Maxamec is a new wooden construction kit system from Direct Educational Services which enables children to build structures large enough to sit on, ride or push. The system consists of 5-ply painted...
The National Children's Bureau's Children's Centre Project (CCP), a consortium of seven children's charities looking at new models of collaborative working, has appointed Dominic Fox as its director....
Two free NVQ courses are offering residents of a housing association in London the chance to brush up on their parenting and childcare skills. Residents of Octavia Housing and Care, which manages...
A major conference on the impact of the forthcoming SEN and Disability Act for children and young people with disabilities in schools and colleges is to be held in London next month. 'Preparing for...
Scotland and Wales have better levels of child wellbeing than England, claims a statistician's review of a controversial Unicef report that placed the UK's levels of child wellbeing at the bottom of a...
Careful planning will give children the first-hand experiences they need to start learning about writing, says Julian Grenier
Congratulations to all the students who have achieved their degrees in Early Childhood Studies, and well done, Nursery World, for such up-to-date and relevant articles as 'My student life' (17 April)....
I was concerned to read Germaine Greer's comment about childcarers (Quote of the week, 22 August). When considering formal, that is, paid-for childcare in the UK today, her statement could hardly be...
What do you get if you cross a frog with a bee? Well, the UK early years sector is about to find out, and the resulting creature will be the largest in the nursery garden.
The principle of early intervention to bring about change and improvement is firmly established across children's services. However, the idea of five-year-olds being warned off guns and the gang...