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What Is Evaluative Practice, And How Can It Help Early Years Professionals? NDNA's lead early years adviser fills us in on the specifics of evaluative practice – what it is, how to use it, and how you know if you're doing it right...

You Don’t Have To Be A Specialist To Make Music With Your Primary Class Musical expertise may be in short supply among teachers, so wouldn’t it be better to leave music teaching to the specialists? Anna Gower is not convinced...

“Two Years After Joining My Setting, I’m Still To Complete My Induction” The Secret Practitioner explains why current attitudes towards induction aren't exactly a recipe for outstanding practice...

Get With The Programme – Use These Digital Resources To Boost Your Pupils’ Enjoyment Of Reading Rather than being the enemy of literacy as some assume, technology can be its enabler, as Martin McKay explains...

Teething Problems – How To Deal With Biting Incidents When it comes to handling incidents of aggression between young children, clear policies, positive parental engagement and perspective are key, says Lorraine Jenkin...

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Trouble Brewing? – Restorative Approaches To Managing Behaviour Need Time, Planning And Patience Like a good cup of coffee, restorative practice requires time and patience if you don’t want to get burned, says Paul Dix...

‘A Heart-Denuded Mentality’ – The Downside Of Making Early Childhood Education More Professionalised Left unchecked, the professionalisation of early care and education may end up doing more harm than good, says Richard House...

Children Of The World – The Importance Of Cultural Inclusion In Early Years Inclusive settings are well aware of the many cultural differences that can exist between families in the same community, says Kathy Brodie...

How ‘Family Learning’ Can Improve Your Setting’s Standards Of Parental Engagement Children learn best when their parents are engaged with their education – so let’s use our resources and expertise to get them engaged, says Claire Matthes...

So Long – How Nurseries Should Handle Resignations Vicky Stanton offers some advice on what practitioners and managers should do when a member of staff no longer wishes to work at their setting...

The Trouble With Children Who Chew Problem chewing has many possible causes, but responding to each child’s individual needs is always the solution, says Adele Devine...

How music therapy can get your class working in harmony Music therapy is much more than a band aid. It’s a creative outlet, a means of expression and way for children to find their voice, says Lloyd Burgess...

Festival Of Education 2016, Day 2 – Matthew Syed And Stephen Lockyer On Mindset Helen Mulley hears why schools themselves should adopt a growth mindset to learn from failures, but also how 'mindset' is becoming an empty buzzword...

Why Has There Been A Spike In Number Of People Applying To Become RE Teachers? Sure, there’s a teacher recruitment crisis – so why are applications for PGCE Religious Education courses on the rise? Colin Hallmark has the answer...

NUT Members Votes For Strike Action First day of discontinuous strike action over pay and working conditions scheduled for July 5th

8 Steps To Outstanding Communication During Early Years I CAN's Mandy Grist offers some pointers for helping children become better communicators before the end of EYFS...

Put The Kids In Charge – How To Foster Effective Play-Based Learning At KS1 Child-initiated learning in Y1 shows that when it comes to engaging young learners, play is serious business, says Anna Ephgrave...

How important is maths practice? Repetitive learning of sums and examples of perfect shapes are only half the equation, says Jo Boaler

Moving With Confidence – How Psychomotor Therapy Could Help Your Early Learners With psychomotor therapy you can support children’s physical development and promote the positive ‘self-concept’ essential to successful learning, says Isabelle Walser...

UNISON Survey Finds School Support Staff Having To Deal With Rising Violence And Abuse More than half of TAs responding to survey report experiencing physical violence from pupils and parents over the past year

What makes for an effective key person in an early years setting? Overseeing the development of a group of unique children, communicating with their parents and managing your own emotional attachments takes outstanding skills, as Michael Freeston explains...

Anyone For Tennis? – Get Set For Wimbledon With These 6 Tennis Resources For Schools As the renowned lawn tennis competition gears up, here's a selection of resources to get your pupils into backhanding, volleying and smashing spirit...

‘…Can We Have A Quiet Word?’ – These Budget Cuts Are Prompting Some Very Difficult Conversations Though he's used to having tough conversations, the financial pressures facing schools are starting to make The Primary Head wonder how many more emotional exchanges he can face...

Why Your Setting Needs Staff With Early Years Teacher Status Nursery leader Sarah Steel explains how settings large and small can stand to gain from taking on staff with Early Years Teacher Status...

Look And Learn – Use Picture Books To Sharpen Your Pupils’ Textual Analysis Skills Shareen Mayers explains how picture books can be used to teach children how to find and report information through skimming and scanning...

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