18 January 2007
Three nursery staff who were suspended following
allegations of abusing children have been reinstated in their jobs. Wee Rascals
Nursery in Aberdeenshire complied with an improvement notice issued by the...
18 January 2007
A revised strategy to reduce child poverty is to be set
out by the Department for Work and Pensions in response to recommendations made
by the Govern- ment's child poverty...
18 January 2007
An animation DVD featuring vehicles with human faces
has helped a group of autistic children make significant improvements in their
ability to identify emotions such as anger, surprise or sadness....
18 January 2007
A specialist dietitian has been appointed to give
training and guidance to private and voluntary nurseries as part of a new
multi-agency childhood obesity strategy developed by South Tyneside PCT....
18 January 2007
Tinies Childcare, one of the country's biggest nanny
and childcare staff agencies, is expanding into teacher recruitment for primary
and secondary schools. For a trial period, the company is offering...
18 January 2007
(Photograph) - Time is running out to register for I
CAN's annual Chatterbox Challenge, running from 5 to 11 February. This year's
event to raise funds for children with speech...
18 January 2007
The latest findings from the long-term study Effective
Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) are expected to be released before
Easter. The EPPE 3-11 study extends the original project by tracking...
18 January 2007
Early years providers who fail to pay their staff the
national minimum wage (NMW) could face stiff fines and a criminal record under
a new Government crackdown on employers flouting...
18 January 2007
An assessment of the children's centre programme based
on visits to centres around the country points up what it may need to succeed.
Simon Vevers reports The clock is ticking....
18 January 2007
Help children investigate their own signs of life with
activities from Pat Brunton and Linda Thornton The natural world, with its vast
diversity of living things, both plants and animals,...
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