12 August 2004
The Kent 'Space to Grow' has helped settings to improve the quality of outdoor learning experiences that they offer children in their care. Gail Ryder-Richardson provides an update on its...
12 August 2004
Close co-operation between practitioners is vital when supporting a child with speech difficulties, says Collette Drifte in the final part of our series on inclusion
This final part of...
12 August 2004
One of the most regular routines in a daycare setting should come as a surprise to everyone. Mary Evans looks at good practice for fire drills and fire safety
12 August 2004
Small resources can help children to develop some big ideas in their imaginative play, as Jane Drake explains...
19 August 2004
If you were one of the nearly seven million people who
watched the BBC1 documentary 'Nurseries Undercover' last week, you will no
doubt be appalled at the bad practice revealed...
19 August 2004
One of the UK's largest nursery chains, Nord Anglia,
said last week that it is reviewing its procedures after secret television
footage filmed at one of its nurseries revealed severe...
19 August 2004
'The danger comes if a childcare revolution starts to
produce human storage units plagued by fast staff turnover, bad training and
low pay. Gordon Brown, on the verge of announcing...
19 August 2004
More than 40 schools and early years settings across
Wales are due to start piloting the Foundation Phase for three- to
seven-year-olds next month. The new framework, which takes a...
19 August 2004
The Public and Commercial Services union has called for
a halt to planned cuts in Ofsted's funding and a 20 per cent reduction of
staff, following the BBC documentary 'Nurseries...
19 August 2004
A new service to help corporate organisations and
employers to keep up to date with childcare development opportunities is being
launched by 4Children at its conference called 'Childhood Matters' on...