7 March 2002
The staff recruitment crisis is no problem for one
nursery in Renfrewshire. Rosemary Elliot, one of the owner-managers of
Cairellot day nursery, says she has not had to advertise for...
7 March 2002
All childcare providers are to receive a leaflet to put
them in the picture about the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of
Care. The leaflet, Care Regulation is Changing,...
7 March 2002
A new on-line degree in child and youth studies has
been launched by the University of the Highlands and Islands. The early years
component of the degree programme includes modules...
7 March 2002
Parents of children with special educational needs want
to know exactly what their rights are and don't want the professionals always
to assume they know best, according to a survey...
7 March 2002
'Ultimately we rely on the care and professionalism of
the staff to educate and protect our children. But why not let them use the
tools offered by modern technology to...
7 March 2002
Private day nurseries have shown overwhelming support
for keeping or tightening up the ratio of one adult to eight children currently
set out in the care standards for three- to...
7 March 2002
Children in private nurseries and playgroups have been
denied free £1 book vouchers issued to schools throughout the UK to
celebrate next week's World Book Day, despite the organisers' claims...
7 March 2002
(Photograph) - Four-year-old Lauren Bullard is among
307 children from more than 40 primary schools in Plymouth, Devon, to have
their metabolism measured by EarlyBird, a 12-year study into the...
7 March 2002
* More than 500 submissions were made to the public
consultation on the physical punishment of children in Northern Ireland
launched by the Office of Law Reform last September. Dr...
7 March 2002
The starting date for having access to the Criminal
Records Bureau's higher-level Enhanced and Standard Disclosures has been put
back by up to a month. Organisations in England and Wales...