Some food for thought in your professional career Planning the Pre-5 Setting: practical ideas and activities for the nursery. By Christine MacIntyre and Kim McVitty. (David Fulton, ISBN: 1843120585,...
Directing the EYFS requires someone with a thorough knowledge of the early years.
The Government's aim of having every early years practitioner qualified to at least Level 3 by 2015 is looking far from achievable, given the funding crisis for childcare work-based courses and...
The Pre-School Learning Alliance plans to open 25 Neighbourhood Nurseries across England by July in a move that will dovetail with the Government's plans for children's centres. Jane Armstrong, the...
The provisions of the Childcare Act place new pressures on providers and local authorities alike.
Nearly all children's centres and schools in Camden will offer parents of three-and four-year-olds 25 hours of free early education a week from September.
The Liberal Democrats outlined plans to extend free childcare to 25 hours per week at their annual conference in Bournemouth this week.
Watching television fosters materialism in children, says Robin Balbernie.
Initiatives on nutrition are timely and well-meaning, but directed at the wrong age group.