In our National Strategies features on the Early Years Foundation Stage, senior regional adviser Lorna Dick and regional adviser Jo Paterson reflect on how children make sense of the world.
It's hard to remember when a Government appointment was met with quite such an enthusiastic welcome. The news that Lesley Staggs has become the first-ever national director of the Foundation Stage is...
With tension still running high in Iraq and elsewhere around the world, early years practitioners are seeing the knock-on effects in racist incidents affecting the children in their care and in the...
Early years practitioners who are using ICT effectively in teaching and learning are invited to enter the ICT in Practice Awards. There are 15 categories and each winner will receive a total of 5,000,...
15 February. 'Hitting Home'. (BBC TV and radio throughout the week). The start of a week-long series of television and radio programmes on domestic violence and the issues involved in abusive...
Ingredients 2 large or 4 medium potatoes, 1 egg, 25g butter or margarine, 1 tbsp milk, 50g mild cheddar cheese, 1 tin pink salmon, 1 small tin sweetcorn, pinch of salt, pepper and nutmeg, 1 tsp lemon...
In the first of a new series on running a Forest School programme, Sarah Blackwell identifies priorities in locating and using the land.
Use these ten key points as possible starting points for discussion at meetings with staff or parents and carers. 1 Do you plan for children's personal, social and emotional development every week?