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Use these tips as a starting point for developing effective communication with your customers (parents, children and external agencies) - commuincation is a vital staff skill in early years...
Changes in the way that the National Health Service's childcare strategy is funded could threaten what has so far been a roaring success story. <B>Simon Vevers</B> investigates
Charities for families and disabled children have spoken out against the Government's plans to limit the rise to benefits and tax credits to 1 per cent, ahead of the second reading of the welfare bill...
Asquith Court and Kidsunlimited, two of the UK's largest chains, are to merge and form a new company, the Nursery Years Group, making them the second-largest group in the UK in terms of number of...
I am studying for a Diploma in Childcare and Education, and am also qualified as a special needs classroom assistant. I have worked as both a special needs classroom assistant and a general classroom...
The pre-school movement is staging a comeback with moves to empower parents and extend services. <STRONG> Catherine Gaunt </STRONG> reports on its new campaign
The extension of the nursery education grant for three- and four-year-olds, from 33 to 38 weeks a year from 1 April, should, on the face of it, be good news for non-maintained providers. But examine...
Question time Each morning we set up a question on our question table and display board for the children to answer, with their parent or carer, by placing their name card in a 'yes' or 'no' container.
I was perturbed to read in the feature 'Put in the shade' (10 April) that it 'takes four years to train a teacher, while childcare staff can train on the job'. This is incorrect. Although there are...
Ateam from the Institute of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University has won a Government contract to design and deliver training to support the implementation of the Birth to Three Matters...