News
Early years sector news stories:
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08Oct2010New report on effective practice in early intervention
The Centre for Excellence and Outcomes (C4EO) has published Grasping the nettle: early intervention for children, families and communities.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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07Oct2010National Poetry Day – 7 October 2010
National Poetry Day is providing free downloadable resources for early years practitioners.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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02Oct2010Television as good as books for toddlers, according to Desmond Morris
Desmond Morris, author of The Naked Ape, is claiming in his new book Child, that “if parents favour book-reading over watching a film, they’re making a mistake … it’s unjustifiable cultural snobbery.”
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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24Sep2010EYFS review panel announced
The Early Years Foundation Stage review panel has been confirmed by the Department for Education.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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24Sep2010New early years apprenticeships
A change in early years apprenticeships will take effect on 1 October 2010.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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24Sep2010Sure Start centres 'do reach neediest families'
The charity 4Children has published a new study based on Ofsted reports, which finds that Sure Start centres are reaching the most vulnerable families.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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21Sep2010Brain development: making speech and understanding language
Annette Karmiloff-Smith, professorial research fellow, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck University of London, discusses how infants learn to make speech and understand language.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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20Sep2010The role of play in learning
Dr Kathyrn Hirsh-Pasek from CiRCLE, Center for Reimaging Children’s Learning and Education, discusses the Ultimate Block Party and her take on play in the 21st century.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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17Sep2010Frank Field MP calls for 'foundation years'
Frank Field MP, head of the Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances, has called for a “new educational world” in which the early years foundation stage becomes the "foundation years".
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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17Sep2010Introducing music into everyday practice
In a Nursery World article, Linda Bance, MA Music Education, discusses the importance of musical play in learning and development, the role of music in the Early Years Foundation Stage and ways to incorporate music into settings.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
