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PVI settings and parents in Scotland cite funding ‘postcode lottery’

Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents in North Lanarkshire are speaking out about their struggles to gain access to funded childcare places in private and voluntary nurseries, with owners alleging they are being ‘squeezed out of the market’.

Government reveals £1.7bn in underspend on Tax-Free Childcare

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Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

New data from the Treasury shows that there is £1.7 billion in unspent funding for Tax-Free Childcare from the last three years, which is intended to support parents with childcare costs.

Curriculum - Goals of our own

Features

Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

N Family Club recently revised its curriculum to one that is both based on the EYFS and incorporates the group’s own set of values, writes Sarah Mackenzie

Children’s well-being a focus as many return for first time

News

Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

As thousands of children return to their early years setting for the first time since lockdown in March, how have they responded to the crisis and how has their well-being been affected?

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Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

Chancellor Rishi Sunak visited the team at Rosedene Nurseries in Northallerton, North Yorkshire to thank them for caring for the children of local hospital staff and other key workers during lockdown.

EYFS guidance - The big picture

Features

Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

What are the main changes in the updated Development Matters guidance, and what is the reasoning behind these revisions? Dr Julian Grenier explains

How to be an activist teacher

Opinion

Friday, September 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Now more than ever we’re seeing young people take their futures into their own hands, says Leonor Stjepic

Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas

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Friday, September 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Councils in England are warning that up to one in 10 childcare providers could close this winter, and that as many as one in four are at risk in rural areas.

Coronavirus: 7 in 10 early years staff on furlough - survey

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Friday, September 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings furloughed 71 per cent of their staff between March and August, according to new research, which highlights the crisis that many providers will find themselves in when the scheme ends next month.

Outcry from the early years sector as minister confirms testing kits for maintained nurseries only

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years providers and organisations have slammed the Government’s decision to supply coronavirus home testing kits to maintained nurseries, but not to private and voluntary settings.

Coronavirus: Technology vital in communicating with parents and supporting children at home - study

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

| Nursery World

As nurseries and schools deal with possible coronavirus outbreaks and the worry of future lockdowns, research reveals that 95 per cent of early years practitioners and teachers want there to be better communication with hard to reach parents in place.

Creator of Elmer David McKee wins BookTrust lifetime award

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

| Nursery World

Elmer the Elephant’s author and illustrator David McKee has won the prestigious BookTrust annual Lifetime Achievement Award.

Nursery group receives children's shoe donation for struggling families

News

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children at a London nursery can now comfortably attend, thanks to receiving a donation of shoes from charity Sal’s Shoes.

Special educational needs charity offers free membership to support early years settings

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

| Nursery World

Nasen, a charity that supports and champions those working with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), is making its membership free in the wake of the pandemic.

Leeds Beckett to partner with European-wide project to look at the transition to school

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

| Nursery World

A programme for parents to support their children during the transition from pre-school to primary school is being developed by education and psychology experts at Leeds Beckett University in collaboration with organisations across Europe.

Outgoing health visiting chief exec calls for urgent Government funding for health visitors

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

| Nursery World

A call for the Government to urgently invest in rebuilding the health visiting profession to support families during the Covid-19 pandemic has been issued by the Institute of Health Visiting’s (iHV) outgoing executive director.

Chinese investor enters UK nursery market

News

Monday, September 21, 2020

| Nursery World

A Step Ahead Nurseries, a group of six nurseries in West Sussex, has been acquired by Ann Education, a new entrant to the early years sector.

Labour asks Government to explain problems with testing in early years settings

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Friday, September 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq has written to the children's minister Vicky Ford about the impact of failures in Covid-19 testing on nurseries and childminders, and confusion around conflicting guidance about children’s symptoms.

My Family Week to celebrate the uniqueness of every family

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Friday, September 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Spending more time together as a family was one of the consequences of lockdown. The importance of family, no matter how it is made up, is the focus of celebrations during October’s My Family Week.

Expert body launches to support childhood trauma

News

Thursday, September 17, 2020

| Nursery World

An appeal for an ‘energetic and sustained’ response to childhood trauma has been launched today (Thursday) by the UK Trauma Council (UKTC), a new and independent expert body.

Children in low-income families suffered more emotional problems during lockdown

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Children from low-income households demonstrated heightened mental health difficulties throughout lockdown, further findings from a study tracking four- to 16-year-olds during the pandemic has revealed.

New helpline for early years providers and school to report positive Covid-19 cases launched

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

| Nursery World

A dedicated helpline has been launched to advise early years providers and schools on what action to take if they have a confirmed positive case of Covid-19 within their setting.

Montessori St Nicholas to open new institute with Leeds Beckett University

News

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Montessori St Nicholas is to launch the International Montessori Institute and appoint the world's first Professor of Montessori Education.

Around a third of early years settings remain closed

News

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Around a third of early years settings have still not reopened since lockdown eased, official figures show.

Coronavirus: Nurseries thrown a lifeline in ruling on business interruption insurance

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years providers will be hoping that the ruling handed down in the High Court in the insurance test case will mean that they will now be eligible for a payout to cover lost income when they were forced to close.

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PVI settings and parents in Scotland cite funding ‘postcode lottery’

Government reveals £1.7bn in underspend on Tax-Free Childcare

Curriculum - Goals of our own

Children’s well-being a focus as many return for first time

OPEN ALL HOURS

EYFS guidance - The big picture

How to be an activist teacher

Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas

Coronavirus: 7 in 10 early years staff on furlough - survey

Outcry from the early years sector as minister confirms testing kits for maintained nurseries only

Coronavirus: Technology vital in communicating with parents and supporting children at home - study

Creator of Elmer David McKee wins BookTrust lifetime award

Nursery group receives children's shoe donation for struggling families

Special educational needs charity offers free membership to support early years settings

Leeds Beckett to partner with European-wide project to look at the transition to school

Outgoing health visiting chief exec calls for urgent Government funding for health visitors

Chinese investor enters UK nursery market

Labour asks Government to explain problems with testing in early years settings

My Family Week to celebrate the uniqueness of every family

Expert body launches to support childhood trauma

Children in low-income families suffered more emotional problems during lockdown

New helpline for early years providers and school to report positive Covid-19 cases launched

Montessori St Nicholas to open new institute with Leeds Beckett University

Around a third of early years settings remain closed

Coronavirus: Nurseries thrown a lifeline in ruling on business interruption insurance

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