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Positive Preparations for the Transition to Full-Time Education for the Under Fives (Part 1)
Positive preparations for September As we approach the end of the Summer vacation, there will be many parents preparing for the heartache of separation as their child ent...
Another visual timetable update
Just a very quick note to say that following some suggestions from our visitors we’ve added more pictures to our visual timetable. This time we’ve added pictur...
Rhyming poetry – a literacy and performance tool
Development of phonological awareness Rhyming and rhythmic poetry, phonological awareness and literacy are ingredients which blend together in a unique way. Teache...
Language delay & socio economic background
A study of 12,000 children born in the UK between 2000 and 2002 conducted by the University of Oxford has found that children born following an unplanned pregnancy are mo...
ELHQ children’s story update: Emperor penguin recovering after surgery
I read with great relief this week that the Emperor penguin who I based my children’s story on is recovering well after his operation at Wellington zoo. For thos...
Superhero Play Training
Superhero and war play tends to divide opinion within early years settings. Some practitioners discourage the use of any form of play that involves the use of weapons...
Eat Better, Start Better: Nutrition within Early Years Settings
The School Food Trust has drawn up voluntary guidelines for nutrition in early years settings. These guidelines are to be used across five local authority areas as...
Best practice in children’s centres
The children’s services think-tank and not for profit organisation Capacity has recently published two reports outlining what it perceives as best practice within s...
Changes to teaching standards
The government has accepted the recommendations of an independent review in to the skills that teachers should possess and the code of practice they should adhere to....
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