--- title: Early Years Digest - 30th July 2024 description: Welcome to the seventy third Early Years Digest. Every fortnight we provide a summary of some of the work published in the EY sector. image: https://info.kindredsquared.org.uk/hubfs/EY%20Digest.gif --- ## Kindred² [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.twitter.com/kindredsquared) ## Kindred² [![Kindred Horizontal Logo](https://info.kindredsquared.org.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Marketing%20Email%20Template%20Build/Kindred%20Horizontal%20Logo.png?width=150&name=Kindred%20Horizontal%20Logo.png "Kindred Horizontal Logo")](https://kindredsquared.org.uk/) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.twitter.com/kindredsquared) # Early Years Digest ## 30 July 2024 Sign up to our fortnightly digest   PRESS & MEDIA  Rich-poor education gap grows for 16-year-olds in almost all of England - [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jul/16/rich-poor-education-attainment-gap-england?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other) Scotland incorporates UN children's rights charter into law - [BBC News](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cljy7jxwexzo) Disruptive children may have smaller brains rather than being naughty - [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/17/disruptive-children-smaller-brains-rather-than-naughty/) \[*subscription required\]* Children at risk of being 'forgotten generation' amid crippling NHS waits - [The Daily Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/children-risk-being-forgotten-generation-33239718) Bridget Phillipson to help lead child poverty taskforce - [Schools Week](https://schoolsweek.co.uk/bridget-phillipson-to-help-lead-child-poverty-taskforce/) Stephen Morgan officially confirmed as early education minister - [Nursery World Magazine ](https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/article/stephen-morgan-officially-confirmed-as-early-education-minister)   FEATURE STORIES Curriculum review launched: What schools need to know - [Schools Week](https://schoolsweek.co.uk/curriculum-review-launched-what-schools-need-to-know/)  Curriculum and Assessment Review: Review Aims, Terms of Reference and Working Principles - [Department for Education](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6699698f49b9c0597fdb0010/Curriculum_and_assessment_review_-_aims_terms_of_reference_and_working_principles.pdf) Catherine McLeod: Is early years inclusion the key to fixing the SEND system? - [Nursery World Magazine](https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/opinion/article/catherine-mcleod-is-early-years-inclusion-the-key-to-fixing-the-send-system?) One in four children start school still wearing nappies – but it's not the parents' fault - [The Big Issue](https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/children-start-school-wearing-nappies-help-eric/) Pre-school education shake-up needs grit… and sawdust - [The Herald (Scotland)](https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/24454248.pre-school-education-shake-up-needs-grit-sawdust/) Where’s the cash for child hunger? Labour is running out of time to find it - [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/16/labour-child-hunger-two-child-benefit-cap-kings-speech)   BLOGS, PODCASTS & MORE   BLOG - The importance of supporting the home learning environment in the early years - [Education Policy Institute](https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/the-importance-of-supporting-the-home-learning-environment-in-the-early-years/)   PODCAST: How to improve early years education for all (Gill Jones MBE, Jan Dubei & Lyn Challender) - [Education Development Trust](https://www.edt.org/podcasts/how-to-improve-early-years-education-for-all-with-busy-bees-nurseries-gill-jones-mbe-early-years-consultant-jan-dubiel-and-edts-lyn-challender/)   VIDEO: Britain's child health crisis - [BBC Panorama](https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00215yf/panorama-britains-child-health-crisis)       RESEARCH & POLICY DEVELOPMENT  Social mobility and vulnerable learners annual report 2024 - [Education Policy Institute](https://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/annual-report-2024/)   Forgotten generation: Shaping better services for children and young people - [NHS Providers](https://nhsproviders.org/forgotten-generation-shaping-better-services-for-children-and-young-people) Tablet use disrupts toddlers' joint attention and language development - [News Medical ](https://www.news-medical.net/news/20240716/Tablet-use-disrupts-toddlers-joint-attention-and-language-development.aspx?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-86B8z_y0G93_6Z76alK8nOp_0O_cuDdkV0WSMGEBC1MY0RFc7KwS5Ngu6RD5n-ustHBpOnq3rXYiMehGk1aZpNdASclgEsg2yia7Xuy98fIa380yo&_hsmi=91419884&utm_content=91419884&utm_source=hs_email) 3-Year-Olds Understand Intentions Through Active Mirror Neurons - [Neuroscience News](https://neurosciencenews.com/intention-mirror-neurons-26455/?utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--Mfnsdz_2qdbq_j2n-Rsk-KF49-6gvNIf-m8tFD4LDiaav41nwYQrCh-rLzkJsn9-6IWXzae7Fkmz9dJcXOPYNEbtvLkGmtzItSl3RJUrdtgA4dTM&_hsmi=91419884&utm_content=91419884&utm_source=hs_email)     EVENTS & COURSES WEBINAR: [School Readiness 2024-25](https://www.childcare.co.uk/webinars/school-readiness-2024-5)- 10 September. 7pm, online (free) CONFERENCE: [The childcare and early years conference by PACEY](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-childcare-and-early-years-conference-by-pacey-tickets-925905667777?aff=oddtdtcreator) - 26 October, London (£32.50-£120) TRAINING: [How brains are built: Introducing the brain story](https://www.albertafamilywellness.org/resources/video/how-brains-are-built-core-story-of-brain-development) - free, online video resource   We welcome any feedback about how we could improve the digest, so if you have any suggestions, let us know at: [digest@kindredsquared.org.uk](mailto:digest@kindredsquared.org.uk) If you have submission ideas or content to share - please get in touch.   ### Sign up to the digest ##### Every fortnight we provide a summary of some of the work published in the EY sector. 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