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Cultivating Collaborative Relationships: 5 Strategies for Parent Engag…

by Alicia Wilkins on

Alicia Wilkins writes about working collaboratively with parents - from the perspective of being a parent herself, and having been an early years educator. 
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Risk-taking in the early years

by Caroline Vollans on

Caroline Vollans reflects on whether we have a narrow view of risk and risk-taking in the early years. 
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5 Easy Steps to Write & Publish a Book with Your Child

by Winsome Duncan on

Book confidence coach and best-selling author Winsome Duncan shares some tips on how to go about publishing children's writing and turning it into a real picture book. 
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Cultivating Curiosity in Young Children - A Practitioner's Journey

by Ann-Marie Piper on

Early Years educator Ann-Maire Piper reflects on using open-ended play to cultivate curiosity in young children. 
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Reflecting on Kerry Murphy’s talk on ‘Neurodiversity – Affirming Commu…

by Vanna Fossella on

Educator and Tapestry product support specialist Vanna Fossella shares her reflections after attending a key note talk by Kerry Murphy at the 2024 Newham Early Years Conference. 
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 Welcome to the Foundation Stage Forum

 

For over ten years the FSF has been a platform for a passionate and vibrant community of EYFS professionals, including nursery practitioners, childminders, reception teachers, advisers and consultants, and educators and writers.
We're proud of the quality of our conversation and support here, and our ethos (exemplified by the Lessons from Geese video) of courtesy and mutual respect, even while arguing from very different points of view.

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Childhood

I have been thinking a lot about childhood recently. Children are finding ways to be children in a world that is evolving all the time. At the same time, the struggles that many children face remain the same throughout history: oppression, prejudic…
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CPD in a podcast

The world is filled with uncertainty, educators are on the frontline, and anxiety is a familiar feeling for everyone. When everything around us is wobbling, it can be hard to concentrate, to reach beyond the things we have to do each day, to do any…
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‘A revolution in childcare’?

The government’s own news item on the recent Spring Budget opened with the words ‘A revolution in childcare’. Here we take the Chancellor’s announcements and suggest 5 revolutionary ideas. 1.       Putting children at the centre The politi…
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Maths to 18?

Maths to 18 will equip young people with the quantitative and statistical skills that they will need for the jobs of today and the future. This includes having the right skills to feel confident with finances in later life, including finding …
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A reflection on sensory food play

Food. One of the most important parts of growing and surviving as a human. Our relationship with food begins from a very young age, watching those around us carefully as they move this mysterious substance towards their mouths and then open and cl…
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If we needed another reminder of the importance of the early years…

It seems timely, as we begin another new learning year, to reflect on the link between the early stages of a child’s learning and the impact this can have on their outcomes as school leavers at 16. Here we bring together a research report, a surve…
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 Latest newsletter
FSF articles and podcasts We have a new article about strategies to support parental engagement by Alicia Wilkins, who has been a primary teacher, early years educator, and is a mum of 2 children under five. And there are three new podcast…
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