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NDNA’s Healthy Body, Happy Me campaign returns

Thursday, April 7, 2016

| Nursery World

Thousands of children will be baking healthy cakes and holding Strictly Kids Dancing events as part of NDNA’s annual health and wellbeing week, from 18 to 24 April.

Action needed to recruit and retain early years teachers

Opinion

Thursday, April 7, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government needs to end disparity between EYTS and QTS if we’re to recruit more graduates into early years settings, says Deborah Harris, senior lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Care at Newman University

No cut to milk for under-fives, but new guide slashes intake for older children

News

Thursday, April 7, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years settings are being advised that they should not lower the dairy intake for pre-schoolers, in light of revised guidance.

Functional Skills campaign to stave off 'catastrophe' of GCSEs

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Functional skills should be reinstated for Level 3s because of the ‘catastrophic’ impact of current policies on recruitment, an awarding body has said.

Nursery group celebrates four outstandings in five weeks

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Bury-based nursery chain Mulberry Bush continues to demonstrate a winning formula, with four of its settings rated Outstanding within the space of just over a month.

30 hours: local authorities to bid for capital funding

News

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| Nursery World

Councils will be able to bid for capital grants to drive the Government’s expansion of the 30 hours entitlement.

30 hours: Government consults on how it will work in practice

News

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries are being encouraged to stay open for longer hours to offer funded places for three- and four-year-olds between 6am and 8pm, to offer more flexible childcare for working parents.

Consultation on 30-hour free childcare entitlement

Other

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is seeking views on key elements of the operation and delivery of the 30 hours extended free entitlement for the working parents of three- and four-year-olds.

Cutting red tape - sector review: childcare

Other

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

A review into early years childcare providers, seeking to understand regulatory burdens to business

£200m up for grabs in children's services 'reforms'

News

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Children’s charities and local authorities are being invited to bid for a share of a £200 million fund as part of ‘landmark reforms’ of provision for children’s services.

Editor’s view - Early years critical – no surprise!

Opinion

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Those of you working in the early years sector no doubt find yourselves completely unsurprised by the findings of the new briefing from Save the Children and the Institute of Child Health.

Isaac and His Amazing Asperger Superpowers

Review

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Walker Books, hardback, £11.99

Scotland: Named person for every child policy splits opinion

News

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Scotland’s Named Person scheme is planned to go national by September, but the policy has divided opinion, reports Charlotte Goddard

Enabling Environments: National Teaching Schools - Life lessons

Features

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Mills Hill in Oldham, one of the first schools to be made a National Teaching School, focuses on co-operative learning from the Foundation Stage onwards, finds Marianne Sargent

Raw jelly choking risk ‘not sufficiently highlighted’

News

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Questions are being raised over whether the risks of raw jelly to young children have been sufficiently highlighted, following the fine imposed on Dicky Birds nursery after the death of Tiya Chauhan.

Talking and Learning With Young Children

Review

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

By Michael Jones (Sage, £22.99)

Wolfie The Bunny

Review

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Andersen Press, hardback, £11.99

Church Walk

Other

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

An Easter egg hunt around Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire, ended with a visit to the local church for children at St John’s Under 5’s Pre-school in Wakefield.