accreditation

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  • Monday, June 17, 2013
    • | Nursery World
The Montessori St Nicholas Charity awarded its 150th accreditation during the second MEAB Leadership conference at the Institute of Education in London on Saturday.

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.

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

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  • 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.

The big picture: Cross-continent companions

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  • Friday, January 11, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Children from a small primary school and orphanage known as Makumbi in Zimbabwe are soon to benefit from having access to clean water thanks to the efforts of Barlborough Hall School in Derbyshire, which is twinned with the African setting.

Roots of Empathy programme brings babies to the classroom

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  • Monday, November 26, 2012
    • | Nursery World
A Canadian programme shown to reduce aggression and encourage empathy in children by bringing a very young baby into the classroom was officially launched in England by the Pre-School Learning Alliance last week (23 November)

The big picture: Nursery school digs for gold

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  • 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.

Busy Bees campaigns to make blinds safe

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  • Monday, August 6, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Busy Bees, the UK's largest childcare provider, is using its experience to raise awareness among the sector of the danger of some roller blinds to children, following an incident at one of their settings.

Early Years Pioneers: a practice guide

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  • Friday, July 27, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Background reading on the thinkers who helped shape current early years practice has just got easier, as we've gathered together all the articles from our 'Early Years Pioneers' series and made them available as a Practice Guide.

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