'I started the NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Developing Skills for Early Years Practice last November and am due to finish in July. I wanted to move into midwifery but this seemed a hard training option...
The rich play that a child can initiate with a bit of inspiration, some well organised nursery resources and a sensitive practitioner is observed by Anne O'Connor.
All children aged between one and nine in London will be offered a booster dose of polio vaccine.
The childcare field is wide open to those leaving college with fresh qualifications, and the hardest thing about a first job may be choosing one that leads in the right direction, as Mahrukh Choughtai...
Give the cornflakes a rest and liven up your breakfasts with these enticing dishes that may introduce some children to new tastes. Miranda Walker goes globetrotting with these recipes you can take...
An introduction to the keyboard As we approach the end of the summer term, many practitioners are beginning to focus on the computer keyboard. All computers have some form of bundled, basic word...
The National Childminding Association is looking for people who are interested in helping shape and direct the NCMA to nominate themselves by 8 June to become members of the Board. The NCMAis...
Nursery capacity in Britain is far outstripping demand, with more than one-tenth of nursery places now vacant, according to a survey published last week. The Laing and Buisson survey of more than 700...
''I did not come into politics to be the King Herod of the Labour party' Home secretary David Blunkett on the Government's proposal to take into care the children of asylum seekers who refuse to leave...
All educators should take note of an early literacy system now used in Northern Ireland. Wendy Scott and Janet Moyles spent two days in Belfast observing this new approach.