The Early Years National Training Organisation (NTO) is preparing to submit for approval details of its review of the national occupational standards. Its proposals outlining the work it wants to...
Two million British children now live in families where no parent has a job, according to a new report which warns that poverty is growing in more affluent areas.
The north-east will be the first region in Britain to develop a collaborative Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) for childcare. The CoVE in Playwork and Early Years north-east is being led by...
- A study of the association between children's access to drinking water in primary schools and their fluid intake: can water be 'cool' in school?
Are we getting any closer to understanding childhood obesity? And what should early years practitioners be doing to help prevent it? Professor Pinki Sahota offers expert advice.
For children's sake, it's important that adults agree what words mean.
Giving children choices about how they see themselves is the cornerstone of good practice Children acquire information about themselves as they grow into the roles that await them. The relationships...
Take advantage of the application of D&T in the world around us to let children build on learning experiences From birth, children are surrounded by objects that have been designed and made - the...