5 July 2001
17 July Children's Fund conference
5 July 2001
Children of asylum-seekers and refugees are missing out
on nursery places which could provide opportunities to settle in, feel safe and
play which are unavailable in their home environments. School...
5 July 2001
Full daycare has been given the thumbs-up by the
children themselves in a study carried out by a team from Stirling University
for the Scottish Executive. The researchers found that...
5 July 2001
The Scottish Asylum-Seekers' Consortium (SASC), a body
that manages and monitors services, last week launched a website that aims to
dispel myths and answer questions about asylum-seekers. The work of...
5 July 2001
Doubling the number of community schools across
Scotland is the new goal of the Scottish Executive. Education minister Jack
McConnell called on local authorities to work in partnership to develop...
5 July 2001
An area of wasteland at a primary school has been
transformed into an award-winning garden in just four months. Primary 1 pupils
at Oakbank Primary School in Perth did all...
5 July 2001
By Patricia McGinty, director of the Scottish
Independent Nurseries Association (SINA) We were disappointed to learn of the
anger expressed by staff employed by voluntary organisations in Glasgow
(Nursery World...
19 July 2001
The new national occupational standards for classroom
assistants (see News, page 4) are welcome for several reasons. The standards,
and the forthcoming NVQs/SVQs that will follow, will be a big...
19 July 2001
Unison, the public service union, has welcomed the
national occupational standards for classroom assistants but has warned that
local education authorities and schools need to continue to provide training on...
19 July 2001
Ofsted plans to review the national standards for
daycare and childminding in a year's time, the chief executive of the Council
for the Awards in Children's Care and Education (CACHE)...