(Photograph) - Nicole Blanchflower and Jasmine Foubister got in touch with Matey, an Australian bearded dragon who made a visit to Westhill Pre-school Playgroup in Aberdeen with Roland Digby from...
A leading deaf children's charity has welcomed the Government's decision to implement a screening programme for detecting hearing loss in babies soon after they are born. Public health minister Yvette...
The nine-year-old grandson of the chief executive of a nursery group is holding a 24-hour sponsored silence to raise money for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
A new vaccine against pneumococcal meningitis will be offered to every child under two in the UK from the autumn, the Department of Health has announced. From 4 September every child starting their...
This week's columnist Helen Penn says we could take a lesson on education and care from other countries When should we learn from the example of others? My view is that in today's complicated world,...
I wholeheartedly agree with the Daycare Trust report, Who will care? (News, 4 October). Childcare workers in day nurseries work the longest hours, for comparatively little pay. It is time we were all...
(Photograph) - The Children's Society and the Children's Play Council are urging parents to take half a day to play together on 4 August for national Playday, the country's biggest annual celebration...
What lies ahead for early years workers in the Government's plans? Simon Vevers reports The letters page of Nursery World has resonated in recent months with the concerns of hard-pressed providers...
You'd be surprised at some of the opportunities for learning activities behind blankets, as suggested by Jean Evans Develop children's mathematical skills and scientific knowledge, and encourage them...
Congratulations to Stephanie Donnelly, 20 (right), a nursery nurse from Bradford, West Yorkshire, who earlier this year received a Learners First award after overcoming serious ill-health to succeed...