15 July 2004
To register your interest in the Pre-School Learning
Alliance's latest campaign, 'Feeding Young Imaginations', please call 020 7833
0991 - not the mobile numbers printed in Nursery World on page...
15 July 2004
Four more Neighbourhood Nurseries will be set up in
London with funding soon to be announced by mayor Ken Livingstone, the London
Development Agency (LDA) said last week. The money...
15 July 2004
Children from all over Angus were delighted when Thomas
the Tank Engine puffed into the Caledonian Railway last weekend, writes Joyce
Reid. The famous locomotive left Brechin station every 75...
15 July 2004
(Photograph) - Children starting primary school in
Dundee this August will be able to brush their teeth at school every day - and
those of a large-mouthed puppet, writes Joyce...
15 July 2004
The number of children in primary school classes across
Scotland is continuing to decline, according to research published by the
Scottish Executive. The latest annual pupil census of publicly funded...
15 July 2004
Scotland leads the UK in the percentage of hospitals
with Baby Friendly accreditation - a worldwide initiative run by UNICEF and the
World Health Organisation to promote breastfeeding. Only 10...
15 July 2004
Scotland's children are happier than they were ten
years ago, according to a report published last week by the children's charity
NCH Scotland. But it also found that a significant...
15 July 2004
Parents rely heavily on informal childcare, with
two-thirds saying that their children's grandparents have been the main
providers, a survey conducted for the Scottish Executive has found. Calling for
'a...