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Family support services need to do more to help minority ethnic families - report

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Minority ethnic families face additional challenges, including racism and discrimination, when accessing and receiving help from family support services, finds new research.

Fears providers will withdrawal from free milk scheme if they have to do more admin

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

The Early Years Alliance has written to the Department of Health and Social Care with concerns about planned changes to the nursery milk reimbursement scheme.

Maintained nursery schools running at a loss forced to cut teachers and support for disadvantaged families

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

More than half of maintained nursery schools had an in-year deficit in 2021-22, with many forced to lose teaching staff, a survey by Early Education and education unions suggests.

Number of children in receipt of early years pupil premium at record high

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

The number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium has risen to 116,500, the highest on record, reveal national statistics.

Call for more focus on children's speech and language in Schools Bill

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Campaigners are calling for spoken language to be given importance to reading and writing in the Schools Bill.

Covid inquiry to now consider the pandemic's impact on children in the early years

News

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The prime minister has further agreed to widen the scope of the Covid inquiry to include the impact the pandemic has had on very young children.

Fall in more than 4,000 childcare providers in a year

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

The early years sector has seen the biggest drop in the number of providers in more than six years.

What's new in Nursery World this July

News

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Our July issue includes what’s new in the Progress Check, getting creative with ateliers, how to deal with young children’s urge to strip off, creating engaging print-rich environments, exploration of the cost-of-living crisis, plus our usual mix of management and business advice, news and opinion

World leaders told to invest in the early years to 'avert a crisis'

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Wednesday, June 29, 2022

World leaders are being urged to invest in early years education or ‘risk leaving behind an entire generation of children.’

Analysis: Early years settings step up support for families as cost of living crisis hits

News

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Vitamin Angels UK extends partnership with NDNA as nurseries increase food donations and other support to struggling families and members of staff. Catherine Gaunt reports

EYFS Activities - neuro-musical networks: Musical minds

Features

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

In a new music-based series, Boogie Mites’ Sue Newman considers how involvement in regular music-making from birth can boost brain development, health and happiness

Interview - Iain Colledge, executive director of operations, Bright Horizons

News

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Colledge was appointed to the role in March having worked predominantly in the school sector for more than 20 years across the UK, Europe, Middle East and Asia. He has also consulted on school improvement and growth, advised governments and private sector investors, been an early years project director for the British Council and worked as an Ofsted inspector.

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… castles

Features

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Children showed improved attention to detail, perceptiveness and confidence after a project which peaked with a visit to a castle. Annette Rawstrone reports

Essential Resources: Pioneers & Influencers - Soft touch

Features

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

An understanding of sustainability is at the heart of today’s Steiner Waldorf schools, as Nicole Weinstein discovers in this series which links resources to key thinkers in early years pedagogy

Rosamund Adoo Kissi Debrah: Act now for cleaner air

Opinion

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Air pollution can cause asthma and other potentially fatal conditions, but many parents are not aware of their children’s exposure to it, says Rosamund Adoo Kissi Debrah, WHO BreatheLife ambassador and founder of the Ella Roberta Family Foundation