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Puffin and Comic Relief have donated prizes that you could win for your setting. There are five hampers full of Charlie and Lola goodies, including books and DVDs, Dubble bars and much more, worth...
The SEND Code of Practice seeks to refocus practitioners' efforts on making sure children and families are at the heart of decision-making. Kay Mathieson takes a look at how the early years...
Lone parents in Northern Ireland need more support from the state, according to a report on life in one-parent families. From Strength to Strength, by Gingerbread NI and the University of Ulster,...
In an extract from a briefing on including two-year-olds in schools, Julian Grenier and Helen Moylett look at some of the key areas that leaders should consider to ensure they are meeting...
Organising children to sing songs along to actions or stories is the focus of another movement session by Helen Bilton.
In the national year of communication, research by Nursery World and the National Literacy Trust shows the early years sector to be highly motivated, but in need of more support.
Around 15,600 families in Scotland were receiving the childcare tax credit element of Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) at the beginning of this year, of whom 92 per cent were lone parents, a report...
The joy and success of Sure Start has been the individual nature of its programmes, with services springing from each community, tailored to meet the needs of the families within the area. What helps...
Children need an enthusiastic mediator if they are to develop a love for books. Opal Dunn explains how to help under-threes build a solid foundation for literacy Parents and carers often feel...