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Well done to Sunderland nursery nurse Gina Smith for grasping the latest tool of democracy and putting a petition calling for national pay scales for nursery nurses and teaching assistants on the...
Are nannies about to become an endangered species? That is one interpretation that could be put on the Budget proposal last week that parents be eligible to claim childcare tax credit for registered...
There's a distinct end-of-term feeling about this week, with some very important Government initiatives hurrying into the open before everybody heads off on holiday. The long-delayed Youth Green Paper...
Education secretary Ruth Kelly attracted some positive attention last week when she declared that she was kindly disposed to considering the introduction of national pay scales for teaching assistants...
Principle * Providing activities based on first-hand experiences that encourage exploration, observation, problem solving, prediction, critical thinking, decision making and discussion (p82)
Is the end in sight for the recent boom in growth of nursery provision? A survey released last week, showing that capacity is significantly outstripping demand in private day nurseries, would seem to...
The research and thinking about infant development available to early years practitioners is highlighted by Jools Page and Cathy Nutbrown from the University of Sheffield's School of Education.
The Government's proposals to track pre-school children with parents in jail, on the grounds that they are at a higher risk of becoming criminals themselves, have been met with concern by childcare...
Penny Modena is currently waiting to hear whether she has passed the second half of her level 4 Certificate in Early Years Practice, through the Open University. If so, she will be gearing up to study...
We seem to be knee-deep in toys and resources promoting healthy eating and fitness at the moment. Which, of course, is no bad thing. You can find out more about some of these products on our news...