28 February 2002
The National Early Years Network's magazine,
Co-ordinate, was named Charity Magazine of the Year at the 2001 Charity and
Public Service Publishing Awards ceremony held in London last week. The...
28 February 2002
The problems of staff recruitment and retention in the
early years sector will be among a number of topics to be debated at a major
early years conference to be...
28 February 2002
An Aberdeen childcare training company has become the
first organisation in Scotland to be approved by City and Guilds to offer
National Vocational Qualifications in Early Years Care and Education...
28 February 2002
'It never does any good criminalising what normal
people think should not be criminalised. You risk undermining the law. It's
important that the law has people's consent. Are we saying...
28 February 2002
Anyone confused about the forthcoming changes to the
regulation of early education and childcare may well find the answers to their
questions in a helpful summary published on the Scottish...
28 February 2002
Dionika's, a newly-opened delicatessen in Edinburgh,
hopes to provide children with a taste of Spanish sun in the Scottish winter by
offering them free fresh fruit. Nine nurseries, primaries and...
28 February 2002
The record of needs system for children with special
educational needs is to be scrapped, minister for education and young people
Cathy Jamieson said last week. Ms Jamieson said that...
28 February 2002
The national children's charity Early Education has
produced a series of four booklets aimed at early years practitioners. Healthy
Young Children by Dr Helen Zealley is a guide to creating...
28 February 2002
The Bookstart initiative has received a £500,000
funding boost from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Booktrust
director Chris Meade said, 'Books are as essential to the new millennium...
28 February 2002
The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has challenged
the Government's commitment to tackling poverty in Britain and has called for
ambitious targets to be met in the April budget. Its...
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