Much emphasis is put on academic achievement, but how do we support each child to become a person? Marion Dowling begins a three-part series
In a letter to all parents of young children, Dr Raj Thakkar offers some guidance on both common and more serious medical conditions, what symptoms to look out for, and how to treat them
More children now grow up with two or more languages, but how can you help them learn? Penny Tassoni offers some advice.
Concerns about wide variations in the quality of candidates getting NVQs could increase with new funding methods, as Mary Evans reports National Vocational Qualifications were designed to equip the...
There are real benefits to using locally grown food all year round, as Snapdragons' Mary Llewellin explains.
A new series on communication skills and good early years practice is launched by Helen Moylett.
Understanding how young children think is crucial to good practice. In the first of a new series, early years consultant Marion Dowling explores why.
A two-year-old girl has died after choking on a sausage during lunch at a nursery.
The foundation for learning is the physical readiness nurtured by carers in the years before a child starts school, writes Sally Goddard Blythe.