10 June 2004
Unions representing more than 4,000 school support
staff in Birmingham have claimed overwhelming backing for a landmark deal that
sets the pace among local authorities in England in establishing a...
10 June 2004
(Photograph) - Music medals are to be introduced in
schools from this September to encourage young children to achieve their full
musical potential. The medals, which will be aimed at...
10 June 2004
Two leading Australian play therapists are to visit
England later this year to stage training courses on sandplay therapy and
symbol work with children and adolescents. Mark Pearson and Helen...
10 June 2004
A resource pack to help carers 'think through' ways to
make their services more appropriate for children with Autistic Spectrum
Disorders (ASD) has been published by the National Autistic Society....
10 June 2004
Women who have epilepsy are not getting enough medical
information before deciding whether or not to start a family, a survey
commissioned by the National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) has...
10 June 2004
Lettermen Publishing is giving away free books from its
popular Lettermen series - colourful books that make learning to read fun and
simple for young children. The Lettermen stories show...
10 June 2004
Private nursery providers in Staffordshire are up in
arms over the development of Neighbourhood Nurseries as they say the nurseries
are poaching staff by offering inflated salaries and threatening their...
10 June 2004
Around three-quarters of full-day care providers and
nursery schools in England have had to recruit staff over the past year, a
survey published by the Department for Education and Skills...
10 June 2004
A £150,000 day nursery that opened in a Dorset
hotel last year to provide daycare for the hotel's staff and guests has now
been extended to local families. The Little...
10 June 2004
There are more than one million children in the UK
living in poor housing. Annette Rawstrone looks at the consequences of this on
their health and behaviour