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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...
The weather may be getting hotter, but the crisis over delays with criminal record checks is reaching boiling point (see News, page 4). It is appalling that with the current recruitment shortages in...
Ofsted has moved halfway to meeting parents' concerns that they cannot legally obtain information about the outcome of complaints made against daycare providers (see News, page 4). They will now be...
Every organisation in the world seems to have a website these days, and early years settings may feel that they are being left behind in the whirlwind of technological change that is sweeping through...
It is good to see that the select committee on education and employment has found time to squeeze in a couple of extra sessions on the early years, following its original report and the Government's...
Q My reception class has just been allocated a piece of ground to create our very own garden. The children and I are enthusiastic, but I could do with some basic help if it is to become a thing of...
Child psychologist Jennie Lindon answers your letters about child behaviour. Q Like many nurseries we are an all-female staff. Recently we have been pleased to have a male teenager on placement from...
Many parents may think they left mathematics at the school gate but, of course, it permeates every aspect of our day-to-day life, from cooking and checking bills to working out how long it will take...
With autumn under way, explore this time of changing colours and nature slowing down, while enjoying some necessary maintenance tasks. Julie Mountain explains