The playwork sector is in danger of becoming a 'diluted workforce' unless the quality of play qualifications improves, a playwork trainer said last month. Speaking at the London Centre for Playwork...
The number of people starting childcare courses has dropped drastically since the new Early Years Educator qualification came in, trainers have said.
The proposed primary national curriculum will hold back the progress of many children and label others as failures according to 102 individuals and organisations.
Deputy manager Heidi Gray ofd Child Base's Willows Day Nursery at Stoke Mandeville, Bucks, tells us how they brought the country into the town. For our farm project we thought it would be a good idea...
Day nursery providers andchildren's centres in England are reminded that they can still access the National Day Nurseries Association's free business advice service launched last October. Thanks to...
We need to give children permission to play imaginatively rather than dampening them down with adult ideas, says Philip Waters, in the latest article in his series on play types Imagine you are a...
'If you are allowed to smack children you should be allowed to smack geriatrics as well, because they are just as much a nuisance as children, if not more.' comedian Jack Dee, quoted in The Observer