12 April 2001
With the election delayed and parliament open for
business for a few more weeks than expected, it's a good time for the
government to be able to let the childcare...
12 April 2001
(Photograph) - Guitarist Marc Reynolds leads a
singalong at the Bexley Centre for Music and Dance in Sidcup, Kent, which holds
Saturday afternoon music sessions for children who have special...
12 April 2001
Montessori organisations are seeking clarification from
the Department for Education and Employment over whether Montessori
qualifications will be recognised when the Early Years Directorate takes over
responsibility for regulation from...
12 April 2001
A bedwetting advisory line was launched earlier this
week. The Bedwetting Education line will offer advice to parents and carers of
children affected by bedwetting, a problem affecting as many...
12 April 2001
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is to
hold a major two-day conference in Gloucestershire on the nursery business next
month. The conference and AGM at the Cheltenham Park Hotel...
12 April 2001
'We need to stop turning our schools into warehouses
for amphetamines. Schools have become modern-day prisons with children drugged
for purposes of social control' the late Professor Steve Baldwin of...
12 April 2001
Childcarers in England will be exempted from paying for
their criminal record checks during the Criminal Records Bureau's first year of
operation from this autumn. The decision to exempt childcarers...
12 April 2001
Nurseries and pre-schools in rural parts of England and
Scotland are struggling with the psychological impact on children of the foot
and mouth epidemic. Some nurseries and pre-schools are using...
12 April 2001
(Photograph) - Rafaidah Al-Duais enjoys scooting around
the playground at Owlder Brook Nursery and Infant School. The school, in Fir
Vale, Sheffield, Yorkshire, is the first of six in the...