Next time you reach for the jar of 'instant' in the staff room you might want to consider stocking up with Percol Original Instant Coffee Granules. Percol was thefirst UK company to sell coffee that...
By Gila Falkus, speech and language therapist, team leader/ professional manager (Hammersmith & Fulham PCT) Early years workers have a vital role in helping children to develop their communication...
Nurseries and early years settings will have to carry out 'noise risk assessments' to ensure they are not damaging the hearing of their staff, Europe's health and safety agency said last week. From...
A programme to combat poverty and promote education, health and economic prosperity in deprived areas in Wales has been extended.
The Princess of Wales has highlighted the ‘vital’ role that social and emotional skills play in shaping children’s future wellbeing and physical and mental health, in a landmark speech delivered at...
National Childminding Association chief executive Gill Haynes has condemned as 'totally ridiculous' the process by which the Government arrived at its decision to allow childminders to smoke in front...
Children's health and diet has grabbed the national agenda. The British Medical Journal reported in 2001 that 10 per cent of children under 16 years in England and Scotland are overweight or obese....
By Peter Clarke, Children's Commissioner for Wales The role of the Children's Commissioner for Wales is often described as an 'independent champion for young people'. This presents quite a challenge,...
Nursery teachers, childminders and other early years practitioners in the public, private and voluntary sectors are being urged by the Government to become involved in an initiative to share...
Finding suitable 'messy play' substances for babies and young children can often prove difficult because of health and safety issues.