5 July 2001
The appointment of a children's commissioner to
represent Northern Ireland's 500,000 children and young people came a step
closer following a lengthy debate in the country's Assembly last week. The...
5 July 2001
(Photograph) - Kellie-Ann Fitzgerald (centre) was named
Playworker of the Year at the Kids' Clubs Network's annual Excellence in
Childcare awards ceremony in London last week. She received her award...
5 July 2001
Playgroups and other community projects in Wales have
been invited to bid for a share of almost £2.6m in cash from a joint
lottery funding programme. The Awards for All...
5 July 2001
Margaret Hodge, formerly the minister with
responsibility for early years, praised the work of everyone in the field and
singled out Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships (EYDCPs) for
special...
5 July 2001
Worsening child poverty rates in Britain cannot be
reversed by the Government unless it underpins its tax and benefit reforms with
a publicly-funded 'resilient, robust system of early years services...
5 July 2001
The Government has been challenged to improve on its
record on the sale of the UK's school playing fields and children's play areas
in its second term of office. The...
5 July 2001
(Photograph) - Brodie Miller found a visitor to Child &
Co's Mongewood Park Nursery School was a fair cop when PC Jonathan Sherwood
returned to his old beat. PC Sherwood...
5 July 2001
Early years workers have an important role to play in
the lives of refugee children from traumatised families.Wendy Wallace reports.
Little Ayak was at home with her mother in southern...
5 July 2001
Mary Garry runs Sighthill Nursery in Glasgow, a
stand-alone maintained nursery school which takes 80 children in both the
morning and afternoon. The nursery takes children from the families of...
5 July 2001
Even very young children can recognise signs and labels
and nurseries can build on this 'real life' reading. Jane Drake suggests ideas
for developing early literacy skills. We may settle...
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