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There is an important balance to be struck between child-initiated and adult-chosen activities in a setting's choice of equipment, says Julian Grenier, in a feature introducing a new series.
How can settings ensure that boys and girls are given equal and unbiased opportunity to take part in all activities? Caroline Vollans reports on the Gender Action approach
A boy of five is the UK's youngest person to patent an invention - a labour-saving broom to sweep leaves, reported the BBC. Sam Houghton of Buxton, Derbyshire, was just three when he came up with the...
This week's columnist Pat Wills rediscovers the value of relaxation for both families and practitioners Springtime holidays enable opportunities for all sorts of reflection. Our children's centre...
The sector’s first-ever Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, at Level 3, has finally landed. Here’s a handy guide from Hannah Crown
Happy Days, one of the largest private nursery chains in the south- west, has been awarded a ten-year contract to run the nursery at Plymouth NHS Hospital. The group owns 17 nurseries offering 900...
Private day nurseries have shown overwhelming support for keeping or tightening up the ratio of one adult to eight children currently set out in the care standards for three- to five-year-olds in...
More and more studies are showing the importance to health of access to natural green environments, reports Annette Rawstrone
Nurseries and pre-schools have expressed concern that they would not be able to provide the same high quality of care should the Government relax adult-to-child ratios, a survey by the Pre-School...
An estimated 350,000 more children were pulled into poverty last year, largely because the Government cut the £20 universal credit uplift half-way through the year, reveals new analysis of official...