As a playgroup supervisor for a number of years I welcome Ofsted's comments in the news story 'Playgroups impress Ofsted for education' (20/27 December). The Early Learning Goals are not new to most...
An increase in free nursery provision to 20 hours a week was among pledges made by the Scottish National Party if it wins power in the Scottish Parliament election in May. SNP shadow education and...
Chief executives of more than 50 charities have written to Chancellor Gordon Brown urging him to pledge 4 billion to fight child poverty. The letter, sent from members of the Campaign to End Child...
Channel Four television is making a sensitive documentary series focusing on children struggling with their weight and would love to hear from parents with lively children. One in seven 15-year-olds...
If you've felt inspired by scenes of the fun everybody seemed to be having at last month's London Marathon, the charity Whizz-Kidz is offering free flights for sponsored runners to take part in the...
The number of children receiving pre-school education in Scotland grew by 6 per cent overall between January 2002 and January 2003, according to statistics published by the Scottish Executive last...
Fatherhood Institute chief executive Duncan Fisher, who was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for services to children, is leaving the Institute later this month to develop new campaigns on...
An internet game called Kindergarten Killer in which players roam through a school and kill nursery children with a shotgun has been withdrawn from a children's gaming site based in Finland, following...
Anthologies are useful for reading aloud - they enable you to build on a theme and lend an overall structure to story sessions. They offer material for several days and each tale is just the right...