In response to the Sure Start feature ('Powers of attraction', 15 December), it is all very well for doctors, professors and civil servants to comment on the childcare industry; however, what is said...
Further to Unison's decision to ballot nursery nurses in Scotland on strike action (News, 22 January) and the letter by Lorraine Innes ('Scotland the brave', 15 January), I must say that I agree...
Unison's chief negotiators have been forced to back down in their fight for a national pay settlement for Scotland's nursery nurses. At a meeting last week the public services trade union agreed that...
The 6,000 visitors to this year's Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition found there was plenty to see, do, hear and buy, says Nicole Curnow Queues stretched along the outside of the G-Mex Centre...
Cyril the Squirrel is allergic to nuts, so he knows what it's like for the one in 100 children across the UK who has peanut allergy. Cyril is the star of a quirky new video, 'The New Kid',...
Users of playgroups and other forms of voluntary childcare provision across the UK are urged to nominate their setting for the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award 2004, which recognises and rewards...
The recommendations made by Professor Cathy Nutbrown in the final report of her independent review into the early years and childcare workforce have received an overwhelmingly positive response from...
Create night in the day, or wait until dark, for a host of imaginative activities indoors and outdoors that will help children explore their natural fascination with the night, suggested by early...
Whether you focus on the food or the bears, it's a project children will love, from Judith Stevens.