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Nominate a colleague for the Famly Children’s Champion
We’re supporting Famly’s Children’s Champion Award 2021 as an opportunity to recognise the work of early years practitioners who have gone “above and beyond” this
Hundreds of school staff march on Downing Street to save nursery schools
Today (Tues 19 Oct), 150 representatives from maintained nursery schools in England will gather in London’s Parliament Square, alongside parents, campaigners and MPs, before marching
Early Education and unions call for long-term MNS funding
Organisations representing Maintained Nursery Schools have joined together to warn the government that it must provide a long-term funding solution for Maintained Nursery Schools (MNS)
Petition to scrap Reception Baseline delivered to Downing Street
Today, members of the More Than a Score campaign, including Early Education’s Chief Executive, Beatrice Merrick presented a petition of 112,000 signatures to Downing Street
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How do we increase the graduate workforce in Early Years?
DfE has just published new figures on the number of new entrants to Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT). This is the route that leads to
The DfE’s new reading framework by Helen Bradford
Introduction In July 2021, DfE published The reading framework: Teaching the foundations of literacy which, it says, focuses on the early stages of teaching reading and the
It takes a whole world to raise a child by Professor Cathy Nutbrown:
The Duchess of Cambridge launched The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood on 18th June 2021 with a substantial report Big change starts small which identifies six
Pedagogical principles for successful animal-assisted interactions in the early years by Helen Lewis & Russell Grigg
Animals are special and important to many young children. In fact, even if they do not share their home with a pet, they will meet
Building children’s wellbeing and resilience in challenging times by Vicky Hutchin
As schools and settings open up fully once more to all children after yet another long lockdown, now is a really important time for practitioners
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