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23 Mar 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - AI Toys (23rd March 2026)
Recent research is weighing up the advantages and disadvantages of children interacting with artificial intelligence One of the first ever studies has been conducted on children to see how under 5...
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16 Mar 2026
ECD Weekly Quiz | 16th March 2026
Welcome to this week's Early Child Development news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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16 Mar 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - Funded Childcare Hours (16th March 2026)
Funded childcare hours were supposed to encourage parents to return to work but research has shown that this has not been the outcome
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9 Mar 2026
In The New Teaching Activity - Post SEND (9th March 2026)
Kellie Bright’s campaign to support SEND children
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9 Mar 2026
ECD Weekly Quiz | 9th March 2026
Welcome to this week's Early Child Development news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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2 Mar 2026
ECD Weekly Quiz | 2nd March 2026
Welcome to this week's Early Child Development news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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2 Mar 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - SEND Funding (02 Mar 2026)
A new system has been proposed to reform the way SEND systems function in schools
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23 Feb 2026
ECD Weekly Quiz | 23 February 2026
Welcome to this week's Early Child Development news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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23 Feb 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - ADHD (23 Feb 2026)
A meta-analysis of the treatments that work for children and adults with ADHD A meta-analysis of over 200 studies on ADHD has given some better insight into this disorder. There is a lot about ADHD...
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16 Feb 2026
ECD Weekly Quiz | 16 February 2026
Welcome to this week's first Early Child Development news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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12 Feb 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - Newborn Cognition (16 Feb 2026)
8-week-old babies make sense of the world much earlier than was initially believed Scientists used to think that babies as young as two months old were unable to organise objects into distinct...
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9 Feb 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - Under 5s Screen Time (09 Feb 2026)
Parents of under-fives to be offered screen time guidance The UK government has launched a call for evidence to develop the nation's first official guidance specifically focused on screen use for...
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9 Feb 2026
ECD Weekly Quiz | 09 February 2026
Welcome to this week's first Early Child Development news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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2 Feb 2026
ECD Weekly Quiz | 02 February 2026
Welcome to this week's first Early Child Development news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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2 Feb 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - School Readiness (02 Feb 2026)
The Crisis of "School Readiness" in the Early Years A recent report by Nursery World and the charity Kindred Squared has highlighted a significant decline in the developmental readiness of...
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26 Jan 2026
ECD Weekly Quiz | 26 January 2026
Welcome to our very first Early Child Development weekly news quiz! Each week during term time we'll be asking a series of questions relating to news stories from the previous seven days.
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26 Jan 2026
In the News Teaching Activity - Lockdown and Child Development (26 Jan 2026)
Covid lockdown linked to rise in child developmental issues Research conducted on 258,000 children between 2020 and 2021 has been published which informs us of significant developmental challenges...
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9 Dec 2025
Festive Quiz Pack!
The 2025 tutor2u Festive Quiz Packs are here! The ECD team has been hard at work creating fun festive quizzes for Early Childhood Development. Our quizzes come in two formats: An online quiz that...
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23 Oct 2025
Early Years Voices in the UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Content Warning: This article discusses how children experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, including the disruption of social support, family strain, emotional distress, and feelings of anxiety and...
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21 Oct 2025
Film Review: I Swear
The biopic I Swear, focusing on the life of activist John Davidson, is an important film about the lived experience of Tourette Syndrome (TS). Crucially, the film avoids being overly cheesy or...
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