How assessment could change for the better from September. By Dr Julian Grenier, who led on the revised EYFS guidance
It's all go in the private nursery sector with nursery chains continuing to consolidate and purchase other groups. Following the publication of the last Nursery Chains supplement in June we had to...
* We have ten copies of the Dear Zoo 25th anniversary edition (Campbell Books, 4.99, ISBN 0230015255) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or...
Misunderstandings about the nature of extended schools seem to abound- that they involve keeping children cooped up in school for a mandatory 10 hours a day, or that teachers will be working as...
In the final part of this series, Ann Marie Christian sets out the changes to social work from an early years perspective, and looks at the controversies
Take the children to an after-school club or start your own, as Jan Hurst suggests in the last of our series on organised activities Encouraging the child in your charge to join a club, after school...
The drive to improve the level of qualifications in the early years and childcare sector is welcome indeed, and the need to have level 3 staff in supervisory positions under the national care...
The debate over the pros and cons of the Early Years Foundation Stage continues to rage in these pages and elsewhere - see our Letters (page 17) and In My View (this page), for a start.
Why is touch so important for babies and young children? Because it is linked to healthy physical and emotional development, Anne O’Connor explains
Most of us would say that involving children in making decisions about things that affect them is a great idea. But it's easier said than done, and too often early years staff pay only lip service to...