22 November 2007
To improve the quality of early years care and education, the New Zealand government is starting with an ambitious plan to raise the qualifications of the workforce. Annette Rawstrone hears...
22 November 2007
'By making the education and care of young children a top priority for public spending, New Zealand has joined that select group of nations which can offer high-quality, affordable childcare...
22 November 2007
Testing children on reading at age six would be a step backwards.
22 November 2007
The trouble with the Early Years Foundation Stage is that it ends too soon, says Pat Wills.
22 November 2007
I am passionate about health visiting because it has a positive impact on children and their families.
22 November 2007
Men don't go into childcare due to the really poor pay. I went out with a man who did the NNEB and then went into social work because he just...
22 November 2007
Parents can be assured about what an early years setting has to offer their special needs child by a new inclusion stamp. Karen Faux finds out how.
22 November 2007
In October the Government launched a new strategy to support children with wide-ranging special needs.
22 November 2007
Staging their own shows brought out the best in children whether performing, accompanying or observing, for a project described by their nursery manager Cheryl Cusack.