14 October 2004
A radical vision of universal early years education and
childcare, published this week, would see parents making an average
contribution of 30 per cent of total costs instead of the...
14 October 2004
(Photograph) - Judges of the Heinemann and Nursery
World Childcare Student of the Year award toasted this year's winner, Catherine
Marlow (centre left), at a ceremony at the Early Years...
14 October 2004
Men will not work in the early years and childcare
sector unless they are invited, an international conference on the subject
concluded. The support group Men in Childcare held its...
14 October 2004
Entrepreneurs in the early years are being sought by
Ricochet South, makers of the Channel 4 television series 'Supernanny'. The
company is now producing a second series of 'Risking it...
14 October 2004
The lucky winner of £400of nursery equipment is
Judy Levinson, senior nursery officer at Clayhall Nursery in Ilford. The 11
products are all winners in the recent Nursery Equipment awards...
14 October 2004
(Photograph) - Children can help Polly put the kettle
on, wash clothes and do the ironing in an authentically reconstructed Victorian
kitchen at the Ragged School Museum in east London....
14 October 2004
Children's rights campaigners are staging a mass lobby
of Parliament on 26 October to press for an amendment to the Children Bill to
give children the same legal protection from...
14 October 2004
(Photograph) - Babies began their crawl through the
world of books at Broughty Ferry library in Dundee last month when the city
council launched its latest early reading campaign. Under...
14 October 2004
Members of the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA)
have voted in favour of changes to training requirements for childminders. A
resolution was passed at the SCMA conference in Perth last week...
14 October 2004
One of the most disadvantaged London boroughs is to
carry out an evaluation of its family support services in readiness for the
development of up to 15 children's centres. The...