Providing the 15 hours and responding to the changing needs of parents has, as this column has shown, required much effort by settings to transform their business, workforce, and sometimes premises....
The New Community Schools approach, which encourages the provision of integrated services focused on the needs of the child, is to be rolled out across 16 local authorities. Minister for education and...
A leading academic has urged childcare providers in the voluntary and private sectors to make the case for what they have to offer Scotland's New Community Schools (NCS) initiative. Professor Eric...
The Government has named the 15 local authorities in England that will pilot free childcare for two-year-olds from this month. Education secretary Ruth Kelly revealed more details of the pilots on...
(Photograph) - Children from Hampstead Community Centre Playscheme worked with a professional artist last week at the London International Gallery of Children's Art to launch a Daycare Trust...
'1 2 3, Where are you?' is a hide-and-seek safety game that we play on every visit to the woodland. Initially an adult will hide and the whole group will find them. Over time the groups hiding (with...
The Nursery and Early Years Community, part of the Talking Heads online community for headteachers, is developing discussion on a wide range of subjects. Discussions in small or large groups or open...
Happy Days Nursery in Lyde Green, Bristol has opened a children’s community library – based outside the setting and next to the local primary school and community centre.
Sunscreen with a protective factor of SPF 15 is not strong enough to protect children and adults against sunburn and the risk of skin cancer, a medical journal has warned.