Amid criticism of the proposed Early Learning Goals, Meredith Jones Russell finds out how the European BRIC project put community at the heart of learning experiences
The importance of family and genuine links to the community and beyond. By Professor Tina Bruce and Yellow Dot’s Jane Dyke
According to the Daycare Trust report Childcare in the Community: Community Nurseries in England (June 2000) there were 256 community nurseries in England and the majority of them were based in the...
With subsidised fees, community nurseries are able to make childcare more accessible. But they need secure funding, says Anne Wiltsher
Thirty children's centres could be created by March 2006 from a combination of new and existing provision under plans by Lancashire County Council. New buildings housing seven children's centres are...
A community childcare centre has opened in Aspatria, Cumbria, with help from a Sure Start grant. Aspatria Community Childcare will be run in partnership with Richmond Hill Primary School, and will...
UNDERSTANDING EARLY YEARS THEORY IN PRACTICE. Maureen Daly, Elisabeth Byers, Wendy Taylor. (Heinemann, 16.99, 0435402137, 01865 888000) Reviewed by Pat Wills, head teacher at Claremont Community...
Good practice Meeting the minimum standards is no longer enough for settings to keep customers loyal and stay ahead of the growing competition within the early years sector
A three-year place-based learning project helped children to locate themselves in the community and wider world, says Will Coleman.
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...