This year's London Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition, held at the Business Design Centre on October 3-5, was the most successful yet, and it was great to meet so many Nursery World readers...
Charities for families and disabled children have spoken out against the Government's plans to limit the rise to benefits and tax credits to 1 per cent, ahead of the second reading of the welfare bill...
Delegates to a conference in the Scottish Borders tomorrow (2 November) will be considering questions such as, 'Do we listen to children enough?'. Organised by Children in Scotland and held at Peebles...
A pre-school which faced closure to make way for a reception class has had an ‘eleventh hour, 59th minute’ reprieve following a high-profile community campaign.
Training in Froebel practice is available from short courses through to PhD level. Meredith Jones Russell provides an overview of what’s available
Gabriella Jozwiak explores Pearson's optional units for the Early Years Educator qualification, which have been put together with expertise from bodies such as PACEY and Skills Active.
It seems that 2005 is going out with a bang rather than a whimper, with the news that Lesley Staggs is leaving her post as national director of the Foundation Stage (see News, page 4). The sound of...
National Parents' Week this week has been marked by the publication of several reports into family life today in the UK, including Making Britain Family Friendly from the National Family and Parenting...
Ask any nursery or pre-school manager what they dislike about their job and it's the bureaucracy and paperwork that usually top the list. Everybody accepts that a certain amount is necessary to...
Practitioners from a range of childcare and early years education settings had an unprecedented chance last week to question children's minister Margaret Hodge about Government policy at a round table...