School support staff are adding theory to practice and becoming teachers thanks to some innovative schemes. Mary Evans reports
New management has helped a Hampshire nursery recover 18 months after more than half the staff left their jobs during a dispute with its director.
A foundation phase for three-to seven-year olds in Wales which favours a play-based rather than a formal approach to learning is to be introduced by the Welsh Assembly. Announcing the start of formal...
Early years experts have broadly welcomed plans under consideration by Glasgow City Council to delay the start of formal schooling until age six, but raised concerns that this could be jeopardised by...
Children's laureate Michael Rosen launched the Parents, Early Years and Learning book at an event last week at the Thomas Coram Children's Centre in London.
Parents at Busy Bees nursery in Hammersmith have been visited by chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne to air their views on the Government's proposed changes to childcare vouchers.
Children will love returning to the olden days of knights and dragons, kings and queens, with ideas for activities on the theme of castles suggested by Helen Shelbourne A topic on castles can help to...
Ask yourself how you ask questions, and how you handle children's responses - are they learning anything? Helen Bilton explains.