Every school environment stands to benefit immediately from a 10m cash boost announced today (Thursday) by minister for education Jack McConnell. The money is the first stage of a new long-term...
In the final part of this series, Ann Marie Christian sets out the changes to social work from an early years perspective, and looks at the controversies
To round off our series on common themes in Ofsted inspections, Pennie Akehurst presents the top ten problem areas from 2017-2018
Ways of relating to computer use in pre-school activity This Swedish study identified three ways of relating to computer use: as a threat to other activities, as an available option, and as an...
Children will chatter 'automatically' even as babies (see case study, page 19) and as they become more fluent, talkers will constantly ask 'why?' and be curious about everything around them.
Sure Start services across England are invited to highlight outstanding and innovative local work with children and families for the 2004 Sure Start Partners in Excellence awards. Categories in this...
On behalf of our readers, staff in nurseries and schools around the country have put a wide range of products through their paces to assess their value in the workplace and have given each item a star...
Understanding a child's background and family circumstances is key to providing effective provision, says James Hempsall.
Aask any successful nursery owner the secret of their thriving business and they're almost guaranteed to say their staff team. A strong team has always been a good measure of a nursery's popularity...
All the main political parties have made interesting statements in the past week or so about their early years education and childcare policy - some straightforward, some a case of reading between the...