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Faith is deeply integral to many aspects of society and holding occasional celebrations in the nursery will not be enough to teach children about different cultures, says Anne O'Connor.
In the first part of a new series looking at staff health and well-being, Charlotte Goddard sets out how healthy we are as a society, and sector, and how inequality affects this
Children tend to live up to what adults think of them, so early years practitioners must be careful to get the message right, says Penny Tassoni One of the reasons that people enjoy working with...
A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on...
Mixed bean and corn salad Ingredients: *Mixed salad leaves of your choice *100g French beans *100g baby corn or 1 small tin sweet corn *1 small tin kidney beans *1 small bunch spring onions *1/4...
When it comes to meeting the needs of children, Pennie Akehurst’s analysis of Ofsted inspection reports finds that meeting the needs of staff is the first step
Implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage: a handbook by Pat Beckley, Karen Elvidge, Helen Hendry (Open University Press, 21.99, ISBN: 978-0-33523-615-2). Reviewed by Julian Grenier, head teacher...
We know that 70 per cent of all poor children are in working families. So how easy is it for these families to access childcare? Charlotte Goddard investigates
Ofsted's new inspection framework comes in this September. In the first of a four-part series, the Pre-School Learning Alliance's Michael Freeston offers an overview of what providers can expect.
In the second of a series of features on different subjects with 'cut out and photocopy' guides for parents, the QCA's Lesley Staggs looks at the foundation stage