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Join the Early Excellence community and explore a wide range of news items, inspirational updates and practical guidance across the EYFS and into Key Stage 1. Take a look below and get ready to take your KS1 & EYFS Practice & Pedagogy forward. You will also find that some blogs are available as a Podcast too, offering you and your team an easy way to keep up to date and enhance your CPD.

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The Importance of Gross Motor Skills: Building Foundations for Lifelong Movement 

Discover the importance of gross motor skills for lifelong movement, for physical health, cognitive development and social skills!

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Birth to 5 Matters: Key Insights for Early Years Practitioners

Enhance your understanding of Birth to 5 Matters and its application in early childhood education. Join us in reflecting on best assessment practices and continuous provision.

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Fine Motor Skills
The Importance of Fine Motor Skills in Early Childhood

Discover the importance of fine motor skills in early childhood education. Learn about their role in development and effective activities to enhance them.

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Unlocking the Power and Potential of Block Play in EYFS

Block play offers a wealth of learning opportunities across the curriculum, especially with story telling through small world or role play.

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Heuristic Play
Discover the Power of Heuristic Play: Unlocking Creativity in Children

Heuristic play is a powerful tool in child development. Discover exactly what it is, the benefits and how to implement.

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Enquiry Based Learning
What is Enquiry Based Learning?

Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) takes children’s interests and builds them into learning wherever possible, using continuous provision. Here’s how!

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Maria Montessori: Her Principles, Unstructured Time and Legacy in Education

Explore Maria Montessori’s Method and how her Unstructured Time continues to influence modern continuous provision in early years education.

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What is Continuous Provision?
What is Continuous Provision?

Uncover the true meaning of continuous provision in early years education and how it supports child development and effective learning characteristics.

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Reggio Emelia Approach - Arts & Crafts
The Reggio Emilia Approach: Principles, 100 Languages, and the Legacy in Education

Discover how the Reggio Emilia Approach inspires modern classrooms and continuous provision in early years education.

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Going Home Bags - Literacy at Home
The Best Start in Life: Encouraging Talk in the Home Environment

Support early language development through storytelling, play, fostering learning and stronger caregiver interactions with Going Home Bags.

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Spotlight on Supporting Children with SEND in the Early Years

Reflecting on each child unique needs, building positive relationships and developing a truly enabling environment.

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Supporting Children with SEND: What makes an Inclusive Early Years Classroom?

Supporting Children with SEND: Explore 5 key considerations to ensure that our EYFS learning environment is inclusive for all children.

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