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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 36m

Early Years Wales Conference 2025 - Body, Brains and Belonging
Thursday 16th October | 18:00 to 20:30
Keynote speakers include: Alistair Bryce-Clegg MBE, Professor Christine Pascal OBE, Dr Sharon Colilles and Helen Battelley MA. buff.ly/kcsOZHO
#EarlyYears #Wales #EYFS

Early Years Wales Conference 2025

Body, Brains and BelongingThat's our theme this year and it's all about seeing children as whole people.

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 2d

Information session this Wednesday:
CREC in partnership with Teach First offers an Early Years (3-7 yrs) specialist route into teaching. 🧒

Register for the online information event here: buff.ly/2ovqi2z

#EarlyYears #TeacherTraining #SCITT #CREC #TrainToTeach

Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 3d

A survey indicates a need for more guidance and information for parents to effectively support their children's learning, as less than half of those with kids under five are confident in their knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). More here: buff.ly/4Z5O1RM
#EYFS #EarlyYears

Parents of under-fives unsure what the EYFS is - Nursery World

More information and guidance is needed for parents on how to support their child’s learning, finds survey, as less than half of those with children under give feel confident they know what the EYFS…

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 6d

Everything you need to know about free school breakfast clubs: buff.ly/EF3F0fO
#BreakfastClubs #EarlyChildhood #EarlyEducation

Everything you need to know about free school breakfast clubs

Families will soon be able to start accessing free breakfast clubs lasting 30 minutes for their children before school through our new free breakfast club programme. Find out more.

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 7d

Our SCITT trainees have been telling us about what they are looking forward to in their training year. 😊

#SCITT #CREC #TeacherTraining

Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 7d

The Early Years Alliance has issued a comment following the announcement of the Labour Party’s early years proposals as part of its “Opportunity Mission” speech earlier today, which forms one of the party’s “Five Missions For a Better Britain”: buff.ly/Fsrow8s

#EarlyYears #EYFS #EarlyEducation

Alliance reacts to Labour's early years proposals | www.eyalliance.org.uk

The Early Years Alliance has issued a comment following the announcement of the Labour Party's early years proposals as part of its "Opportunity M ...

www.eyalliance.org.uk

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National Children's Bureau @ncb.org.uk · 7d

“... Growing up in poverty can have a devastating impact on children, affecting their health, their wellbeing and their future potential...." The Children’s Charities Coalition on the govt's proposals to lift the two-child benefit limit in @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves looks set to lift two-child benefit limit

Campaigners argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.

www.independent.co.uk

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 8d

Our SCITT trainees have been discussing the social, emotional and cognitive aspects of child development and reflecting upon their own childhood.👶
Trainees created their own “childhood in a jar” sharing personal reflections on what childhood means to them through past experiences and memories. 😊

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 9d

Childcare facilities that provide woodworking activities for youngsters are being encouraged to participate in a survey aimed at assessing its educational benefits:

Early years settings invited to take part in survey on woodwork provision - Nursery World

Early years settings that offer woodwork provision for children are being urged to take part in a survey to determine its educational value.

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 10d

CREC in partnership with Teach First offers an Early Years (3-7 yrs) specialist route into teaching. 🧒
This drop-in session is an opportunity to ask questions about our programme.
Register for the online information event here: buff.ly/2ovqi2z
#EarlyYears #TeacherTraining #SCITT #CREC #TrainToTeach

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 13d

A recent report from Coram Family and Childcare indicates that by the time they begin school, children with employed parents who qualify for these entitlements will have access to three times more government-funded early education compared to disadvantaged children. Read more:

New report warns disadvantaged children at risk of missing out on early education as expanded entitlements roll out - Coram Family and Childcare

Disadvantaged children are at risk of missing out on the same early education as their more affluent peers due to the eligibility criteria of government-funded childcare entitlements, a new report…

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 14d

Our community of practice has met regularly since 2003 for presentations or discussions on early childhood issues, and includes students, policy makers, local authority leaders and visiting academics.
Our next meeting: Tuesday 14th October 4pm-5pm-Hybrid
Register here: buff.ly/avUKEAr
#CREC

Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 14d

Financed by the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the pioneering Generation New Era project will track the lives of over 30,000 infants born in 2026, observing their development in the early years and possibly extending beyond: buff.ly/RSLyksI
#GenerationNewEra

UCL leads first-in-a-generation birth cohort study

The first new UK-wide long-term scientific study of babies and child development in a quarter of a century will be led by researchers at the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 16d

Year 1 of our part time MA starts Tuesday 14th October where students will meet with their core tutor team and begin to explore how their reflective research journey will unfold.
There's still a little time to apply - find out more: buff.ly/NiihhIU
#EarlyYearsMA #CREC

Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 19d

CREC is delighted that the Squirrels Programme, with which we were so deeply involved as an evaluator and developer, continues to grow and thrive and hope this high level support shines a further light on the benefits it can bring. buff.ly/lYZCpYJ
#Squirrels #Scouts #Trump #PrincessKate #Melania

WATCH: Princess Kate and Melania Trump Join Fun Scouts’ Squirrels Programme

Join us to watch Princess Kate and Melania Trump join a Scouts' Squirrel programme and meet Chief Scout Dwayne Fields. #melaniatrump #princesskate #royalfamily Follow us for more royal news,…

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 20d

Ruth Swailes and Aaron Bradbury argue for a fresh perspective on the developmental milestones children are anticipated to achieve by the end of Reception, emphasising that children's growth cannot always be quantified through scores:

Children are not percentages: Rethinking the ‘Good Level of Development’ - Nursery World

Children progress in ways that cannot always be captured by a score, say Ruth Swailes and Aaron Bradbury, who make the case for a new approach to the levels of development they are expected to reach…

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 21d

Top tier of earners benefit most from funded childcare; see report:
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#EarlyYears #ChildcareFunding #EarlyChildhood

Funded childcare expansion: how most disadvantaged families benefit least from flagship scheme - CYP Now

Research from the New Economics Foundation (NEF) think-tank predicts that better-off parents will be the main beneficiaries of the government’s funded childcare offer for working families, which…

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National Children's Bureau @ncb.org.uk · 21d

🧒📄 We’re proud to be part of support today from over 120 charities for two key amendments to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill calling for:
✅ A duty on Ministers to consider children’s rights in decisions on children’s wellbeing, social care or education
✅ Mandatory CRIAs
📄 bit.ly/3VIROGF

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 21d

📢 120+ charities have united to urge the UK Government to put children’s rights at the heart of law and policymaking.

🗞️ Read more: bit.ly/3Vj5lVp

#ChildrensRights #ChildrensWellbeingAndSchoolsBill

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 22d

How to apply for 30 hours government funded childcare for working parents and find out if you’re eligible; a helpful guide to share with families:

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#EarlyYearsFunding #EYFS #ChildcareFunding

How to apply for 30 hours government funded childcare for working parents and find out if you’re eligible

Here we explain the 30 hours funded childcare scheme for working parents and the 15 hours scheme for families on certain benefits, how to access them and apply.

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 22d

Check out the support for embedding children’s rights in policymaking 👇
With 120+ organisations signed on, this is a powerful call to use the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill as an opportunity to make children’s rights a routine part of policymaking.
Read more: bit.ly/3VIROGF
#ChildrensRights

Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 23d

This part-time MA programme is for Early Years practitioners. It's designed to be studied alongside your daily work and build on the professional knowledge you already have.
Find out more: buff.ly/NiihhIU
#MA #CREC #EarlyChildhood #EarlyYears #EYFS

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 23d

We and 120 other organisations are backing 2 key amendments to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, debated in the Lords on Thurs.
Led by @crae_official, @UNICEF_uk & @NSPCC
Find out more:
bit.ly/3VIROGF
#EYFS #WellbeingAndSchoolsBill

Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 23d

CREC, in collaboration with University of Wolverhampton, invite Reception teachers and Early Years leads to attend a free CPD event and workshop to explore assessment in the Reception Year.

Find out more and sign up here: buff.ly/TYsJ5h9
@beynetworks.bsky.social

#CREC #EarlyYears #EYFS

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Centre for Research in Early Childhood @crecuk.bsky.social · 24d

At CREC we believe child development is an integral part of initial teacher training and it was a pleasure to join associate teachers at Severn Teaching Alliance in Telford and unpick ‘childhood’ and discuss the physical, social, emotional and cognitive aspects of child development.

#Childhood

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