The Department of Health has updated its Pregnancy and Birth to Five books to include new advice on storing breast milk and the best medicines to take during pregnancy. Expectant mothers and new...
A black and minority ethnic housing association has won a prestigious award for setting up a neighbourhood nursery. Happy Nursery Days nursery is a subsidiary of Ekaya Housing Association in Upper...
The Department of Health has launched a second public education campaign, at a cost of 700,000, to highlight the dangers of using antibiotics unnecessarily. Essentially, antibiotics are very important...
* Every primary school pupil in Wales is to get the chance to start their school day with a free breakfast. Jane Davidson, education minister, told the Welsh Assembly last week that the breakfast...
Jancett Day Nurseries and its training arm, Jace, have scooped two awards at the Modern Apprenticeship Showcase organised by the London South region of the Learning and Skills Council. Chris...
Putting out 'fires' was just one of the activities on offer at the launch of Sweetpeas children's centre in Mannamead, Plymouth. Besides dressing up as firemen and investigating a fire truck, children...
Childcarers and teachers need to be aware that children who have had meningitis in their first year of life may have difficulties with language and literacy later on. Simple education interventions...
It has to be said that while not every early years practitioner wants to be a teacher, in order to raise standards in the early years sector we do need a higher level of training. It's all well and...
Fish oil supplements given to pregnant women can boost the hand-eye co-ordination of their babies when they become toddlers, according to a study by academics from the School of Paediatrics and Child...
The arrival of the world's first crustless loaf was examined in depth by the papers last week. Manufacturer Hovis claimed the new bread would eliminate waste by parents removing crusts for fussy...