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The first nanny in a pioneering scheme to give nannies professional recognition has gained her accreditation on the Channel Island of Jersey. Lynn McAneny, who gained her NNEB 14 years...

Teaching unions say that the Government's drive for extended schools, with expanding after-school provision and breakfast clubs, may put children at risk unless more stringent employment safeguards for all staff...

Children become the victims, directly or indirectly, of violence by their parents in the home. Mary Evans looks at what early years practitioners can do in a tense family situation...

Early years settings need to cater for the rapid development from baby to toddler, says Lena Engel, in the first of a two-part series on organising space and resources During...

The documentation carried out by early years practitioners has been undergoing a redefinition as it is used as a tool for understanding young children's learning Terms such as 'assessment', 'observation',...

It is tempting for early years practitioners to stick to traditional 'recording' and document only the skills and knowledge that are easy to assess and ascertain in a child, such...

The skill of the educator lies not only in knowing how to support children through their learning experiences, but also how to observe, document and interpret the learning process, and...

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In a setting where documenting children's learning processes is valued and respected as a 'teaching tool', the whole staff, parents and the children themselves participate in the process. The key...

It is easy to produce volumes of observations and discs full of photographs but not have the time to interpret or process them so that they may be used productively...