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Hodge points the way for nursery schools
25 January 2001
Margaret Hodge sent out a clear message to
cash-strapped nursery schools last week that they would have to expand services
in order to earn their keep. Speaking at a London...
Four-year-old Jodie Mitchell is intrigued by the sundial
25 January 2001
(Photograph) - Four-year-old Jodie Mitchell is
intrigued by the sundial in the new garden area at Sighthill Primary School.
The Edinburgh school's central courtyard has been transformed into an outdoor...
Nursery schools outshine primary
25 January 2001
Nursery schools outperform primary schools even though
a significantly greater proportion of children in nursery school settings live
in difficult socio-economic circumstances, according to a Department for
Education and Employment...
In brief...Delegates from South
25 January 2001
Delegates from South Africa visited Northern Ireland
this month for ideas on helping children deal with social conflict. They took
part in a seminar entitled 'Transforming schools, transforming societies',
organised...
In brief...Childcare professionals
25 January 2001
Childcare professionals are being asked by the National
Asthma Campaign and the National Eczema Society to spend a week of the Easter
holidays and the summer with 40 children on...
Quote of the week
25 January 2001
'Learning to read or to write one's name at three is
not necessarily an indication of future academic potential. Einstein didn't
learn to read until he was seven' Sue Mardel,...
Children at St Cuthbert's Primary School in Glasgow are going bananas and satsumas, grapes and apples
25 January 2001
(Photograph) - Children at St Cuthbert's Primary School
in Glasgow are going bananas - and satsumas, grapes and apples - over healthy
eating in the Fruit Plus project being piloted...
Education Action Zones 'are failing'
25 January 2001
Education Action Zones are failing to live up to
Government expectations, a report by an influential think-tank has claimed.
Zones of contention, by the left-of-centre Institute for Public Policy
Research,...
National rules 'may limit rural childcare'
25 January 2001
National rules and regulations which have been
developed with urban settings in mind may constrict the growth of childcare
provision in rural areas, according to a report published by the...
