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'Cool it' on early years, say Tories
8 Jul 2009
Tory proposals were set out at a question-and-answer session on family policy at the House of Commons, organised by the Family and Parenting Institute, Nursery World reports.
Willets said: "There has been an enormous amount of work on the early years. We need to cool it a bit and give people an opportunity to settle down. Work in the early years is incredibly important, but in general I think it is being over-educationalised.
"I'd like to ease up on early years outcomes so childcare is more rewarding and the experience is providing the childcare, rather than something that has to be put down in observations, which can sometimes change the nature of the experience."
(Nursery World, 8 July 2009)
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