27 March 2003
The Scottish Out-of-School Care Network has become a
'trusted partner' under a scheme designed to facilitate access to criminal
records checks for the voluntary sector.
27 March 2003
Primary 1 to 3 pupils in Tayside are being invited to
take part in Walkwise, a child pedestrian training programme run by the Tayside
police road safety officer. After an...
27 March 2003
The second annual Scottish Education awards have
honoured Inchyra Nursery School in Grangemouth, Falkirk, and Kirkhill Nursery
at Kirkhill Primary School in Aberdeen. Inchyra was a runner-up in the 'New...
27 March 2003
The current approach to pre-school education has been
given the thumbs-up by respondents to a wide-ranging inquiry carried out by the
Scottish Parliament's Education, Culture and Sport Committee, in contrast...
27 March 2003
Training for heads of integrated early years centres in
England will take a lead from the Pen Green Centre in Corby, Northamptonshire.
The Early Excellence Centre will be one of...
27 March 2003
The latest increase in the national minimum wage could
lead to higher childcare fees and cancel out any tax relief for
employer-supported childcare, the chief executive of the National Day...
27 March 2003
Afriendly monster called Marvin is helping the
Meningitis Research Foundation with its latest fundraising campaign. The
campaign, which is taking place throughout the UK, Northern Ireland and the
Republic of...
27 March 2003
Free training packs for early years professionals have
been produced by I CAN, the charity that helps children who have speech and
language difficulties, to give practitioners ideas for promoting...
27 March 2003
The Inland Revenue has denied a claim in a national
newspaper that individuals would be fined for late returns of their annual
renewal forms for the new tax credits being...
27 March 2003
An annual conference for early years practitioners held
by Brent Council in north-west London was attended by more than 200 delegates.
The keynote speaker at the conference on 8 March...