Pupils in Scotland's primary schools have been invited to enter the Food Standards Agency Scotland's competition to design its Christmas card for this year. The winning entry and 11 runners-up will...
Professional Nanny readers are being offered a special discount price on the new book Spots, Birthmarks and Rashes by our contributor and health visitor June Thompson. This colourfully illustrated...
A 731,000 children's centre has been given the go-ahead by Leeds City Council. The centre in Hawksworth Wood, due to open in March 2004, will house a 50-place early education and childcare facility as...
Proposals for tightening the regulations governing the disqualification of people from working in childcare services in Wales have been put out for consultation by the Welsh Assembly. The...
Mud pies with a difference ! With a theme of exploring malleable materials, a natural activity to introduce would be mud pies. But this is often avoided in a group situation because of health risks - ...
'Tis the season for staff, parents and children to feel the strain. Mary Evans shows how settings can deal with stress One in five workers, around five million people in the UK, is suffering from...
Feeding the Under Fives. By Allan Dyson and Lucy Meredith. (David Fulton, 17, 020 7017 7913, 1843123886) Reviewed by Fiona Hamilton-Fairley, principal and CEO of The Kids' Cookery School This is a...
Lewisham EYDCP in south London celebrated the success of its five Sure Start programmes - Bellingham, Downham, Evelyn, Grinling Gibbons and Honor Oak - at a special conference led by local parents...
(Photograph) - A jigsaw-design ribbon to be worn to promote Autism Awareness Year 2002 was launched last week by Labour MP Linda Perham. It was a parent in her consituency with a five-year-old...
A course for a Foundation Degree in management of childcare provision at Liverpool Hope University College has been developed with the help of the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses. Course...