The weather may be getting hotter, but the crisis over delays with criminal record checks is reaching boiling point (see News, page 4). It is appalling that with the current recruitment shortages in...
The children will love making these tactile puppets and learning some French at the same time. Each set contains two fabric faces measuring 22cm in diameter, ten Velcro facial features and six labels...
For a long time, the protests about the provision in the national care standards to allow childminders to smack the children in their care and smoke in front of them with parental permission seemed to...
The current climate is not proving too comfortable for the private nursery sector. A recent survey has shown occupancy in nurseries continuing to fall, with dangerously low levels in some parts of the...
The Nursery World Awards 2005 truly celebrated excellence across the early years education and childcare sector, as you can see in our eight-page special pull-out in the centre of this week's...
Great news for the many early years practitioners who care for the rising number of babies and toddlers in daycare settings, with the launch of Birth to Three Matters: a framework to support children...
It is too early to draw any conclusions from the results of the EIF inspections so far, explains Pennie Akehurst
Explore the world under the water with an exciting new Foundation Stage project by nursery school headteacher Ann Adb El Kader This project provides opportunities for children to learn about marine...
Childminders are a key component of the wraparound provision that the Government rightly prioritised in its ten-year childcare strategy. Schools need to recognise this valuable contribution that...
Significant investment and the resolution of outstanding issues around funding, pay and conditions of service must underpin reform of the early years workforce, according to the Children's Workforce...