First Five Years Count: Day in the life of an early years practitioner
The early years sector educates over 1.5 million children between the ages of 0 to 5 in the UK every day.
NDNA's #Firstfiveyearscount video highlights the dedication early years professionals show every day to create positive environments for our children to learn, develop and thrive.
Get your children moving with a free activity class from Early Years Sports Fund!
With rising obesity rates among children and years of inactivity through multiple national lockdowns, getting children moving has never been more critical - for their physical and mental wellbeing.
That's why early years providers can now get a free activity class for their setting thanks to the £1million Early Years Sports Fund from Super Star Sport UK.
Foundation Years Newsletter
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New Early years child development training
The Department for Education has launched a new online Early years child development training course.
The flexible training:
- has been developed in consultation with early years experts
- has been tested with early years practitioners and experts, and refined based on feedback
- provides a greater understanding of child development
- gives practical advice for supporting children in early years settings
- reinforces understanding through videos, learning check questions and end of module tests
- allows users to pause and restart the training at any time
- offers the chance to download certificates of achievement for each module
The first 4 modules of the course available now are child and brain development, personal, social and emotional development (PSED) and communication and language. Further modules will be added throughout 2023.
Education Endowment Fund
Support and resources for professionals working in schools, nurseries and other early years settings. They have launched new resources designed to support early years professionals in using evidence to their advantage:
High quality early years professionals play a critical role in laying good foundations and setting children up for success.
Read more: https://buff.ly/3x5w0sE
Funding opportunities by Education Endowment Foundation
Today, Education Endowment Foundation's first funding round of 2023 has opened for applications.
Themes include:
- Supporting the recruitment and retention of teachers
- Edtech approaches
- Supporting maths and English resits in post-16 settings