'How can childminders find the time to train?' (Letters, 5 April) has, I am sure, highlighted the feelings of many registered childminders. Jane Taoka is among the majority of the childcare workforce...
In the first of a new series on inclusion, <B>Collette Drifte</B> gives some pointers on how to ensure that your setting is implementing the SEN Code of Practice effectively
The Government has put feckless parents back on the public agenda. Wendy Wallace tries to find out just who it is they're talking about 'Luke, get out here. I ain't got all f***ing day.' These words...
The private nursery sector has settled down since the publication of Nursery Chains in November. Following the last supplement we published a revised Top 20 league table when the merger of two of the...
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Labour's new saving and investment plan for children was officially launched last week by Chancellor Gordon Brown. Over the next few months, Britain's two million children born on or after 1 September...
I am pleased that Carole Moore (Letters, 5 October) works in such an effective nursery school, but the early years sector is changing rapidly and the maintained sector needs to be more broadminded in...
Questions for practitioners to consider about how they support communication are suggested by Anne O'Connor We want children to be able to interact positively with others, to communicate ideas and...
Disruptive behaviour and boredom have been banished from a school's lunchtime through an innovative initiative redeploying support staff. Dr Alan Marr investigates Once the part of the day dreaded by...