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31 October 2002
Several training organisations in Scotland are poised
to be approved to provide the new Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ) in
early years and education to Level 4, according to the Scottish...
31 October 2002
Children in their first year at a South Lanarkshire
primary school are getting a helping hand from older pupils thanks to a
newly-launched buddy scheme. All 60 children in primary...
31 October 2002
Teaching unions have expressed their hopes for the work
of Charles Clarke, formerly chair of the Labour party, as the new secretary of
state for education and skills following the...
31 October 2002
The first national social services recruitment campaign
by the Scottish Executive is aiming to address a shortage of staff, which is
particularly acute in children's services. The four-week Care in...
31 October 2002
(Photograph) - Melanie MacDonald and her friends at
Prospect Bank special school in Edinburgh are getting hands-on experience of
the latest learning aids. These include the use of digital photographs...
31 October 2002
The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) has extended the
deadline for applications for funding from its out-of-school hours childcare
programme to enable it to allocate the full amount of £220m earmarked...
31 October 2002
Tony Blair has lent his backing to a campaign launched
by the charity Kids' Clubs Network this week to set up out-of-school clubs for
teenagers.
31 October 2002
(Photograph) - Children from the Goodenough Nursery in
Mecklenburgh Square, London, made African masks at the Museum of Childhood in
Bethnal Green, as part of Black History Month. The month's...
31 October 2002
* Plans for the UK's first play policy were unveiled at
the Welsh Assembly last week by the minister for children, Jane Hutt. Ms Hutt
said the Welsh Assembly was...
31 October 2002
Communities across the country are to benefit from
awards totalling just under £800,000 announced last week by the New
Opportunities Fund to build and renovate neighbourhood nurseries. Seventy new
childcare...