Author: Lala

Yet again the scores for moving and handling – health and self-care, the two components of the PD domain – are ludicrously high: over 90% of children gained an ‘expected’ level.

Today’s National Childhood Measurement Survey data does not make happy reading with an increase in obesity levels in Reception-aged children.

There’s a refreshing piece of good news for parents in the UK: according to official government statistics , the number of five-year-olds with tooth decay dropped to an all-time low in almost 10 years! However, don’t start celebrating just yet – around 25% of these children do suffer from tooth decay, and as Dr Sandra White, Director of Public Health at Public Health England, notes, “one child with tooth decay is one too many and there is still much inequality in dental health around the country”.

This new APPG report on EY/PA has just been published.

A short but worthwhile piece that highlights the use of home-schooled children’s free time for increased physical activity.

The PHE Obesity Risk Factors Intelligence team has published the latest National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) trends report: Changes in children’s body mass index between 2006/07 and 2015/16.

This book is a welcome addition to the EY Health-Wellbeing body of literature.

Please have a look at this current report – some interesting stats to consider, particularly re: boys.

Please have a thorough read-through of this document – very interesting.

An interesting article on the genesis of the ‘playing out’ movement.

Nothing to say – no damning comment would begin to do this justice.

It’s that time of year – again – when the ‘school-readiness’ question is asked, and possible answers supplied.