Editor's view
2 November 2006
This year's Foundation Stage Profile results make
depressing but predictable reading (see News, page 4). Once again the lowest
scores were in communication, language and literacy (CL&L), with boys faring...
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Pay 'is not the answer'
2 November 2006
Childcare organisations have reacted with anger to a
report by the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) that says that
increased rates of pay are not key to improving recruitment and...
Media watch
2 November 2006
A fancy dress shop developed a tracking device for
costumes just in time for Halloween. For £500 parents can monitor their
child's trick-or-treat route on their home computer using global...
Tell Tale Hearts Theatre Company
2 November 2006
(Photograph) - Grace Sanderson and Katie Farrell are
roped into a tug-of-war with members of the Tell Tale Hearts Theatre Company in
the interactive show 'Beneath the Waves' at the...
LDA to fund small employer nurseries
2 November 2006
A £16.8m national scheme to set up workplace
nurseries in small and medium-sized businesses is to be managed by the London
Development Agency (LDA), children's minister Beverley Hughes announced last...
Chillin' Thursdays group
2 November 2006
One-year-old Naomi Blackie gets a hand from her mother
Michelle decorating cakes at the Chillin' Thursdays group which meets once a
week at Hollybrush Primary School in Bramley, Leeds. The...
Fewer children are reaching the ELGs
2 November 2006
Results for the Foundation Stage Profile show the
number of children 'working securely' within the Early Learning Goals has
dropped for a second year. In the provisional statistics for 2006...
Play policy advances on two fronts
2 November 2006
Play policy has been taken forward around the UKwith
the implementation of Scotland's first playwork and education strategy and the
launch of a consultation into play policy by Northern Ireland's...
Learning Country goes into action for second stage
2 November 2006
A strategic plan for education from now until 2010
unveiled by the Welsh Assembly aims to support children and their families from
the earliest years. 'The Learning Country: Vision into...
Bob Wilson last week opened the Archway Children's Centre in north London
2 November 2006
(Photograph) - Former Arsenal goalkeeper and BBC
'Grandstand' presenter Bob Wilson last week opened the Archway Children's
Centre in north London, which will offer around 550 under-fives and their
families...
