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The Tripp Trapp from Stokke is definitely a chair with a difference. It has been specifically designed to develop good seating habits in early childhood and, unlike any other highchair on the market,...
National Childcare Month is now officially under way, and June is packed with activities and events to celebrate the great work done by people in this sector. With many of the main organisations - the...
I have been an avid follower of Nursery World for more than two years. I set up a subscription at the beginning of that time when I was at college studying to become a nursery nurse. I have enjoyed...
Integrated working and family support are Birmingham's priority amid Sure Start cuts and re-organisation. Mary Evans reports.
Measures are being introduced to safeguard school playing fields in England. From now on local education authorities will only be allowed to sell off playing fields for redevelopment if the sports and...
Catharine Ayres has won the Hampshire Nanny of the Year 2001 award run by Winchester-based agency Family Match. At a special lunch in December she was presented with a trophy and 500 by Debbie Thrower...
The campaign to raise nursery nurses' wages took a further step this week as Unison Scotland submitted the same pay claim to all Scotland's local authorities. The union put in its claim to 32 councils...
Chains that allow each setting to plan its own curriculum can still guarantee a coherent approach, as Judith Barrett discovers Next spring, when the Government reissues its guidance to early years...
'I've done it,' says Melissa Blewitt, who qualified from University College, Chichester as an Advanced Early Years Specialist last month. Qualifying was the good news. The bad news is she can't find a...
What can local authorities do to match up childcare provision to the needs of parents in their area? Colin Horswell looks at steps towards sufficiency.