25 October 2001
The next two months is the high season for festivals,
with Divali, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hanukkah and Christmas all jostling for space in the
nursery celebrations programme - there'll be cards, claypots...
25 October 2001
Childcare staff in England have been told 'not to
panic' following the compilation of a list of 'historic' childcare
qualifications to assist Ofsted inspectors when they visit early years
settings....
25 October 2001
(Photograph) - Four-year-old Rebecca Smith gives Winnie
the Pooh a birthday kiss to help 'the bear with very little brain' celebrate
his 75th birthday. People in the village of Hartfield,...
25 October 2001
Nearly half a million children with disabilities and
special needs are missing out on a childcare places, according to a report
published last week by the childcare charity Daycare Trust....
25 October 2001
Angry Leicestershire parents whose three-year-old
children are set to lose their childcare places from January - after the local
council underestimated demand for provision - are to deliver a petition...
25 October 2001
A schools and counselling service for Northern Ireland
schoolchildren was launched last week by the National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) as part of its Full...
25 October 2001
'Children today inhabit a different world. We grew up
in a literary environment, but now children think visually because of
television and video games. My books are written for a...
25 October 2001
(Photograph) - The Asquith Court Nursery in Sidcup,
Kent, held its fifth birthday party and invited all 45 children aged from birth
up to five in its care. The partygoers...