Annette Rawstrone

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
Vanessa Nursery School believes that children should lead their own learning
Features

Early years curriculum - Core content

Practice
A still from Barnardo's new TV campaign Believe in Me campaign, which highlights the importance of support services for children and young people who have experienced bereavement
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Barnardo's launches campaign to help parents talk to children about bereavement

Provision
Meadow Lane Children's Nursery has a custom-built dome which was inspired by 'Escape to the Chateau' presenters Dick and Angel’s work and The Eden Project
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Award-winning nursery to star in Channel 4 show this summer

Provision
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Coronavirus: Children missed out on speech and language therapy in first lockdown

Children's Speech & Language
Kido Nursery and Pre-school has bought St Patrick's Montessori School near Waterloo Station in London
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International group acquires London nursery

Business
The report explores grandparents’ roles in the lives of grandchildren and its potential to impact positively on well-being
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Need to rekindle grandparents' role post-pandemic

Families
Little Forest Folk says there has been a rise in demand for Forest School training from other nurseries and primary schools
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Nursery group to run Level 3 Forest School training

Careers & Training
'Since children develop in their own ways, we wanted to support practitioners to think about children where they are rather than by their age,' said Nancy Stewart, who has led on developing the Birth to Five Matters guidance
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Birth to 5 Matters EYFS guidance to launch this month

Early Years Curriculum
Nursery groups have continued to acquire others during the pandemic
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Nursery operators continue to attract investors, despite coronavirus - LaingBuisson study

Coronavirus