14 September 2006
(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...
14 September 2006
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...
14 September 2006
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...
14 September 2006
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...
14 September 2006
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...
14 September 2006
The Asco Little Housecompetition which ran in Nursery
World on 20 and 27 July attracted more than 250 entries. The lucky winner of
the transportable sensory house is Deborah Vanes...
14 September 2006
Adventure playgrounds across London are being forced to
cut staff and reduce services by shortfalls in funding. Disabled children's
charity Kids, which runs eight adventure playgrounds across the capital, has...
14 September 2006
Pregnant mothers and parents of children under two will
be offered parenting support based on children's centres as part of a
Government plan to tackle poverty and families deemed to...
14 September 2006
Childcare students at a further and higher education
college in Kent are to receive free iPods so they can review lectures via audio
podcasts - but only once they prove...
14 September 2006
New guidance on the use of phonics will be issued in
October to England's teachers and practitioners in the Primary Framework for
literacy and mathematics, as part of a £37m...