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Renewed call for early years curriculum to be extended up to seven

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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Play and well-being must be at the centre of young children's development and learning after the coronavirus crisis, when children return to early years settings and school, say campaigners.

Editor's View - Development Matters matters

Friday, July 12, 2013

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Does the fact that Development Matters has been moved from the Department for Education's EYFS section of its website matter?

More six-year-olds pass the phonics reading check

Friday, October 4, 2013

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Teaching unions have renewed calls for a ban on the phonics reading test, following the publication of the provisional results of this year's check.

Editor's view - Wales the brave

Monday, June 1, 2015

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The Welsh Government deserves plaudits for its bravery in implementing the play-based Foundation Phase for threeto seven-year-olds - radical indeed compared to the way that things are progressing in England.

First look at feedback on the Baseline models

Monday, November 16, 2015

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Primary schools in England taking part in the pilot year of the Reception Baseline have been receiving their results.

Early years experts review the baselines

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

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Two leading early years organisations are recommending that schools should not introduce the baseline.

Funding for school book clubs to foster love of reading

Friday, March 6, 2015

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Ministers want schools to set up book clubs and arrange library membership for all seven- and eight-year-olds to help boost children’s reading skills.

Editor's view - The review of the Early Years Foundation Stage

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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The review of the Early Years Foundation Stage is likely to be welcomed by practitioners

EYFS REVIEW: Second consultation deadline is nearing

Monday, January 9, 2012

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The early years sector has only until 19 January to respond to the Department for Education's second consultation on proposed changes to some of the learning and development requirements in the EYFS.

Baseline protest group calls for assessment review after DfE U-turn

Monday, April 11, 2016

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The Better Without Baseline Coalition is calling for a review of assessment and accountability for the early years following the scrapping of Baseline as a progress measure.

NUT calls for nursery children to be taught about LGBT issues

Thursday, April 27, 2017

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Children as young as two should receive ‘age-appropriate’ education about LGBT+ issues in nurseries, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has said.

Proposed EYFS changes ‘not supported by evidence’

Monday, September 16, 2019

| Nursery World

New research reveals there is little support among the sector or evidence for making extensive changes to the current Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework.

'Reading for pleasure' key to turning boys into readers

Monday, July 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Male reading volunteers in schools and parenting programmes that focus on fathers are among the recommendations of a major report into how to tackle the gap between boys and girls in reading.

Campaigners against formal learning in Reception call for controversial report to be withdrawn

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

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More than 1,700 academics, Reception and nursery teachers, early years practitioners, parents, headteachers, union leaders, and MPs have signed a letter expressing concern about Ofsted’s Bold Beginnings report.

Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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Head teachers have threatened to put an end to the phonics reading check for all six-year-olds, if it is seen to be politically motivated and used as a weapon to attack teachers.

Boris Johnson and Peter Andre launch under-fives reading scheme

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

| Nursery World

The London Mayor and singer Peter Andre have launched a new literacy project to support three-to-five-year-olds in the capital.

Changes to early years goals and Profile planned

Friday, September 15, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government is proposing to revise the Early Learning Goals, and to cut the number that are assessed in the EYFS Profile.

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

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

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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.

Editor’s view - Getting a move on

Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

With levels of childhood obesity in crisis, everyone must take swift action to tackle poor diets and lack of physical exercise

DfE consults on minor changes to the EYFS

Thursday, February 18, 2021

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The Department for Education has published the new draft EYFS, and is asking for comments on minor changes to do with the welfare and safeguarding elements of the framework.

Early years experts warn Sir Michael not to lose sight of the EYFS

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

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Early years organisations have written a joint letter to Sir Michael Wilshaw to air their concerns ahead of Ofsted’s early years annual report on Thursday, which will be published alongside a report on school readiness.

Analysis: Teacher-led activities 'produce better results'

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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The upcoming review of the Early Years Foundation Stage needs to look carefully at worldwide studies of effective pre-school approaches, says Oli de Botton of the CfBT Education Trust.

Children should have parenting lessons, poverty tsar says

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

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Government poverty adviser Frank Field is to call for all children to be given parenting classes at school when he presents recommendations from his review into poverty to education secretary Michael Gove.

Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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There's plenty that you can do to be support this vital drive, says Communication Champion Jean Gross, who spoke to Melanie Defries.

Interview - Dr Linda Mitchell

Monday, October 3, 2011

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Dr Linda Mitchell, Associate professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Waikoto, New Zealand.

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