22 June 2006
Childcare campaigners are calling on the Scottish
Executive to publish the delayed early years workforce review, after an inquiry
found that the 'single most important factor' in improving quality across...
22 June 2006
A not-for-profit voluntary training organisation has
taken on the running of a 50-place nursery and children's centre in one of the
most disadvantaged wards in Birmingham. Enta Training People began...
22 June 2006
The nursery group Wind in the Willows has put four of
its neighbourhood nurseries up for sale. The chain currently has 17
neighbourhood nurseries offering 1,113 places.
22 June 2006
Play areas should be made 'as safe as necessary, not as
safe as possible', according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Accidents (RoSPA). Speaking at RoSPA's International Play...
22 June 2006
(Photograph) - Children wear traditional Guatemalan
clothing while listening to stories told by Sandie Cook at the Weston Discovery
Centre in Liverpool.Drop-in storytelling sessions have been among the events
marking...
22 June 2006
Children tend to inherit their preferences for
protein-rich foods like meat and fish from their parents, while their
environment is more likely to determine a taste for fruit and vegetables,...
22 June 2006
This week's columnist Pat Wills says it's time to take
the pressure off parents and let them enjoy being with their children Don't
hurry. Don't worry. Be sure to stop...
22 June 2006
* Essex County Council's Early Years and Childcare
Service celebrated its first-ever Recognising Success awards to coincide with
the start of National Sure Start Week. Keeley Hogben, who owns and...
22 June 2006
* A 400-acre dairy farm-cum-day nursery was honoured
with a prestigious award at the Devon County Show for its diverse and thriving
family- run businesses. Thorne Manor Day Nursery and...
22 June 2006
* Winners at the Hertfordshire Childcare Awards
included Catherine Fraser of Wheathampstead Playgroup in the Early Years and
Childcare category and Denise Deadman from Chaulden Junior School in the Out...
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