Lorelli Digest

Educator Alyssa Wilt discusses her visit to Kita settings in Germany.

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Find out more about how teenagers going into nurseries helps secondary pupils with school engagement.
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Early years professionals discuss high-quality and the workforce. One leader compares overlooking working conditions and pay to ‘putting a sticking plaster over a gaping wound’.
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PhD researcher Natalie Weir reflects on the importance of physical literacy and the misconceptions about it.
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Early years experts call for more collaboration between schools and the private nurseries sector.

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DfE announces that over two million toothbrushing products have been delivered so far to children in England’s most deprived areas.
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Claudio Sisera, Founder of Male Childcare & Teaching Jobs, discusses ways we can bridge the gender gap in the early years workforce. www.twinkl.co.uk/l/10b0nr

The Twinkl Early Years in Schools team discusses continuous provision. www.twinkl.co.uk/l/nlgh1

Government launches new Best Start in Life site to help streamline information for parents and early years providers.
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New NFER analysis highlights recruitment and retention challenges in the early years workforce.
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This week’s 60 second news roundup features:

👉New EYFS framework
👉Rising absence rates
👉Ofsted plans for resuming inspections
👉MAT CFO Insights Survey
👉New RSE guidance
👉SEND units in mainstream schools
👉SEND-friendly family days out

Read more at: twinkl.co.uk/l/wha56

Findings of SEED study highlight the impact of early education on children's educational attainment in KS2. www.twinkl.co.uk/l/1m09nd

Survey conducted by the Pet Education Partnership reflects the need for more pet education in education settings. twinkl.co.uk/l/1jmcrb

This week’s 60 second news roundup features:

👉 Call to end KS2 SATs
👉 SEND in the new writing framework
👉 KCSIE 2025
👉 New Best Start for Life strategy & EYFS
👉 Parents urged to read more
👉 Teaching as a people-pleaser
👉 TA discounts

Read more at: twinkl.co.uk/l/wha56

Annual survey of early years educators conducted by @tapestry.info reveals that 84% report an increase in their use of AI over the past five years.
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Experienced early years teacher Kerri Fitzgibbon from Poppyfields Teacher-Led Early Years Setting reflects on her experience as a Childminder for Childminder Appreciation Week.
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The Education Secretary announces plans for every local authority to work with the government to agree on statutory targets for school readiness.
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DfE hints that an announcement about the government's vision for action on school readiness is due to happen in the next few days.
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This week’s 60 second news roundup features:

👉 Jon Cripwell on consistency
👉 Helen Sheridan on automaticity in maths
👉 SENDCo job shares
👉 Research on apprenticeship training
👉 Raising the Nation Play Commission report
👉 School food standards
👉 TA burnout

Read more at: twinkl.co.uk/l/wha56

Michelle Windridge, Twinkl's National Education Lead for Early Years Schools, shared her thoughts with Digest on Ofsted’s recent research about working with babies in early years.
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Schools evicting PVI nurseries should not be eligible for the school-based nursery scheme, says @EYAlliance.
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Well-respected early years expert and advocate for early years education, Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg awarded an MBE. www.twinkl.co.uk/l/jaer3

What happened when early years manager Lauren Williams and Key Stage 2 teacher Alex Taylor of Carr Mill Primary School discovered a hedgehog trapped in a playground drain?
@rspcaoffficial.bsky.social‬
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60 second news featuring:
👉KS1 transition advice
👉pupils with SEND on transition to secondary school
👉Leaders’ unions on SEND next steps and EHCPs
👉SSSNB consultation
👉Analysing KS2 SATs
👉EYFS food research project
👉Managing work and childcare over the summer

Read more at: twinkl.co.uk/l/wha56

In this article @rebeccastott.bsky.social, @georginadurrant.bsky.social and Jonathan Park explore how AI can tackle the growing SEND crisis, with 78% of SENDCos considering resignation and mounting pressure on the system.

Read here: https://shorturl.pulse.ly/zcyet1jq5b

#AIInEducation #SEND

£370 million announced for school-based nurseries in today's Spending Review.
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Ewan Dobres, CEO of a DfE-funded AI tool for early years, shares his thoughts on the benefits and challenges of AI in education.
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🚨 PARENTS 🚨Catch up with Digest's #SummerSafetySeries articles:

Extreme weather: twinkl.co.uk/l/1d0mzv

Days out: twinkl.co.uk/l/11rybd

Time at home: twinkl.co.uk/l/1fy4yp

Out with friends: twinkl.co.uk/l/wrb42

Water: twinkl.co.uk/l/1fgr5v

The @CoalitionEdCare say the upcoming #SpendingReview is the last chance for the government to properly fund providers and guarantee the success of the final phase of the early years expansion rollout in September.
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Early years educators from PVI nurseries were involved in research exploring early years food provision.
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