20 January 2005
The impact of formal education on three- to
five-year-olds is one of the General Teaching Council for Scotland's priority
research topics in its 2005-2006 Teacher Researcher Programme. To participate
in...
20 January 2005
A briefing paper that looks at parents, children and
young people as consumers of education has been produced by the Scottish
Consumer Council. The paper emphasises that many of the...
20 January 2005
Children under eight should not use mobile phones
because of the potential risk of adverse health effects, a leading expert
warned last week. Sir William Stewart, chair of the National...
20 January 2005
The innovative partnership of a primary school and a
Primary Care Trust is helping children from a deprived area of London have a
healthier start in life. Each week children...
20 January 2005
The official launch of the Child Trust Fund has sparked
a battle between banks to secure custom from parents. The Sunday Times reported
that Barclays is giving away a free...
20 January 2005
Labour's new saving and investment plan for children
was officially launched last week by Chancellor Gordon Brown. Over the next few
months, Britain's two million children born on or after...
20 January 2005
The withdrawal of the Children's Fund in Northern
Ireland in 2006 will jeopardise more than a hundred programmes aimed at
vulnerable children, leading children's charities warned last week. Barnardo's
Northern...
20 January 2005
Comparison of sadness, anger, and fear facial
expressions when toddlers look at their mothers Research suggests sad
expressions may be more beneficial to children than other emotions. Facial
expressions associated...
20 January 2005
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell asks whether the
spirit of Sure Start is safe in the Government's hands Why should we believe
Margaret Hodge? Why should the childcare community, both...
20 January 2005
(Photograph) - Scooby-Doo made a guest appearance at
Bolingbroke Out of School Care in Battersea, London, to present a cheque for
£5,500 to the 4Children Come and Play music project...
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