30 August 2001
14 and 15 September The Early Years and Primary
Exhibition
30 August 2001
30 August 'Animal Allies'
30 August 2001
More than 500 childcarers have joined the Transport and
General Workers' Union in Scotland over the past two years, with some new
members securing pay rises of as much as...
30 August 2001
An extensive two-week training period for staff at
Dundee's newest nursery has seen them learning yoga, tai chi and juggling, as
well as how to get the best use out...
30 August 2001
Pre-school children in Wigtownshire, south-west
Scotland, are being given a head start in reading and literacy skills through
access to a library of story bags. Early Literacy Kids (ELK), which...
30 August 2001
Parents in the Scottish Borders have stepped up their
campaign against education cuts by launching a petition urging the Scottish
Executive to hold an inquiry into how the council overspent...
30 August 2001
Children in North Ayrshire's 53 primary schools have
the chance to get fit with the Kick Start project launched by deputy sports
minister Allan Wilson last week. The joint project...
30 August 2001
The number of children accessing pre-school education
in Scotland has risen by about 10,000 in the past year and a half, according to
provisional statistics published last week by the...
30 August 2001
With the summer holidays drawing to a close, many
newly-qualified childcarers are about to take up their first jobs in a sector
offering more opportunities than ever before (Special Report,...
30 August 2001
Care standards in England which allow registered
childminders to smack the children in their care and smoke in front of them
were left further out in the cold, as the...