Editor's view
2 June 2005
'Training the trainers' has become something of a buzz
phrase of late, and it is likely to stay on everyone's lips as the drive to
reform the early years workforce...
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Crisis to worsen for NVQ assessment
2 June 2005
The shortage of NVQ assessors in early years and
playwork has reached 'crisis point' in some parts of England and training
providers are concerned that it will get worse when...
Walk to School Week
2 June 2005
(Photograph) - After starting the day with a healthy
'walker's breakfast', children from Pooh Corner Kindergarten, in the London
borough of Kensington and Chelsea, were ready to take part in...
Babies boosted by tuned-in mothers
2 June 2005
A mother's understanding of how her baby ticks is a
better way of predicting her child's future development than how much money she
has or her social background, according to...
Three year-old Isabella Williams
2 June 2005
(Photograph) - Three year-old Isabella Williams from
Pinderfields General Hospital Nursery in West Yorkshire celebrates the joys of
eating fruit by wearing a colourfully-decorated apple hat on Fruity Friday day...
Media watch
2 June 2005
The tabloids were in uproar last week when it emerged
that three sisters from Derby, aged 12, 14 and 16, had given birth within
months of each other. The Sun...
Work-life measures are called toothless
2 June 2005
Government plans to give mothers the right to transfer
their maternity leave and pay to fathers lack 'teeth', a leading work-life
balance campaign organisation said last week. Responding to the...
Teaching unions are lobbying the Government
2 June 2005
Teaching unions are lobbying the Government to amend
the current regulations that do not allow teachers in England and Wales to
sacrifice some of their salary for the £50-a-week tax-free...
Children's charity 4Children
2 June 2005
Children's charity 4Children and Coram Family's
Listening to Young Children Training and Development Service have been
nominated to win major awards at the prestigious Charity Awards 2005 in London
on...
All schools should provide listening and counselling services
2 June 2005
All schools should provide listening and counselling
services, says the NSPCC, following a new report revealing that children who
are abused before the age of five are almost three times...
