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OBSERVING, EVALUATING & DEVELOPING AREAS OF PROVISION The nursery environment provides the context for children's play and learning and should be responsive to the particular needs and interests of children...

The new Professional Nanny of the Year is Gillian Taft. At a gala dinner last month she was presented the crystal trophy as the third winner of the award created...

You can't always get what you want - but be patient, says Helen Kewley Summer, followed by the start of the school term, is traditionally the busiest time of year...

Not feeling well but still have to work? Jan Hurst offers tips for soldiering on Colds, PMT, hangovers or simply feeling below par can wreak havoc on your working day...

Take the children on a walk and come home equipped for artistic creations with a resource you can pick off the ground, as Hilary White shows Autumn is here and...

(Photograph) - Harry Matthews, three, and nursery manager Hayley Tyson of Coneygarth Farm Day Nursery get a beginner's guide to using their new Toshiba laptop and management software from Chris...

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver said he is 'bored with being polite' about parents who fill their children's lunchboxes with junk food. The Daily Mail quoted Jamie's scathing remarks made at...

Early years experts have welcomed revised guidance on the future of nursery schools, but warn that enforceable action is needed to prevent more closures. The revised advice from the DfES...

Plans for eliminating discrimination, fostering good race relations and promoting equality of opportunity in the schools, nurseries and other institutions that Ofsted inspects or regulates have been published by Ofsted...

A Government package aimed at improving pay and conditions for working mothers was launched by Ruth Kelly, communities secretary, on Monday, in response to a report in February by the...