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Lines of inquiry

    Opinion
  • Friday, February 12, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Put the emphasis on inquiry-based learning, says Kath Murdoch

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

Re-examine the baseline

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 26, 2015
    • | Nursery World
How, why and when we should assess young children's learning is once more a matter for debate in English policy.

Literacy and play for all

    Opinion
  • Monday, July 8, 2019
    • | Nursery World
The developmental importance of play needs to be recognised beyond the EYFS and into children’s subsequent years at school

A new conversation has begun! 

    Opinion
  • Friday, October 14, 2022
    • | Nursery World
The arena of Early Childhood Education (ECE) has always been, and continues to be, an intense area of discussion and debate, says James Hempsall, founder of hey!

Editor's view - Tablets of stone?

    Opinion
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Debate about the role of ICT in the early years is surely some of the most polarised around, as our head-to-head between Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith and Dr Richard House shows (see pages 14-16).

Too much, too soon

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    • | Nursery World
It is astonishing that the unrealistic writing targets in the EYFS haven't been amended, says Sue Palmer

Don't let assessment drive the curriculum

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 15, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Getting the right balance between assessment and curriculum in the EYFS is tricky - but who said it was going to be easy? Dr Julian Grenier and Lydia Cuddy-Gibbs, head of early years at Ark, give their views

A school waiting room?

    Opinion
  • Monday, May 14, 2018
    • | Nursery World
From the 30 hours to Bold Beginnings to a new Baseline pilot, the DfE is consistently ignoring our sector’s concerns, says Sue Cowley

To the point: Let's get on with it

    Opinion
  • Friday, April 13, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The revised EYFS has now been pored over and has met with both approval and alarm. Of course, people have their own basic outlook towards any sort of change - some of us look forward to the stimulation of something new, while others resist change and typically look for the negatives in a new situation. Seeing these tendencies in action with the revised EYFS has led me to reflect on professionalism in the early years, and our responsibility to live the qualities we aspire to protect and promote in children.

To the Point - Do you read me?

    Opinion
  • Friday, January 25, 2013
    • | Nursery World
I often get into heated discussions with people about reading. I find that one of the reasons for the heat is that, as we get deep into the discussion, I discover that we are using the word 'read' in different ways.

To the Point - Mixed messages

    Opinion
  • Friday, August 3, 2012
    • | Nursery World
With just one month before the EYFS revisions come on stream, it would be fantastic if we were all pulling in the same direction. But instead there is a serious mismatch in some of the messages coming from forces that affect services for our youngest children.

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