What the children at one setting learned about wasps and their nests. Annette Rawstrone reports
With the news that the UK has lost its measles-free status, Katy Morton looks at which vaccinations children require and when
The Government has dismissed calls from the charity Barnardo's for at-risk children to be taken into care at an earlier age.
A girl came up to me in the nursery and asked, 'How do you kiss a turtle?' I was surprised and a bit worried. First, because she wanted to know how to kiss one, and second, because, out of all the...
A quarter of new mums are planning to return to work from maternity leave earlier than planned to take up the expanded childcare offer for nine-month-olds from next month, sparking fears women are...
The number of primary school classes in the five-to seven-year-old range with more than 30 pupils has risen, according to new figures from the DfES. However, since last year the number of support...
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I really wish I had known about the eight different intelligences when I was a child. My best friend always came top in every exam, whereas I floundered at the bottom. If I'd known about multiple...
Educational therapist Andrea Clifford Poston answers your queries about child behaviour Q
By Kay Stead, a Worcestershire pre-school supervisor and childcare and education tutor The news that pre-school settings will be able to use hotel-style 'star ratings' took many of us by surprise....