Cultural and religious festivals are great for celebrating diversity, and there are few more enjoyable things to focus on than food. Snapdragons’ Mary Llewellin shares ideas for creative creations
The Government’s plans to extend the free childcare offer for all three- and four-year-olds in England from 15 to 30 hours a week for children in working families from September 2017 are ‘only likely...
The Government last week launched a raft of new goals and commitments covering children from infancy to adulthood. Ruth Thomson outlines the points in an ambitious agenda for the next two to 12 years.
Working parents are increasingly demanding good quality childcare for a basic standard of living, according to a child poverty charity which is calling for a ‘real living wage’ to help reach that...
MPs have raised concerns that the Government will miss its target of ‘turning around’ the lives of England’s most ‘troubled families’.
Recruiting staff is one of the most important parts of a nursery manager's role and it is one that is very easy to get wrong, which is both expensive and detrimental to the quality of service. So we...
If you find it hard to visualise how to do crafts with children from written instructions, or if you're just at a loss for activity ideas, Minky Makes will make it easy. The video 'Minky Makes ......
Imagine the fun the children will have with this brand new Wildlife Park range from Pintoy ( by John Crane, which is a cross between a zoo and an adventure playground. Central to the theme is a Jungle...
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In dealing with the childcare world I hear a lot of fashionable phrases that have become pet peeves. One that probably irritates nannies too is when people talk about children being 'their most...