The consultation document recommends some positive changes, but there is much that disappoints, says early years consultant Ann Langston in her guide to the consultation document on the statutory...
One in every seven primary school-aged children had a diagnosable mental illness in 2020 and 75 per cent of mental illnesses begin before the age of eighteen, research from The All-Party Parliamentary...
What does the future have in store for the early years workforce if current trends continue? Sara Bonetti, associate director of early years at the Education Policy Institute, makes some exclusive...
(Photograph) - Twenty children, aged four to 15, from Barnardo's projects in Belfast, Lisburn, Bangor and Banbridge in Northern Ireland visited 10 Downing Street last week for a Christmas party with...
(Photograph) - Oliver Bevan's 'The Full Swing' is one of a series of his paintings on the theme of play currently on display at the Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank. Many of the 40...
Role play presents the perfect opportunity for children happily to develop mathematical thinking When planning to develop a role-play area, practitioners tend to concentrate on resources that will...
This month has seen a significant increase in Jasmine's interest in dressing and undressing herself. She is encouraged by her parents to do as much as she can and she responds well to their requests....