10 May 2001
The issue of nursery nurses' pay is filling our news
pages once again this week. In Glasgow, Unison members are taking to the
streets later this month in support of...
10 May 2001
Registerd childminders are to be allowed by the
Government to smack the children in their care and to smoke in their presence
with parental permission, under the national standards for...
10 May 2001
'What sort of country are we that pays the people who
look after our children at this most delicate and important stage £7,000
a year? We must as a Government...
10 May 2001
(Photograph) - Schools minister Jacqui Smith (right)
made bread with pupils at Ennersdale Primary School in the London borough of
Lewisham and announced a £2.2m package to boost food education...
10 May 2001
Members of the public sector union Unison are to take
to the streets in Glasgow on 19 May to launch a campaign to increase and
standardise the pay of nursery...
10 May 2001
Four-year-old Mungo Carswell gazes in awe at 'The
Beacon' by Allan Watson, one of 13 sculptures to form a trail in Tyrebagger
Forest outside Aberdeen. The trail is now the...
10 May 2001
The low rate of pay in childcare is the key to its
current low status in society, according to a report by the Daycare Trust. All
our futures: Putting childcare...
10 May 2001
Parents and children are being urged to walk to school
during the week of 21 to 25 May as part of an annual Walk to School event.
Brian Smith, chairman...