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					<description><![CDATA[I recently attended a group interview to work in a nursery setting, and one of the questions they asked was “Which animal would you be, and why?” How random, and deeply psychological! How to answer in an intelligent way, which didn’t come across as being too much of a stick in the mud? It was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Government Unveils Wide-ranging Review Of The Early Years Foundation Stage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A review of the Early Years Foundation Stage! What do we think this means? From the Department for Education, 6 July 2010: Children’s Minister Sarah Teather today asked Dame Clare Tickell, Chief Executive of Action for Children, to carry out a review of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) so that it is less bureaucratic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The EYPS Gateway Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Part of achieving the Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) involves going through the EYPS Gateway Review. The course providers make a really big deal out of it, which can be a little daunting at first. However, the Gateway Review is not an exam, so candidates can’t fail. It’s more of a guidance to ensure that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dealing With Challenging Behaviour In Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 05:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[While reading up on Theories of Cognitive Development (sounds fun, I know!), I came across something very interesting: &#8216;Punishment has to be severe, consistent and immediate to effectively stop challenging behaviour in the long term.&#8217; Of course, anyone who deals with children will know that each of these 3 factors is a handful in their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Little Bunny Foo Foo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Easter, and every nursery is busy with Easter stories, activities and decorations! Personally, I&#8217;ve always thought of Easter as a big marketing scheme by Cadbury to sell chocolate eggs. But did you know that the eggs (and even the rabbits) actually DO hold some significance to Easter? Anyway, here&#8217;s a catchy song that&#8217;s been stuck [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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