11 January 2001
Organisations representing children and adults who have
special needs have welcomed the Government's response to concerns about it's
revised Special Educational Needs Code of Practice. Education secretary David
Blunkett said...
11 January 2001
Local authority inspection and registration staff in
England have expressed disappointment over the national pay scales proposed for
their transfer to the Early Years Directorate of the schools inspectorate
Ofsted...
11 January 2001
A leading deaf children's charity has welcomed the
Government's decision to implement a screening programme for detecting hearing
loss in babies soon after they are born. Public health minister Yvette...
11 January 2001
(Photograph) - Mpother and daughter Betty Cardwell and
Vikki Hough, who are both childminders, were among 37 Early Years Care and
Education students to achieve their NVQ 3 qualifications at...
11 January 2001
Providing appropriate childcare for ethnic minority
families remains an ideal that is poorly served in reality and often
misunderstood by policymakers, says Wendy Wallace When Sister Joseph Harding
opened the...
11 January 2001
Children have been shown to benefit when allowed to
cross over the age groupings in early years settings, writes Jennie Lindon In
recent years it has become the usual practice...
11 January 2001
Bishopbriggs Childcare Centre (BCC) in Glasgow offers
extended daycare for children aged from three months, as well as before-and
after-school care, writes Alice Sharp. The centre not only encourages children...
11 January 2001
All nurseries have them, but they devise different ways
of managing them. Mary Evans considers the late pick-up On a cold, dark, wet
winter's night as the minute hand inches...
11 January 2001
An open management that encourages teamwork and
progress is the key to a nursery's success, says Siobhan Wilks, founder of
Childcare Business Solutions Attracting and retaining the right person for...
11 January 2001
Make a caterpillar name plate using paper plates.
Planned learning intention
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