Growing their own vegetables will enrich children's learning and enthusiasm for the project. So, get digging! The Growing Schools project (growing.schools@dfes.gsi.gov.uk) is a major initiative which...
Snacks and light meals on the go need not be fast food. Eve Boggenpoel discovers some healthy choices in hand for both children and adults Whether it's off to school or out for a day trip, providing a...
Liz Roberts looks at the lasting impact of the fall in numbers of Level 3 students
This paper describes a Sure Start Early Listening programme for children under four in a deprived, multicultural and multilingual area of London, and its effect on children's phonological awareness....
Because We're Worth It. By Margaret Collins. (Lucky Duck Publishing, 10, 0117 973 2881). Reviewed by Tina Hendy, childcare services manager, Westwood Nursery, University of Bath
Britain's biggest teaching union has disputed a claim that nearly 70 per cent of local communities in England support a switch to a six-term school year. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) said that...
* Treasures Neighbourhood Nursery in Staveley, Derbyshire, officially opened on 10 August. The 48-place nursery also provides creche facilities for mothers attending a local women's group and runs a...
Managers took a deeper look at their roles and how they practise them in the self-evaluation course facilitated by Laura Henry
Observation provides a lens through which to view the child's world, so it needs to remain at the heart of a setting's planning cycle under the revised EYFS if practitioners are to meet the...
Thoughtful professionals will abide by a set of rules for all relationships within the setting, says Catherine Rushforth.