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15 March 2023
In this 60th episode of the Early Excellence Podcast, the interviewer is joined by Nicky Turner the Early Years Lead for the Astrea Academy Trust. As part of our conversation, we…
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Little learning opportunities can go a long way. With a bit of imagination, play on a miniature scale can support children’s development across the EYFS, says Anna Ranson… Small world…
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Personal, Social and Emotional Development is, quite rightly, one of the prime areas of learning in the EYFS and, now more than ever, our practice should reflect this. With this…
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The Education Endowment Foundation have updated their Early Years Toolkit: A Summary of the best available evidence on key areas for learning and development. The Toolkit gives you information on…
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The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has launched a campaign ‘Shaping Us’ to promote the importance of the early years of childhood. It aims to increase understanding of how…
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What is spatial reasoning? How do we develop young children’s spatial reasoning? The answers are in the Early Childhood Maths Group Toolkit which includes posters, videos, guidance and a learning…
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What schools, registered early years providers and childminders need to know about delivering the early years foundation stage (EYFS), and Ofsted inspections under the education inspection framework (EIF). Ofsted has…
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As one of the prime areas of learning, physical development underpins children’s overall learning and development. Yet how often do we consider children’s physical development in real depth? In this…
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Retrieval practice is often one of the first educational strategies that comes to mind, proven effective in helping pupils to learn and remember information. But are its benefits limited only…
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Ofsted has set up a blog page about education and care in children's early years. The aim is to keep providers up to date on developments in the early years…
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James Gray discusses the importance of supporting high quality play in the Early Years in his blog on play and language development. A Language of Comprehension and Theory of Mind It is…
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The Chief Inspector of Ofsted is Amanda Spielman. Read the blog she has written for ParentKind about supporting your child with learning to read. As a parent, helping your child…
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