27 September 2001
The requirement in reception classes to implement the
opposing approaches of the Foundation Stage and the literacy hour is setting up
tensions almost impossible to resolve. As this week's Special...
27 September 2001
Childcare settings and organisations in Northern
Ireland will be prosecuted if they allow anyone to work or continue to work
with children whom they know has previously been disqualified from...
27 September 2001
(Photograph) - Cherie Booth QC talks to April, a pupil
at High Close School, Wokingham, Berkshire, in her capacity as the new
president of Barnardo's. The school caters for children...
27 September 2001
Teachers have been head-butted, kicked and assaulted by
children in reception and nursery classes in primary schools in England and
Wales, a survey carried out for the National Union of...
27 September 2001
Opportunities for delivering the National Childcare
Strategy in London through social enterprise solutions are considered in a new
survey undertaken by the Daycare Trust on behalf of Social Enterprise London....
27 September 2001
'We tend to devalue children's ability to form
opinions, but they form quite sophisticated ideas of consequences. The most
important thing is to give children space to talk.' Peter Hodgkinson...
27 September 2001
(Photograph) - Getting nursery nurses into the lotus
position is all part of an innovative scheme for meeting staff needs at
Westminster Children's Society. The community nursery group in London...
27 September 2001
Any early years setting that strives to involve parents
should be rewarded financially, an independent think-tank has told the
Government. The call was made by the Social Market Foundation in...
27 September 2001
Pre-schools and primary schools across Scotland are set
for a standard recording procedure after education minister Jack McConnell last
week announced plans to move towards a more uniform system of...
27 September 2001
Nursery school staff are being asked to join other
professionals in keeping a watchful eye out for children whose parents are drug
addicts in a draft national strategy, Getting Our...