The new Sector Skills Council that will bring together those working in early years as well as children's social care was named last week as the Social Care, Children and Young People's Sector Skills...
If you're planning an accident awareness campaign you might want to take a look at the Dangerspot series of books. All the titles involve a group of animal friends that include Harey a 'hare-brained...
Nursery World readers can win one of five copies of the first video/DVD of 'The Cramp Twins'. Wayne and Lucien Cramp can't agree on anything. Wayne is big and bossy while Lucien is small and shy. They...
Edited by Marie Zaphirious Woods and Inge-Martine Pretorius (Routledge, 20.99, ISBN: 978-0-415-4860-8)
Child health assessment at school entry (CHASE) project: evaluation in 10 London primary schools The CHASE questionnaire was developed to capture the multiple dimensions of the health of children in...
Edinburgh Council has produced rigorous guidelines on use of pictures of children on school websites. Photographs of children up to Primary 5 should only be used if the children are not identifiable,...
How do the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) work in practice? Alexander Fetani, of the Early Years Alliance* has the answers to ten commonly-asked questions
Tessa is nanny to five-year-old twins Sally and Michael. The family, fully supported by Tessa, has wanted to promote honesty. Recently an issue has arisen - should you fudge the truth a bit in order...
New variations on a classic resource confirm the reasons for its appeal.
Nursery staff could be trained to identify children who are at the greatest risk of growing up to be criminals under recommendations made in a report by the Home Office. A leaked copy of the...