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Phonics check branded 'a waste of money'

    News
  • 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

    News
  • 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.

Providers to lead speech skills campaign

    News
  • Tuesday, March 2, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Children's communications skills will be the focus of a 'National Year' campaign in 2011 spearheaded by the Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary sector providers, set up by Afasic, BT Better World Campaign, the Council for Disabled Children and I CAN.

Practitioners want EYFS left as it is

    News
  • Tuesday, September 7, 2010
    • | Nursery World
There is 'overwhelming' support among most early years practitioners for the EYFS framework, new research by the Institute of Education suggests.

Flying Start is found to make advances for under-threes

    News
  • Tuesday, October 19, 2010
    • | Nursery World
A programme that provides support services for under-threes and free childcare for two-year-olds in Wales is having a positive impact on their emotional and social development, an interim evaluation has found.

Research awards for early years practitioners

    News
  • Tuesday, April 19, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Submissions are being accepted until 10 June for the BERA/SAGE Practitioner Research Awards 2011, open to professionals working in education who have used research to develop their practice in the last three years.

Stories about maths

    News
  • Friday, January 20, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Beam has plenty of creative starting points when it comes to helping young children enjoy and understand maths.

Roll up for the Nursery World Show 2019

    News
  • Thursday, September 13, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Paul Howard-Jones, Professor of Neuroscience and regular contributor to Channel Four’s 'Secret Life of Four Year Olds', is among the impressive line-up of experts at the Nursery World Show 2019.

Big picture: Scandi mania

    News
  • Sunday, February 18, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Childminder Hannah Rosalie hit the headlines this month for her ‘Scandi’ approach, with children having naps outside.

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