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Around one in five retired grandparents contribute towards their adult children's childcare costs
14 December 2006
Around one in five retired grandparents contribute
towards their adult children's childcare costs, according to a survey by Mutual
Assurance. Among working grandparents, 18 per cent subsidise childcare.
Correction
14 December 2006
Two-thirds of children do not like walking outside
alone because of a fear of strangers, researchers from the University of
Birmingham suggest. Surveying 473 children aged between nine and 11-years-old,...
Shape test points to adult success
14 December 2006
The ability of young children to accurately copy shapes
and patterns has proved 'highly predictive' of subsequent educational and
career success, according to new research. The findings from the Centre...
Education minister for Wales, Jane Davidson
14 December 2006
Education minister for Wales, Jane Davidson, officially
opened the £1.5m integrated centre at Hollybush Primary School in
Torfaen. Services at the centre, in a building made from sustainable wood,
include...
Nurseries 'can halt obesity'
14 December 2006
Early years and childcare settings are to receive
guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) on how they
can play a part in combating childhood obesity. The NICE...
Call for better-informed FS inspections
14 December 2006
Ofsted inspectors 'must support' the development of
appropriate early years practice in the Foundation Stage (FS), a leading early
years figure declared last week. Bernadette Duffy, head of Thomas Coram...
Dad's Funday at Moat House Children's Centre in Coventry
14 December 2006
(Photograph) - Father and son spend some quality time
together at a special Dad's Funday at Moat House Children's Centre in Coventry.
To help men feel more comfortable at stay-and-play...
Child benefit before birth is welcomed
14 December 2006
Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report extending
child benefit to mothers-to-be from week 29 of their pregnancy will help
low-income working families who do not qualify for the Sure Start Maternity...
New support centre gets the go-ahead
14 December 2006
The National Day Nurseries Association has secured
funding for the building of a new National Early Years Enterprise Centre in
Huddersfield which should be up and running next year. Chief...
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