The Early Years Foundation Stage was endorsed by Montessori leaders at the launch of the organisation's guidance booklets for practitioners last week.
There are different factors to bear in mind when choosing a camera. Damien Demolder puts you in the picture Traditional commonsense says the best place for a nursery-age child is in front of the...
A cabinet minister for children should be appointed to oversee policy and strategy for child health and fitness across all departments, a cross-party group of MPS and peers has said.
(Photograph) - Senior nursery manager Liz Bunyan and nursery nurse Emma McVey of nursery chain Child Base pause for breath after running the New York marathon on 5 November. They raised 15,000 for...
By Kathy Sylva, professor in educational psychology at Oxford University, from her speech to the North of England conference in Bridlington earlier this month In the days before early childhood...
The principles that should underpin putting the Early Years Foundation Stage into practice are set out by Julie Fisher in this excerpt from the revised edition of Starting from the Child.
Two million British children now live in families where no parent has a job, according to a new report which warns that poverty is growing in more affluent areas.
Britain needs 'a cohesive strategy' to reach the UK's poorest and most vulnerable children, the charity Barnardo's said last week. At the start of its four-week 'Silver Spoons' advertisement campaign,...
When nurseries tell parents to keep their child away because of behavioural incidents, are they failing in their duties under the EYFS? Pat Gordon-Smith argues for greater clarity.
I loved the cover photo on the 22 June issue of Nursery World, which showed librarian Chris Barber reading a book to children at Sunshine Library in Wakefield. It has been a real inspiration to me. I...
