The omission of qualification requirements for staff caring for school-age children from the Scottish Executive's latest proposals for the regulation of daycare has been criticised by the Scottish...
The first Children's Commissioner for Wales, Peter Clarke, took up his post on St David's Day, 1 March. Mr Clarke's brief is to promote and safeguard the rights and welfare of children and young...
(Photograph) - Television personality and mother of three Carol Smillie teamed up with children from Beech Drive Nursery at Belahouston Park in Glasgow to get into training for this year's Barnardo's...
(Photograph) - Isabel Armand stands beside sunflowers grown by her home in the Niassa Province of Mozambique, one of the regions benefiting from the work of WaterAid. The charity has teamed up for...
Glasgow city council predicted last week that more than 60 striking nursery nurses would return to work from 1 June and that more than 90 of the 127 local authority nurseries would be operating. At a...
It's good to know readers' comments about products are taken seriously by suppliers. One nursery owner wrote to us about a steriliser we had featured in our spring issue. She used several of these in...
From jewellery to currency - beads have had many uses and come in weird and wonderful shapes and sizes. Lynne Garner shows how to help children make some of their own. Beads have been worn for...
Let children sing and recite their way to understanding what they can do with numbers, says Denise Bailey, through activities with simple songs and rhymes Children's understanding of numbers, counting...
Filming tips take 2 As part of an introduction to using moving images in the nursery, get children to talk about their favourite films - why they like them, who the main characters are and how the...