The 2005 Professional Nanny of the Year award put quality practice and career development in the spotlight This month's award ceremony for the second-ever Professional Nanny of the Year started out...
A school health programme with its own games and monthly themes is so popular with the children that they are borrowing from it spontaneously in the playground Children's health is an area of growing...
Children are never too young to start exercising with an innovative programme being offered to all parents of new babies and used by nurseries, as Joyce Reid reports At a time when there are concerns...
Hay bales, live reindeer, foraged gifts and eco-friendly decorations – some nurseries are rejecting traditional nativities in favour of more community-conscious ideas. By Annette Rawstrone
Nurseries are being advised by local authorities to be ‘more creative’ to remain sustainable, with suggestions including taking in ironing and seeking donations.
Minister for children Margaret Hodge faced a grilling from early years and childcare delegates last week who demanded higher pay to combat the problem of staff retention and recruitment. During a...
Communication with a carer can be the key to overcoming a child's challenging behaviour, say members of the Camden Early Years Intervention Team A pioneering partnership of education and health...
* Neston Children's Centre, South Wirral, has become the first in Cheshire to gain an Inclusion Quality Mark. Open since September 2005, the centre houses Neston Community Nursery and a children's...
Two nurseries in Wakefield are to close and another is to be taken over by a group of parents, staff and members of the community, in a bid by the council to make savings of 67m.