17 July 2003
Pupils from Devon did their bit for a Europe-wide
consultation on play earlier this week when a group of European delegates
observed children from classes in Crediton Primary School who...
17 July 2003
Legal moves to enable school support staff in England
to play a greater role in the classroom have been kicked off by the Government.
Speaking at a conference in London...
17 July 2003
Lack of childcare provision in rural England is
preventing women from doing jobs they are trained for, according to a report by
the Countryside Agency. The report, The role of...
17 July 2003
(Photograph) - Four-year-old Layla Jordan sweeps the
entrance to Peter Rabbit's burrow in the Peter Rabbit Organics garden for
children. The garden, part of the Royal Horticultural Society's Hampton Court...
17 July 2003
Private nurseries are being built on to state schools,
with radical implications for all providers. Simon Vevers looks at how the
arguments stack up. When Jarvis, the international facilities management...
17 July 2003
It's not just adults who are interested in appearances
- but they may mean something quite different for a very young child. Penny
Tassoni takes a look Picture the scene...
17 July 2003
Part 26: two years one month. Jasmine enjoyed her
second birthday, and was especially pleased with the Smarties on her birthday
cake. She received a play kitchen and has since...
17 July 2003
Helping children to develop a sense of time may require
giving them lots of time. Penny Tassoni considers how to listen to children
trying to put things in perspective Gone...
17 July 2003
One thing that you learn quickly as a parent is that
you are very old. Comments by children, such as 'Were you alive when they had
dinosaurs?' are comical but...
17 July 2003
Men have been attracted to fathers-and-children
sessions at a family centre by staff thinking about their particular needs and
feelings. Judith Napier hears how they did it Rob Elkin remembers...