Jennifer Bernard, consulting director for care, health and community, City & Guilds The BBC's 'Nurseries Undercover' documentary undoubtedly sent shockwaves among the general public and certainly did...
The remit for National Childcare Month is being widened to include early education, health and family support. The month of activities across England in June will now be known as National Sure Start...
A new sports programme is aiming to motivate children in Perth towards healthy activities. Catriona McAllister, manager of Bell's Sports Centre in Perth, said, 'Much has recently been written about...
I was interested to read the Policies and Procedures article (18 January) on dealing with illness, accidents and medicines within nurseries. However, I was concerned to note that in the section...
Playworkers in Wales are to be given support in developing local play strategies so they can bid for a share of the Big Lottery Fund's (BIG) 13m children's play programme. BIG has appointed Play...
Where is the future leading for hard-working early years staff? The Children's Workforce Strategy may be pointing the way, as Mary Evans discovers Nursery nurses have traditionally been seen as the...
Take time to make lunchtime a sociable and educational experience Lunchtime is ithe invaluable, yet often wasted opportunity for promoting children's social development, for edveloping self-reliance...
<P> Many genetic disorders affect boys more than girls, for a characteristic reason, as doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital explain in our A-Z series on child health </P>
Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the University of Leeds...
Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the University of Leeds...