Nursery group Tiny Toez has been contracted by Hounslow Council to provide childcare services in five of its local community centres, doubling the number of childcare places it provides.
The Government has been very keen to stress how important it is to listen to parents' views about smacking, and the results of various polls of the public are used to justify maintaining physical...
The issue of the shortage of men in childcare and early years education has definitely moved up the agenda this year, with the Government's new advertising campaign looking to attract more male...
It seems that getting the language of early years education and childcare right is a struggle for Government speech writers. Take education secretary Ruth Kelly's words to the IPPR last week (see...
It was very heartening to hear Jane Cole, a member of the DfES Foundation Stage team, pledge last week that outdoor play would be accorded its proper place in the forthcoming framework covering birth...
The amount of state intervention in the lives of individuals is a particularly pointed issue in childcare and parenting, with government interference in all areas constantly referred to as 'the nanny...
Children will chatter 'automatically' even as babies (see case study, page 19) and as they become more fluent, talkers will constantly ask 'why?' and be curious about everything around them.
The Scottish government has placed haggis on a list of restricted foods for nursery schools. New guidelines on nutrition (see News, page 6) recommend that under-fives eat the famous delicacy no more...
At last the national standards for daycare have been published - creeping out into the world in the huge shadow of the general election announcement the same day (see News, page 4). A quick glance...
The news that the education select committee report on the early years has called for all staff to be qualified to at least NVQ3, with leaders at graduate level, within ten years should cheer...