Early years practitioners need to know how to deal with a child who has diabetes, says Jody Blake, information manager at Wellchild.
There is still a lack of awareness about colour-blindness and its effects on children's learning, according to campaigner Kathryn Albany-Ward.
By Mary Dickins, early years consultant (All Together Consultancy/London Met. University)
Should four-year-olds walk to nursery alone? Ruth Beattie looks at the surprising attitude to safety in Switzerland, and asks whether we could learn from it in this country
With children of mixed parentage becoming a larger proportion of the UK population, early years practitioners must avoid making assumptions, says Annette Rawstrone.
Ways to incorporate safety issues in health awareness are considered by Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and Gill Roberts.
The adopting process should be getting easier, but some barriers are hard to shift, writes Laura Marcus.
How ‘A Better Start’ is improving outcomes for children in Blackpool, Bradford, Southend, Nottingham and Lambeth. By Charlotte Goddard
Nursery World's Nursery of the Year 2014, Manor House Nursery School in Margate, combines strong community and family links with excellent practice. Ruth Thomson went to visit.
In the first instalment in a new series on the integrated review, Dr Kay Mathieson looks at why the process is a key opportunity to improve relationships with parents and carers.
