Editor's view
3 October 2002
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Star rating scheme is shelved by DfES
3 October 2002
P lans for a star-rating scheme for daycare providers,
to start from next year in England, have been dropped by the Government. The
Investors in Children (IiC) scheme will not...
Cerebral palsy campaign
3 October 2002
(Photograph) - Seven children aged three to five who
have cerebral palsy are the centrepiece of a campaign by the disability charity
Scope. Posters on the London Underground show them...
Individual childminders can qualify for quality
3 October 2002
Individual childminders can subscribe to a Quality
Assurance scheme launched last week by the National Childminding Association.
The Quality First programme, which is currently only open to childminders in
England...
SPPA reaches out to toddlers
3 October 2002
The Scottish Pre-school Play Association (SPPA) is
bidding to arrest a decline in its membership among playgroups by focusing on
the under-threes. The SPPA's annual survey revealed that its membership...
Alishia O'Connor
3 October 2002
(Photograph) - Alishia O'Connor was all smiles as her
artistic talent won her a Gold Award in the pre-five section of the young
people's annual art competition organised by the...
Guide gives childminders advice on child abuse
3 October 2002
How should a childminder respond if a child confides
that he or she is being abused? A new guide published last week by the Scottish
Childminding Association (SCMA) gives advice...
Charities are warned on child protection
3 October 2002
The Charity Commission has issued fresh child
protection guidelines for all charities working with children, following its
appointment of a receiver and manager to take over a Windsor-based charity
after...
Quotes of the week
3 October 2002
'It's a cross between an MP and a princess' Catherine
Ashton, early years minister for England, on what her seven-year-old daughter
told her teacher when she was asked what it...
Protest on Northwold Road
3 October 2002
(Photograph) - Parents and children from the Apple Tree
Nursery in the London borough of Hackney took part in a protest on Northwold
Road to demand a zebra crossing. Nursery...
