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As schools in England set out to fulfill the aims of the Government's new Extended Schools programme, they could look to Scotland for a working model, as Mary Evans reports. At least one school in...
I support every word by Penny Owen about nursery voucher schemes (Letters, 25 May). I have two day nurseries and accept ten different voucher schemes. Care 4 are the only ones who are user-friendly.
Use these ten points as possible lead-ins for discussion at a staff meeting or with parents and carers. 1 Are children expected to create identical types of pictures for displays? Such an approach...
The lack of out-of-school care for ten-to 14-year-olds has been thrust into the spotlight with the publication of a briefing paper from a leading childcare charity. The Daycare Trust's paper, Older...
Amusement is a useful trick to have up your sleeve. Children's entertainer Tommy Donbavand shares his trade secrets 'Knock, knock.'Go on, play along. Just for a minute or two.'Knock, knock.'
Childcare practitioners are invited to give their views on the impact working in the early years has had on their stress levels and mental well-being.
Nanny registration was the issue everyone kept returning to at the Professional Nanny conference on 4 October, though many topics were on the agenda. More than 100 nannies made their way to the...
Incorrect postage was given in the resources round-up, 'In Stock' (News, 2 December). Readers wanting a copy of 'Clean and healthy start to school' should supply an SAE with 42p postage for first...
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell looks at a course of progress in childcare that seems to be going in two directions Take this fact: the average cost of a full-time nursery place for a child is...
The benefits for children of playing in a mixed age group are explored by Anne O'Connor, with advice for practitioners on reinforcing it