'People who help us' is the theme of a new free resource for early years workers from toy manufacturer Fisher-Price. The pack, which comes with a cassette of stories and songs and a reversible height...
Problems can arise when a member of staff is promoted to a management role. Mary Evans suggests ways to achieve a smooth transition. 'Six months ago I was promoted to deputy manager. It was my first...
The voluntary sector has improved more than any other type of provision, according to the first large-scale study of childcare across England since the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education...
'We will not apologise for raising standards and we are not about to change a strategy admired around the word. Children cannot learn anything until they get the basics right.' A DfES spokesman...
We have been undertaking a 'healthy eating' policy at our pre-school when we have snacks each morning and have been promoting this instead of the usual milk and a biscuit. We recently received this...
For my ADCE qualification I am researching practitioners' regard for combined outdoor play and learning environments. I have prepared a questionnaire that takes about ten minutes to complete. I would...
CACHE's two recently launched college-based qualifications makes studying additional needs compulsory. Gabriella Jozwiak looks at how the learning for each is organised
Most parents find that there are moments in their children's lives that seem particularly special. One of those must be the point when your child turns around and says 'Look, I can write my name now!'