In 2003, the national standards for under-eights daycare and childminding in England were repackaged with the Sure Start heading. But can anybody find any reference in these revised booklets to 'Birth...
More than 500 childcare places are to disappear with the demise of Scottish chain KidCare and the BBC's decision to phase out its workplace nurseries (see News, page 4). The two events, while...
Children's interests and developmental needs, in particular schemas, were key starting points for planning continuous provision within the toddler room created by the Warwickshire team.
I think that rather than calling the eight-page pull-out 'All About Painting and Drawing' (7 March), a good name for it would have been 'Art Torture for Tots'. What age group is the author of this...
Curious characters go out to encounter the world with surprising twists, in books reviewed by Alison Boyle RUGGLES. by Anne Fine and illustrated by Ruth Brown.
Childcare and children's literacy programmes in deprived areas should be in the front line to benefit from 105.5m funding awarded to Scotland's Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) for 2002-2004. The...
Extending the right to flexible working and increased maternity pay, worth an extra 1,400, were among family-friendly plans unveiled by the Government this week. The measures, first outlined in the...
DOING YOUR EARLY YEARS RESEARCH PROJECT: a step-by-step guide. By Guy Roberts-Holmes. (17.99, Paul Chapman). Reviewed by Nicola Gray, BA nursery management student This book goes through the whole...