An all-Ireland website to help schools deliver special needs education has been launched by the University of Ulster. The site has information to help teachers and support staff to meet the challenges...
What is diabetes? * With diabetes, the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body cannot use it properly.
Kate Middleton is to warn of the crucial role the early years play in shaping children's futures, as she reveals the findings of the 'five big questions on the under-fives' study.
Active Learning Nursery in Dorking held its annual summer art exhibition on the theme of ‘the colour of childhood’.
Official figures from Ofsted show the number of childcare providers and places has fallen since last year, raising fears over how the expansion of the funded hours will be met.
By Purnima Tanuku, chief executive of the National Day Nurseries Association Once again nurseries have hit the headlines, this time accused of creating a generation of 'Vicky Pollards' with staff as...
Research shows nearly all practitioners in the sector experience musculoskeletal pain, but they rarely report it to employers because they see it as ‘part of the job’. By Katy Morton
Practitioners at Rachel Keeling Nursery School explain how they have encouraged creativity and other skills through the use of dyes, den-building and dancing activities
The manager of Jigsaw Nursery in Pinner has organised a Star of the Week scheme to promote staff recognition and help support their wellbeing. The ‘Star of the Week’ is presented with a certificate.
Six out of 10 forms of epilepsy are unexplained. Others are linked to syndromes, or occasionally to illness or accident - although specialists agree that these usually trigger a tendency to epilepsy,...