Teaching unions and early years organisations told the Government last week that its plans to reform SATs and place greater importance on teacher assessment at Key Stage 1 in England were welcome but...
New draft guidance urges hospital staff and GPs to treat children and adults with symptoms of ‘life-threatening’ sepsis within one hour.
Hatch some new ideas and understanding with more activities for the Foundation Stage by Carolyn Price, here concentrating on nests, eggs and feathers Activity 1
Recruitment and training issues shadowed the Government's revelations of plans for its Sure Start unit, which is overseeing work in early years, childcare and Sure Start in England. At a conference in...
Two leading charities campaigning for improved work-life balance, Parents At Work and New Ways to Work, have merged to form a new pressure group, Working Families. At its launch in London last...
* All children born after 1 September 2002 are to receive a cash sum on their seventh birthday from the Government. The Treasury said last week that the Child Trust Fund or 'baby bond', which...
Early years staff will find it easier to empathise with distressed children and their families if they are emotionally literate, say members of the Camden Early Years Intervention Team One of the most...
This project recognises that: * settings should be constantly resourced and organised in such a way as to offer learning opportunities across all areas of the Foundation Stage curriculum
More than 25 years since their debut, what opportunities do ECS degrees offer today? By Dr Tanya Richardson, vice chair of the Early Childhood Studies Degree Network