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Foundation Years October Bulletin | |
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Join the National Education Nature Park | |
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The National Education Nature Park invites children and young people across the country on an exciting journey to explore, understand and care for nature. Together, they're making their outdoor spaces better for wildlife and their nursery or school community. This autumn, a tailored version of the Nature Park programme launches for early years settings. Free, quality-assured activities are designed to meet early learning and development goals, while building curiosity, empathy and confidence in the natural world. By taking part, you’ll be supporting children to develop a lifelong connection with nature and the skills to become its future advocates. The programme has been commissioned by the Department for Education and is led by the Natural History Museum with the Royal Horticultural Society and additional partners, and has seen more than 7,500 schools, colleges and nurseries get involved so far! | |
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Ofsted consultation response and supporting materials | |
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Seven effective tips for supporting transitions in the early years | |
Transitions, whether between activities, spaces or routines, are pivotal moments in early childhood. Supporting young children through these changes helps them feel secure, confident and ready to learn.
Here are seven effective tips to try: - Create a ‘Transition Treasure Box’ - Use role reversal play - Pack a ‘Goodbye Bag’ - Use visual timelines with real photos - ‘Spy Missions’ to the new setting - Create a ‘Feelings Forecast’ - Make a ‘Connection Chain’
For detailed guidance on how to use these tips in practice, see the Foundation Years website for 7 Effective Tips for Supporting Transitions in the Early Years written by Begin Bright. | |
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Free maths programme for early years settings in England | |
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We're recruiting over 1,800 eligible settings for our fully funded Maths Champions programme. Maths Champions is an evidence-based, professional development programme that will increase early years educator skills, knowledge, awareness and confidence in supporting children’s early mathematical development.
Register your interest and find out about our Maths Champions programme: EEF Accelerator Fund Maths Champions Expression of Interest | |
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Sharing the Science: The Early Childhood Explainer Series | |
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15 October 2025 12:00- 13:00 Register here
In this lunchtime webinar, Sally Hogg, Assistant Director at the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, will share the centre's work to support educators to promote social and emotional development in babies and young children. This will include explaining how different services are using the Early Explainer Series, a new suite of bitesize films and resources that support adult-child interactions. | |
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Marketing & Promotion Tips for Early Years Educators | |
Marketing and promotion are important tasks for all providers, schools and childminders to support ongoing business sustainability.
Need some inspiration and practical tips? Check out the Childcare Works resources: - Early Years Toolkit for marketing advice and guidance. - ‘The 3 Ms of Marketing’ A series of three recorded presentations to support childcare providers with successful marketing and promotion: - Market - Who is your target market? Identifies different segments of your market and explores different purchasing roles to help you reach and engage new and potential customers.
- Message - How to bring all the market information together to create messages for those involved in buying your services.
- Methods - How marketing activity reaches your target audience in a way that is affordable.
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Foundation Years is funded by the Department for Education and brought to you by Begin Bright. |
Our mailing address is: foundationyears@beginbright.com | | | |
