21 June 2001
Young chefs in 42 primary schools in Scotland will be
given lessons in healthy cooking and baking through a pilot scheme in
Clackmannan and North Lanarkshire, announced during Focus on...
21 June 2001
Parents whose winter-born four-year-olds are not ready
to cope with starting primary school will no longer have to plead special needs
in order to secure an extra year of free...
21 June 2001
New research on 'shaken baby syndrome' has found that
it takes less force than was previously thought to cause brain damage in
infants. A study revealed last week in New...
21 June 2001
Ten-week-old babies descended on Liverpool Town Hall
last week for a special photo call and computer gifts. The babies, all born in
Liverpool on 2 April, coinciding with the 'birth'...
21 June 2001
* Listening to children is the key to developing
effective services in the countryside, according to the Forum for Rural
Children and Young People. The Forum, which is funded by...
21 June 2001
The devastating impact on families of cot death has
been highlighted in a booklet which brings together the experiences of 30 cot
death parents. The 62-page booklet was published by...
21 June 2001
* The early years sector was recognised in the Queen's
Birthday Honours List last weekend as Rosemary Murphy, chief executive of the
National Day Nurseries Association, and Professor Christine Pascal,...
21 June 2001
* Children in Northern Ireland say food advertising
sends them the wrong dietary and healthy eating messages. A snapshot survey of
315 children and 109 adults in the Province by...
21 June 2001
Two weeks after the election it is still early days to
see what Labour intends to do about the early years in its second term of
office. Its first four...
21 June 2001
Sue Owen, deputy director of the Early Years NTO,
outlines what it is and does The Early Years National Training Organisation
(NTO) is part of the Council for Awards in...
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