Spinners of tall tales from around the world will visit nurseries and schools during the Scottish International Storytelling Festival,from 29 October to 8 November. The traditional storytellers...
The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) has increased the number of spaces on its antenatal and postnatal courses so parents can find it easier to share their concerns.
Adults have 'an unjustified and disturbing intolerance of children', according to children's charity Barnados. Its survey of more than 2,000 adults in the UK found that 54 per cent think that children...
If you plan a topic on light and dark during late autumn, you can develop the theme by exploring the festivals of light that take place then. Bonfire night - November 5
At Inspirations Nurseries and Forest School, children have been observing the effect of light on their hands and bodies during their time in the setting’s art studio.
I am a final-year A-level student hoping to train to be a nursery teacher. To become qualified I will need to train for four years to gain a degree. I chose teaching over childcare because of the...
(Photograph) - Bear doctor Susan Streete gives seven-year-old Rebekah Gahan advice on how to care for her teddy during Teddy's Day Out, part of the Teddy Bear Story exhibition at the Museum of...
Practitioners with an NNEB predating the 1989 Children Act are increasingly worried that, with the development of the Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning (APEL) last year, they have been...
'The National Childcare Strategy in its present form has delivered all it can. Without a core of sustained public funding, universal childcare will never happen. It's time to place childcare within...
'Educational inequality is not a side effect of poverty; they are inextricably linked. Recent Ofsted-funded research has found that educational inequality is growing and we should not be surprised;...