Unison's chief negotiators have been forced to back down in their fight for a national pay settlement for Scotland's nursery nurses. At a meeting last week the public services trade union agreed that...
How refreshing to read the news story 'Play on, Year One pupils told' (20 February). As an early years practitioner who runs a pre-school, I am constantly concerned about the pressures of formal...
The long-awaited all-party Select Committee on Education and Employment report on the early years is expected to make recommendations contrary to Government policy. The report, which is due out today...
One Plus, the childcare provider at children's centres and after-school clubs around Scotland that folded last month (News, 1 February), is to be investigated by the Scottish charities' watchdog. The...
The Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC) has published its first annual report, highlighting its key work and achievements over the past year. Professor Sir Al Aynsley-Green, who took up the...
On a Europe-wide horizon, the child you care for could be a contender in a drawing competition and be invited to travel to Strasbourg for the European Parliament's 'Pet Night' next year. The European...
The six shortlisted titles hoping to win this year's Sainsbury's Baby Book Award have been announced. They are Baby's Very First Book - Farm by Jo Lodge, Baby Faces by Sandra Lousada, Sleepyhead by...
Anthologies are useful for reading aloud - they enable you to build on a theme and lend an overall structure to story sessions. They offer material for several days and each tale is just the right...
The new Ofsted inspection framework says that inspectors must keep the 'bigger picture' in mind and take into account the history of provision, including any concerns, when making their judgement.