2 December 2004
Childminders plan to lobby the Government to protect
their jobs from the advent of the extended schools programme. Delegates to the
National Childminding Association's annual conference and AGM in Scarborough...
2 December 2004
The National Day Nurseries Association has launched a
policy paper calling for day nurseries to play a full part in the development
of universal childcare. Day nurseries: good business for...
2 December 2004
* The National Children's Bureau has produced three
guides as support materials for the Birth to Three Matters training programme.
The subjects are: working with young children from minority ethnic...
2 December 2004
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says we need to
be shocked again at how many children are homeless. There are memorable moments
in our history when knowing something changes something....
2 December 2004
(Photograph) - Hardworking practitioners enjoy a
Slumber Stories workshop run by Moyra Boland at the Glasgow Early Years and
Primary Teaching Exhibition on 19-20 November, sponsored by Nursery World
Scotland....
2 December 2004
11 January Boosting sentence construction and
punctuation in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
2 December 2004
The large nursery chains could have a lot to offer the
drive for children's centres, but some are wary after their experience with
neighbourhood nurseries. Simon Vevers reports When the...
2 December 2004
It seems like simple stuff, says Lena Engel, but even a
universal play resource like gloop presents practitioners with issues to
consider Asubstance that is runny and squishy, mucky and...
2 December 2004
By Mandi Trout, Forest School team leader at the
Bridgwater College Children's Centre, an Early Excellence Centre All fired
up
2 December 2004
The Forest School ethos focuses on individual effort
and achievement but its practice applies across the Foundation Stage and the
curriculum Forest Schools are springing up across the UK. In...