The second of our new regular columnists, Helen Penn, says teacher training must be relevant and, most importantly, fun I was sorting through my books last week and re-discovered one by Sybil...
More than 20 projects are now up and running in a Government-funded pilot programme to provide multi-agency support services to families with disabled children under two. The Early Support Pilot...
A coalition of charities is calling on the international community to tackle inequality in the spread and treatment of HIV among children. The Global Movement for Children, which includes Oxfam,...
Around 20 children and their parents enjoyed a 'Burns for Bairns' evening in Banchory, Aberdeenshire. The Burns' Night event last Sunday at the Tor-na-Coille Hotel was the idea of the hotel's owner,...
From next month it's all change for the Childcare Approval Scheme in England. The scheme is coming under the voluntary part of the new Ofsted Childcare Register, to which applications will have to be...
The Daycare Trust has been commissioned by the Government Office for London (GOL) to work with local authorities in the capital to help deliver sufficient childcare.
Teachers have been urged to reject Government guidance that children should be taught to read using phonics, arguing that the primary curriculum is too narrow and rigid.
As adults, we use books as sources of information, enjoyment and escapism. We curl up and relax with them and pour over them for hours. They can make us laugh, cry, empathise with others and question...