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Editor's view - Wales the brave

    Opinion
  • Monday, June 1, 2015
    • | Nursery World
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.

Editor's view - The going rate

    Opinion
  • Monday, March 23, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The new financial year is just about to start, and nurseries are hearing from local authorities about the new rates for the 15-hour funded places for three and four-year-olds.

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.

EYFS Profile is flawed

    Opinion
  • Monday, November 17, 2014
    • | Nursery World
It's time to have proper assessment of young children, says early years consultant Penny Tassoni

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.

Editor's View - Training in Olympian qualities starts early

    Opinion
  • Friday, August 3, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The Nursery World team have certainly found it difficult to tear themselves away from watching Team GB in the Olympics for the past week or so, but luckily there are lots of parallels between the sporting action and this issue of the magazine.

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.

The revised EYFS: Too little, too late

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 10, 2012
    • | Nursery World
It's time for a completely new approach, argue Margaret Edgington, Grethe Hooper Hansen, Richard House and Kim Simpson, for the the Open EYE Steering Group

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

Opinion: Editor's view - Don't panic about the EYFS - just get to the core of best practice

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 2, 2010
    • | Nursery World
'Evolution not revolution' has become something of a cliche, but certainly not a meaningless one where early years practice is concerned. As Julian Grenier, head of Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre, points out in 'All About... planning around core experiences' (pages 17-22), the belief that implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage involves tearing up everything that went before and starting from scratch has caused no end of heartache and stress!

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