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Linda Thornton
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Download and adapt our model policy for early years parental and carer involvement to use in your setting
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Outdoor provision in the early years at St Edward’s School has some interesting learning opportunities. Lynn Young, head of early years, describes bringing an underused wooden chalet in the school grounds to life by using it as an outdoor library
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Provide personalised, professional training for your early years staff with our bite-size training modules, each based on an area of the Early Years Foundation Stage framework
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In this next instalment in our series on the standards which early years practitioners need to achieve in order to gain EYTS, Linda Thornton looks at Standard 4 and suggests points for reflective practice
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Linda Thornton considers what Teachers’ Standard 3 means for early years practitioners in terms of their practice, and suggests points for reflection
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Linda Thornton takes a closer look at the second of the Early Years Teachers’ Standards, suggesting points for reflection for those looking to gain EYTS
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Linda Thornton examines the first of the Early Years Teachers’ Standards and suggests points for practitioners to reflect on
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Make the most of learning opportunities linked with food using these ideas from Linda Thornton and Pat Brunton