Annette Rawstrone

The annual sleepover raises money for vulnerable children PHOTO Action for Children
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Drawing competition invites children to 'boycott their beds'

Families
The number of children that now qualify for free school meals has risen during the pandemic PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Labour calls for free school meals in school holidays, as eligibility rises

Child Poverty
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Latest data shows early years attendance has risen slightly

Provision
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Coronavirus: DfE had 'no plan', MPs' report finds

Coronavirus
Ollie Humphries is the new chief executive of the Family First nursery group
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Expanding nursery group Family First appoints new CEO

Provision
PHOTO Music as Therapy International
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Free music training on offer for early years practitioners

Careers & Training
Nearly four out of five (79 per cent) of respondents with children stated they had days where they had a childcare breakdown in a typical year.
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Family friendly employers now key to a productive and happy workforce, says survey

Management
The children using litter-pickers to collect waste from the woods
Features

EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… litter picking

Activities
Yorkshire Montessori Nurseries looks to create a calm environment
Features

Learning Environment - Less is more

Practice
HRH Nurseries has been sold to expanding group Kindred Nurseries
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Kindred Nurseries acquires Cambridgeshire nursery group

Provision
Children starting school in September will be the first to take the Reception Baseline Assessment (RBA)
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Call to scrap the Reception Baseline intensifies

Early Years Curriculum
According to the Halo Collective, 1 in 5 Black women feel pressure to straighten their hair for work PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Nursery group signs up to code for right of staff to wear Black hairstyles

Equality & Diversity
A recovery package must support early years education and children's well-being, the report says
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Coronavirus: Education catch-up plan must include early years - analysis

Coronavirus
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Children's commissioner launches major survey of children's lives for post-Covid wishlist

Coronavirus
Researchers hope that the project will help to develop policies to boost children's health and well-being as they grow up
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Europe-wide survey aims to measure children's well-being as they grow up

Mental Health & Well-Being
Members of two of the UK's parliaments - Holyrood in Scotland and the Senedd in Wales - will be chosen by voters on Thursday 6 May
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Scottish and Welsh elections: Call for improved funding tops the list for early years and childcare manifestos

Policy & Politics