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* Our next half-term programme is set to include a 'Super Scooby-Doo Day'. The children will be cooking their own 'scooby snacks' in the form of biscuits. They'll be making 'puppy puppets' and, as the...
Proof of the strength of feeling against Key Stage 1 SATs has come in a survey for the National Union of Teachers (see News, page 9). More than nine out of ten teachers say they would support a...
A five-month consultation on the physical punishment of children in the home has begun in Northern Ireland. This latest consultation follows similar ones in England, Scotland and Wales. In Scotland...
Let all the children share in the fun of being in water next time you make a trip to the swimming pool by playing these team games, as explained by Lynne Garner This collection of games will ensure...
Traditional show and tell sessions, if handled sensitively, can do wonders for children's confidence, writes Alison Boyle Show and Tell sessions can be a time when children are given the opportunity...
Of all the areas of childcare, it is probably childminding that has changed the most over the years since the National Childcare Strategy was introduced. And it is the childminding networks that have...
Two reports highlighting the abrupt transition that children undergo when moving from reception class to Key Stage 1, from play-based learning to a more formal approach, will be welcomed by early...
Group games are generally very popular. The children at Miranda Walker's clubs recently picked these as their top five favourities. TAILS
The Early Years Foundation Stage is the subject of a new 'Direction of Travel' paper from the Department for Education and Skills setting out the Government's vision for the EYFS and giving details of...
Views of what counts as maths are changing. Linda Pound examines whether revisions to this area of learning and development match up.