I have been a teaching assistant for ten years and my responsibilities have grown during that time. Last year I completed my Specialist Teacher Assistant Certificate (STAC) through the Open...
Maggie Dyer cannot have been following all the correspondence on Nursery World's letters page over the past few months. Registered childminders do not smack the children they look after, nor smoke in...
Nanny vacancies are making a comeback even if high salaries aren't, says Asa Nilsdotter This year's nanny pay survey paints a rather different picture from last January, which showed an increase in...
Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach is hitting the road for a wide-ranging tour around the country between February and July in a new production by the Birmingham Stage Company. Early years...
We have five packs of Linking People (Reflections on Learning, 5.95 each) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Linking...
A plush toy, musical, book combo, the Incy Wincy Sound Book and Toy from Little Tiger Press is obviously trying to cover all angles. Incy has a soft, squeezable head and body and legs that 'crackle'...
One-and-a-half million children in the UK suffer from asthma. The National Asthma Campaign's Junior Asthma Club aims to give four-to 12-year-olds the information they need to manage their asthma as...
Popular characters the Super Duper Sumos are the stars of a video that Nursery World is offering free to five lucky readers. The 112-minute video or DVD has five 22-minute episodes featuring Mamoo,...
A free seminar aims to help teachers and support staff to deal successfully with an Ofsted inspection. 'Surviving Ofsted' is being held at the head offices of the Professional Association of Teachers...
* We have ten copies of Starting School by Janet and Allan Ahlberg (Puffin, 4.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked...