17 August 2006
The Scottish Executive has put up for consultation its
ambitious plans for Scotland's early years workforce, with new management
qualifications, higher numbers of graduate-level staff and a single
qualifications framework...
17 August 2006
Nursery owners in Kent campaigning against the new
rules for the nursery education grant (NEG) for three- and four-year-olds have
launched a new association and website aimed at raising awareness...
17 August 2006
All nursery managers in Scotland will be required to
study for a degree-level qualification by 2011, the Scottish Executive has
revealed in its long-awaited response to the early years workforce...
17 August 2006
Thomas the Tank Engine inspired a five-year-old boy to
take himself on a 60-mile journey in search of his hero, reported The Guardian.
Ben Ford, who is autistic, sprinted half...
17 August 2006
Parents are being given the chance to produce a
business plan outlining how their children's threatened nursery can survive
without losing money. Child's Play Nursery, a council-run unit attached to...
17 August 2006
Only 4 per cent of nurseries in Wales offer
Welsh-medium education, while just 8 per cent provide fully bilingual services,
according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association...
17 August 2006
Pilot schemes to introduce the teaching of foreign
languages in primary schools are proving such a success that the majority of
pupils at the 1,400 primary schools in England that...
17 August 2006
Groups of young people aged 11 to 20 who have made a
special contribution to their community this year are being invited to enter
the Philip Lawrence Awards. The annual...
17 August 2006
A shortage of nutritional and dietary information for
those working with one- to three-year-olds has been highlighted in a survey of
healthcare and early years professionals. Research agency TNS Healthcare...
17 August 2006
(Photograph) - Five-year-old Rhian McKenzie and
seven-year-old Kim Haley conjured up a magical world of pixies, elves, wizards
and spells during the Teeny Boppers dance and creative movement workshop as...
