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'Tell us your experiences of COVID-19 and hopes for the future'

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

| Nursery World

Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years), part of UCL Institute of Education, is surveying practitioner experiences of COVID-19 in a bid to 'document real-life experiences of education during the crisis', as well as sector hopes for the future.

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

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Wednesday, July 22, 2020

| Nursery World

The dispute between a group of early years experts and teachers and the Department for Education over the Government’s planned reforms to the Early Years Foundation Stage has ramped up this week.

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Lack of summer support as millions of parents are urged back to the office

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Monday, July 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents are being penalised by being asked to return to their offices without childcare, holiday activities or catch-up schemes in place to support them over the summer holidays, the Labour Party claims.

Call to scrap fines for children not returning to school next term

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Friday, July 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents and carers in England should be given more time to choose whether to send their children back to school for the new academic year without the risk of being fined by the Government, parenting and education charity, Parentkind has said.

Children's commissioner calls for overhaul of early years system in England

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Friday, July 17, 2020

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The children’ s commissioner for England has called for an emergency rescue package for nurseries to prevent thousands of closures as a result of Covid-19, and a complete overhaul of the early years system.

More than 4 in 10 Scottish nurseries remain closed

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

| Nursery World

A significant proportion of nurseries did not reopen in Scotland on Wednesday even though they are now allowed to, NDNA Scotland has found.

Coronavirus: Scotland unveils £11m in childcare grants to help nurseries reopen safely

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have welcomed transitional funding from the Scottish Government as ‘a vital lifeline’ for childcare providers.

Campaigners call for the revised EYFS to be abandoned

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

| Nursery World

A group of early years teachers and experts has started a campaign calling for the revised EYFS curriculum to be revoked.

Concerns over growing childhood obesity crisis

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Thursday, July 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Urgent measures must be taken to tackle childhood obesity as figures highlight an ongoing and growing crisis, the Labour Party reveals.

Andrea Leadsom to lead review into early years health

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Andrea Leadsom has been commissioned by the prime minister to lead a new review into improving the health outcomes of babies and young children, as part of the Government’s 'levelling up' agenda.

Labour says targeted financial support for childcare sector is 'essential' for the country's economic recovery

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

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Without extra financial support for the childcare sector, many nurseries and childminders will close, putting the country's economic recovery at risk, Labour has told the Government.

Concern children with 'low level' SEND not being identified

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years SENCOs are worried that children presenting with ‘low levels’ of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being ‘missed’ as a result of time and resource restrictions, a report by nasen has found.

Coronavirus: DfE updates guidance on holiday clubs but some providers warn it is still 'not clear enough'

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

| Nursery World

The DfE has updated the guidance for holiday club providers on the protective measures they should employ to minimise risk of transmission of the virus over the summer.

Survey highlights strain of lockdown on parents and children's mental health

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

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More than a third of parents say their children are feeling isolated and lonely, according to a survey from Action for Children, which has launched a free advice service to help parents cope with the impact of the pandemic.

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'Tell us your experiences of COVID-19 and hopes for the future'

Row breaks out between critics of the revised early years curriculum and DfE

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Lack of summer support as millions of parents are urged back to the office

Call to scrap fines for children not returning to school next term

Children's commissioner calls for overhaul of early years system in England

More than 4 in 10 Scottish nurseries remain closed

Coronavirus: Scotland unveils £11m in childcare grants to help nurseries reopen safely

Campaigners call for the revised EYFS to be abandoned

Concerns over growing childhood obesity crisis

Andrea Leadsom to lead review into early years health

Labour says targeted financial support for childcare sector is 'essential' for the country's economic recovery

Concern children with 'low level' SEND not being identified

Coronavirus: DfE updates guidance on holiday clubs but some providers warn it is still 'not clear enough'

Survey highlights strain of lockdown on parents and children's mental health

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