By Tessa Drury, honorary secretary of the Playgroup Network Friday 18 July was the closing date for the Sure Start consultation looking at improving the regulation of childcare in England. We wonder...
A 'year of outside learning' kicks off next month for nurseries in the London borough of Hounslow as the local authority distributes 3.5m to private, voluntary and maintained early years settings to...
There is a wide variation in the quality of care for the youngest children in Neighbourhood Nurseries, according to the latest DfES evaluation of the scheme. It found that 'on the whole' the...
Two children's centre nurseries in the London borough of Southwark are set to close because the council says there is no longer a need for places.
Settings are turning away children with SEND because providing the paperwork to access funding has become too burdensome, says Catherine McLeod of charity Dingley's Promise
The wealth of information at our fingertips has its uses, but too much data and opinion can make us lose focus on what matters, says Michael Pettavel
Expand children's conception of pattern by exploring the design and repetition in actions and events, writes Lena Engel A pattern can consist of colours, shapes, objects or events that occur in a...
Thinking back to my own childhood, my strongest memories of a fascination with colour come from my much beloved paint box. Words like Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Crimson and Ultramarine were not only...