Early years practitioners across the UK have been invited to help decide the shape of a proposed New Opportunities Fund scheme to create and improve children's play opportunities. The NOF programme,...
Use our pointers to help gather evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit 16: Observe and assess the development and behaviour of children. Read our advice in conjunction with the Level 3 standards in Early Years...
Follow our pointers to help you gather evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit C3 - promoting the physical development of children. Read our advice in conjunction with Level 3 standards Early Years Care and...
The Forest School provides unrivalled opportunities to the young children at Bridgwater College's Early Excellence Centre, but any setting with access to the outdoors can provide high-quality...
While it wasn’t possible for our panel of experts to come together in person for this year’s judging process, a series of Zoom debates ensured it was as lively and rigorous as ever. With the pandemic...
History, and the Child Study Movement in particular, can provide some important learning about observation and record keeping. Tina Bruce, Stella Louis and Georgie McCall offer some clarity on the...
The complicated issue of staff:child ratios is about to get even more difficult. Simon Vevers reports.
Nursery nurse members of the public services union Unison took part in a three-day programme of strike action across Scotland last week, demanding a review and regrading of their jobs. The action...