Found 37076 results for "?year_based=2008?orderBy=PublishedDate?ArticleTypes/Name=News|News?Tags/Name=Health|Families?page=1?pageSize=15"
The early years landscape is changing fast, with the past few years seeing the introduction of free nursery education for three-and four-year-olds, the Foundation Stage, Sure Start, and the Early...
Returning to the campaign trail after just two days' paternity leave following the birth of son Donald last week, Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy was said by the Independent to joke that 'he...
Scotland's proposals to ban all physical punishment of children under three and to prevent any children from suffering blows to the head, shaking and the use of implements are a considerable step...
The 'success story' of childminding networks does not match my own experience (News, 20 November). As a newly qualified childminder I have been told by my area's network co-ordinator that I will be...
All childcare providers are to receive a leaflet to put them in the picture about the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care. The leaflet, Care Regulation is Changing, explains that the...
Disquiet among teachers and early years practitioners over the transition between the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 has been noted in two reports for the Government.
The Scottish government has placed haggis on a list of restricted foods for nursery schools. New guidelines on nutrition (see News, page 6) recommend that under-fives eat the famous delicacy no more...
The Pre-School Learning Alliance wants to know about sources of stress through its Minds Matter Survey.
Nursery nurses are covering work usually done by health visitors because of a shortage of health visitors, says the Unite union.
Progress in improving the health of under-fives has ‘stalled’ in the last five years, particularly infant mortality and obesity, which is getting worse, according to findings from a new report.