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Sally Player, Foundation Stage leader at Quilters Infant School in Billericay, Essex, urges teachers to adopt a creative approach to ensure all new children develop a love of reading, and recommends resources such as 100 High Frequency Wordcards.
When your child climbs into a box and zooms off to the moon, or stirs some pine cones in a pot to make a stew, they are engaging in role-play. Find out how you can support them to take this to the max.
In part two of her series on sustainability, Hilary White suggests ways for children to work together to discover that managing the rubbish we produce can be both fun and good for the environment.
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A report based on the findings of the literature review was launched at an event at King’s College, London last night.
The six nurseries joined 70 secondary and primary schools at an awards event at St Mungo’s High School in Falkirk.
Hook Lane Primary School will share good practice in teaching, as well as a unique curriculum, with other schools in the trust.
30-hour funding ‘broke up the family’, according to one nursery owner forced to close her business in December 2018.
Is there an invisible face of suffering when it comes to adoption? Nina Hajittofi explores the evidence for adoptees' hidden trauma and makes a powerful case for greater understanding of their experience and the need for more support from the professionals and family around them.
From symptoms of the diseases, to when children should be inoculated, EYE takes an in-depth look at the MMR vaccine and speaks with Victoria Jackson, a projects coordinator for the Institute of Health Visiting, about how early years practitioners can reassure concerned parents.
EYE looks at some of the key issues concerning early years practitioners, from sustainability and transitions, to screen time and vaccinations.
An audit tool developed by Hertfordshire County Council has been designed to help settings evaluate their outdoor spaces. As a result many are moving to fewer, but more open-ended, resources.
From symptoms of the diseases, to when children should be inoculated, EYE takes an in-depth look at the MMR vaccine and speaks with Victoria Jackson, a projects coordinator for the Institute of Health Visiting, about how early years practitioners can reassure concerned parents.
At a time when morale in the sector is low, membership of a union which seeks to promote the cause of early years and its professionals can be a route to support and empowerment.