Early Childhood Forum

The RISE website provides easy access to many sources of information of on-line data about education in England. Visit: www.riseinformationcentre.org.uk

This government department has published: Health Matters: giving every child the best start in life.

A shortened version of this report is available as a pdf by clicking the ling below:

The Nature Effect / Oxfordshire Parenting Forum has published a 'Sense of Place' booklet. Working with local grandparents the enquiry group looked at ways to engage children and adults with playing, learning and communicating outdoors. Read the booklet by following the link below:

From the NCB:

Making it REAL sets out to improve the way practitioners work with parents; to hand over knowledge and build confidence through meaningful early literacy activities to support the early home learning environment and ultimately improve literacy and wider outcomes for young children and their families.  Engaging parents in their children's early literacy development has been shown to improve children's outcomes and is a valuable intervention for narrowing the gap between disadvantaged and other children. Further details from: http://www.ncb.org.uk/ecu/making-it-real