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EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… farming

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

One setting has made ‘virtual visits’ in order to investigate farm life and food production. Annette Rawstrone reports

Sharing Rhymes - A Little Brown Bear

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Penny Tassoni has ideas for sharing 'A Little Brown Bear'

Outdoors - A shared vision

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

How a major redevelopment of Oliver Thomas Nursery School’s outdoor space involved the whole setting. By Julie Mountain

Leadership: Staff Well-Being - Well supported

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Staff well-being is more of a focus than ever under the new Education Inspection Framework. Annette Rawstrone reports

Health & Nutrition - All eyes

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

What are the common eye problems that affect children and how can parents and carers help? Meredith Jones Russell reports

Coronavirus: Group of major providers calls for delayed school start for young children

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

The Covid-19 response group, formed by more than 70 childcare groups and the sector membership organisations, has called on the Government to allow children to delay starting Reception until January or April 2021 and to stay at their early years settings instead.

Building Your Curriculum: Knowledge, Part 1 - A matter of fact

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

In the first part of her article on early years curriculum, Professor Elizabeth Wood explains why a broader approach is needed

Management: Coronavirus - Business as unusual

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Laura Hoyland of Hopscotch Consultancy troubleshoots the different issues faced by the managers of settings that remain open during the coronavirus crisis

Child Development: 5 things you need to know about… empathy

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

What is empathy, how does it develop in the early years, and what can practitioners and parents do to support it? Ruth Thomson explains

Parents will not lose 30-hour or Tax-Free Childcare eligibility during Covid-19 outbreak

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Parents will not lose their eligibility for 30-hour childcare or Tax-Free childcare during the summer term, if their income has dropped due to the coronavirus, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Childcare Counsel: furlough and funding

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Andrew Manners, director, Morgan LaRoche, on furlough and funding

Coronavirus: Charities call on Government to lift the two-child universal credit limit

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Thousands of families forced to claim universal credit because of the Covid-19 pandemic will fall into deeper hardship as a result of the controversial 'two-child policy', a new report highlights.

Coronavirus Pandemic - Missing you

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

What are settings doing to reassure children and families and keep in touch with them? Annette Rawstrone finds out

Storytelling - A happy ending?

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

What happened when early years teacher Jessica Holme used ‘story grammar’ to get children really involved in storytelling

Seasonal cookery: Beetroot dip

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

From next month, you’ll be able to enjoy a whole range of delicious seasonal foods, from asparagus and apricots to aubergine and lamb. For ‘un-beet-able’ nutritional value this June, however, it is worth trying recipes that include beetroot.