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Learning beyond the classroom
It is surprising sometimes how significance can mushroom from quite small projects. My family are lucky enough to own and run a small private nursery and I’m frequently asked to create resources by our staff. One such recent request came from our pre-school room leader who asked if I could make a robot for the…
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Supporting Children to be Mentally Healthy
Supporting Children to be Mentally Healthy: A Whole School Approach (CPD Session) Written by Elisa Fellone-Scott, Year 3 student trainee on the BA (Hons) EYE with QTS programme In this article I will be discussing the information for the recent training session ‘Supporting children to be Mentally Healthy: A Whole School Approach’. The speaker at…
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Welcome to Early Years Education 2019-20 academic year
A very warm welcome to The Early Years Education Department for all our new students joining us in 2019 and of course, all our returning students – welcome back! The Department offers a suite of programmes that provide high quality learning and training experiences to those who wish to work with young children in a…
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Assessment in the Early Years: are we trading play for points? Student’s voice
By Alex Giubertoni, final year student on Early Years Education Foundation Degree Since the Froebelian era, play has been at the heart of young children’s learning and understanding in their earliest years. It is a way of taking the minds of young ones and investing them with knowledge and understanding about the world around them…
