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21 November Drama and movement through stories and songs

This week's columnist Pat Wills considers the value of amenities in an early years setting that bureaucrats would question The decision to place a marine fish tank in the entrance...

* Derek Mapp, founder of Leapfrog nurseries, has been appointed as chairman of Sport England, the organisation devoted to increasing participation in sport. He said, 'I am very pleased to...

* Douglas Hogg QC, MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, met with a local childminding group at its monthly meeting on 6 October as part of an event to celebrate...

* Several childminders and early years settings in Devon are celebrating the results of their recent Ofsted inspections. Nicky and Rebecca Edge from Teignmouth and Tracey Rouse and Carole Smith...

* Parents of children from Buttercups Childcare Services in Chatham, Kent, raised over £140 for Macmillan Cancer Relief in a Big Coffee Break on 29 September. The event organised by...

* Nursery chain Wind in the Willows has been sending nursery cooks on 'Safer Food, Better Business' courses run by the Environmental Health Department, in St Helens, holding healthy eating...

* A council-run scheme providing antenatal and postnatal advice in Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire, has celebrated its first anniversary. Kathy Siddle, teenage pregnancy officer with Warwickshire County Council, said, 'Since...

* Children at Castor and Ailsworth Playgroup, near Peterborough, are to benefit from a £175,000 grant as part of a deal allowing property developers to build 48 new homes in...

* Clare Lambert from Tonbridge, Kent, who gave up working as a paediatric nurse to launch Jo Jingle's children's music and singing classes, has been named one of the UK's...