19 February 2004
I am a student studying for the Advanced Diploma in
Childcare and Education. My dissertation is on how having a hearing impairment
affects learning, and I am looking at whether...
19 February 2004
22 February Taking Care - Sunday Surgery
19 February 2004
26 February Starting a day nursery
25 February 2004
Most councils across Scotland have prepared a pay offer in the hope of settling the long-running industrial dispute with nursery nurses over their pay and career structure, according to council...
25 February 2004
A report has found that there is a glaring gulf between the principles of the Foundation Stage and classroom practice. Mary Evans looks at why it's so hard to get...
25 February 2004
Nursery nurses working in maintained settings across Scotland have voted overwhelmingly to take indefinite strike action in pursuit of a salary increase.
25 February 2004
The Children's Fund budget is to be spared the £20m cuts that charities in England feared would close local programmes for vulnerable children, the Government has confirmed.
25 February 2004
One common behaviour upsets parents as much as the children involved. Mary Evans hears some nurseries' policies on biting
25 February 2004
Sometimes a child needs extra support to cope with the transition of starting at nursery, and staff and professionals should plan strategies for support, as members of the Early Years...
25 February 2004
Although many gluten-free products are now available, nurseries must be on their guard and not serve a child with coeliac disease anything risky, advises Suzannah Olivier