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Lynn Bryden is business and finance support officer at Sure Start Strategic Partnership Tyne & Wear (www.northyneside.gov.uk).
I have been a teaching assistant for ten years and my responsibilities have grown during that time. Last year I completed my Specialist Teacher Assistant Certificate (STAC) through the Open...
The race is on to get Ofsted's Early Years Directorate up and running. But time is short and the issues and problems that need to be sorted out are many, as our coverage this week shows. The national...
I would like to respond to the feature 'The first degree' (16 May) as I feel the article painted a rather gloomy picture of the benefits for early years practitioners of studying for an Early...
Health and childcare professionals are encouraged to play an active role in increasing the uptake of immunisations. Matthew Olley, an immunisation nurse specialist at Public Health England, explains...
We've spent a fascinating few weeks learning about the insect world. The project began with our two- to five-year-olds heading off on a bug hunt in the nursery garden. They explored under planks of...
This week's columnist Tim Gill says we need sometimes to leave children to sort out their own differences 'Dad, those boys are bullying us,' said my eight-year-old daughter. We were at a park enjoying...
Nicole Weinstein looks at how the Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) is being developed for nurseries and how this works in conjunction with schools
A 4 billion cash injection over three years to take the number of children's centres to 3,500, accelerate training of the early years workforce and ensure sufficient childcare places has been broadly...
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,...