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Children's laureates call on politicians to invest in children's reading

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

| Nursery World

Sir Michael Morpurgo, author and president of BookTrust, together with the current and former children’s laureates, have written an open letter to the Prime Minister urging the Government to invest in books and reading for children.

Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

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Friday, December 1, 2023

| Nursery World

A new study suggests that young children’s understanding of language is nearly back to pre-pandemic norms, despite ‘added pressures on today’s families’.

Toilet Training: When to begin on the potty

Features

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Recent generations have softened their attitudes to toilet training, but with high numbers of children starting school in nappies, are we waiting too long? Caroline Vollans

Princess of Wales highlights children's social and emotional wellbeing at National Symposium

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023

| Nursery World

The Princess of Wales has highlighted the ‘vital’ role that social and emotional skills play in shaping children’s future wellbeing and physical and mental health, in a landmark speech delivered at The Design Museum in London on Wednesday.

Cost-of-living crisis hits households with children the most – study

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

| Nursery World

Children’s learning and development are being impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, according to NatCen research, which highlights that poverty rates are higher for households with children.

New campaign aims to tackle gender stereotypes in childhood

News

Friday, May 26, 2023

| Nursery World

A new campaign to challenge gender stereotypes and tackle the gender pay gap has been launched.

Children's activity levels have returned post-lockdown, but most do not meet physical activity guidelines – study

News

Friday, April 28, 2023

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Children’s physical activity levels are largely the same now as before the pandemic, but just under 60 per cent are not meeting Government activity targets, according to new research.

Covid-19 pandemic having a lasting impact on children's development - report

News

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report finds that the ‘wide-reaching’ impacts of the pandemic are far from over for the youngest in society.

I CAN changes name to Speech and Language UK

News

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

| Nursery World

The speech and language charity I CAN is changing its name to reach more of the almost one in five children in the UK who have challenges with talking and understanding words.

Parents of school-starters worried about the impact Covid has had on their development

News

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

| Nursery World

New research reveals that 65 per cent of parents of Reception-age children believe that two years of lockdown has negatively impacted their child's development.

Early relationships as a foundation for early education

Opinion

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

| Nursery World

Sally Hogg of the Parent-Infant Foundation looks at the science behind early trauma and how practitioners can support children

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

News

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

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Most early years professionals understand that children’s earliest experiences are vital to their development, but more than 80 percent believe the Government is not doing enough to provide support to families, according to a survey ahead of Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.

Early years expert Tamsin Grimmer on how to talk to children about war

Opinion

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| Nursery World

National tutoring catch-up scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs

News

Friday, March 11, 2022

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The Government’s multi-million pound catch-up programme risks failing pupils who need it the most, leaving them facing an ‘epidemic of educational inequality’, a report from the education select committee says .