2 August 2001
The Scottish Out of School Care Network is marking its
tenth anniversary this year with a prize competition for children to design
birthday cards showing what they enjoy most about...
2 August 2001
Learning and Teaching Scotland is keen for early years
practitioners to give their views on a set of resources it is developing which
could help staff make judgements about young...
2 August 2001
Children returning to school this month in four
Scottish local authorities will be encouraged to take a healthy interest in
sport. South Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Midlothian and East Ayrshire...
2 August 2001
By Keir Bloomer chief executive of Clackmannanshire
Council The Regulation of Care Act is about quality assurance. It is designed
to reassure the public about standards of service, especially in...
2 August 2001
A look at some of the elements of music will help give
you an idea of the range of questions you can ask children about their music
and in particular...
2 August 2001
* Start with a song by Mavis de Mierre (Brilliant
Publications, Pounds15.95) is a great book for the youngest in your nursery,
with lots of action songs.*** Singing Games and...
2 August 2001
As if low pay and status were not big enough problems
in retaining nursery staff, a surprising and intriguing finding from new
research by the Thomas Coram Research Unit highlights...
2 August 2001
The Government has teamed up with Disney to produce a
million copies of a children's comic, Cycle Smart, highlighting road safety
messages using Disney characters. A competition it has to...
2 August 2001
'We're aware of children who, after their parents have
gone to work, have been starting the day with a relative, then they've gone to
a nursery, then to daycare and...
2 August 2001
Childminders have welcomed Ofsted's guidance to the
national daycare standards for England, but nursery providers are concerned the
standards may not be applied consistently across the country. Gill Haynes,
chief...
