News
Early years sector news stories:
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06Aug2010'New Leaders in Early Years' programme
The Children’s Workforce Development Council (CWDC), in conjunction with Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, is launching a new programme to attract high calibre graduates into the early years sector.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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06Aug2010The new Level 3 qualification: is it what’s needed?
In an article in Nursery World, Pauline Jones, Assistant Director at the Children’s Workforce Development Council, and Chris Lawrence, Principal of the Chiltern College, discuss their opinions of the new Level 3 qualification, which became available on 1
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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03Aug2010Anita Kerwin-Nye discusses the National Year
Anita Kerwin-Nye, Director of the Communication Trust, discusses the upcoming 2011 National Year to highlight the importance of speech, language and communication.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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03Aug2010Liz Attenborough to leave the National Literacy Trust
The National Literacy Trust announces that Liz Attenborough will be leaving her role as Manager of Talk To Your Baby at the end of October, following this year’s Talk To Your Baby conference.
Posted by Farah Pasha
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03Aug2010Your baby is amazing - new resource
TTYB has created a new resource to help parents understand the importance of early communication in healthy brain development, how early communication manifests itself and the importance of babbling.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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29Jul2010Early motherly affection leads to more stress resistant adults
The BBC reports on a recently published study, which shows that high levels of motherly affection are likely to facilitate secure attachment and bonding.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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29Jul2010The Baby Room Project
Canterbury Christ Church University has spent the last year investigating what goes on in baby rooms in nurseries.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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28Jul2010Department for Education announces independent commission into early intervention
Plans for an independent commission into early intervention, which aims to ensure that children at greatest risk of multiple disadvantage get the best start in life, has been announced by the Department for Education (DfE).
Posted by Anna Lindsay
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28Jul2010New book: Early Childhood Matters
Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education project has been published in a book, edited by Kathy Sylva et al (2010) Routledge.
Posted by Shawna Spoor
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28Jul2010
“Literacy in a digital age” debate raises vital issuesOn Tuesday this week a New Statesman and Starbucks Coffee House debate, in association with the National Literacy Trust, took place at Starbucks in Oxford Street.
Posted by Anna Lindsay
