Aaron Bradbury is Principal Lecturer for Early Childhood Studies, Childhood, Early Years Apprenticeships and Higher Technical Qualifications in Early Years at Nottingham Trent University. Research Interests: Widening participation (access for all) with links to apprenticeship pedagogy, Early Years and Education. Ruth Swailes has almost 30 years’ experience in primary education, over 20 of them in senior leadership roles including primary headship. Ruth has worked as a School Improvement Advisor, Ofsted inspector, Early Years consultant and moderator in several Local Authorities, she has advised on DFE accredited phonics schemes and is the lead author, curriculum consultant and trainer on the Oxford University Press International Early Years curriculum. She has recently written their curriculum for 2-3-year-olds.

This book is relevant to our course especially as it covers most topics studied by our final year students.

• Chapter 1: Building the visionChapter 2: What child development tells us – what young children need?Chapter 3: The 7 areas of the Early Years CurriculumChapter 4: Communication Language and LiteracyChapter 5: Personal Social and Emotional DevelopmentChapter 6: Physical DevelopmentChapter 7: LiteracyChapter 8: MathematicsChapter 9: Understanding the WorldChapter 10: Expressive Arts and DesignChapter 11: PedagogyChapter 12: The Early Years EnvironmentChapter 13: Statutory and Non-Statutory GuidanceChapter 14: Wellbeing and Global CitizenshipChapter 15: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion – The Unique Child