9 June 2005
'Mothers find babies a big yawn', claimed The Times,
reporting a survey by Mother and Baby magazine which found that new mothers now
get just three-and-a-half hours of sleep a...
9 June 2005
New European funding is set to provide a lifeline to 36
out-of-school clubs in Northern Ireland. PlayBoard, an organisation that
supports voluntary out-of-school clubs, had warned last month that more...
9 June 2005
(Photograph) - Performance artists Sinead Rushe and Guy
Dartnell mimic one-year-old Ra'eesah Seedat in a unique performance at Lodge
Primary School in West Bromwich. 'Oogly Boogly' sets 12- to 18-month-old...
9 June 2005
A groundbreaking pilot scheme seeking the most
effective ways to involve fathers in early years settings has been launched by
the Pre-School Learning Alliance. Following on from its research published...
9 June 2005
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell thinks we should
call time on the Government's idea of working hours New Labour is dead... but
the evidence that it is alive and well...
9 June 2005
* Building work has finished on a new £1.3m
neighbourhood nursery in Wolverhampton. The 48-place Blakenhall Neighbourhood
Nursery is three storeys high, with the top floor reserved for community
meetings....
9 June 2005
* Children in Marshgate, North Cornwall, celebrated the
total refurbishment of their pre-school facility with a spring fair on 28 May.
The childcare centre, which has been open for six...
9 June 2005
* Asquith Nurseries celebrated the official opening of
its nursery at Wolverton Mill in Milton Keynes on 27 May. Wolverton Mill was
part of the four-strong chain of Kinderstart Day...
9 June 2005
* Three new children's centres have been given the
go-ahead by the Cabinet Committee in the London Borough of Greenwich: Cardwell
School in Woolwich costing £936,000 and providing 22 nursery...
9 June 2005
* A new purpose-built nursery for children aged six
months to five years opened at a Sure Start Children's Centre in Clayton, East
Manchester, on 3 May. The facility will...