The Comprehensive Spending Review is on the table and local authorities are considering what services they will have to cut.
* Snack Time by Jenni Clarke (from the Key Issues Series by Featherstone Education 9.99, www.featherstone.uk.com) features snack food ideas and related activities to promote food awareness in a fun...
Have more fun with faces while you help the children practise their skills with scissors and making collages. Resources
A mixed bag of story and information books that take a younger child's point of view is reviewed by Alison Boyle Elmer and Rose
Easton Community Children's Centre talked to children about recent protests and being kind to everyone.
Wales is set to become the first part of the UK to adopt a national strategy for play. Last week the Welsh Assembly Government launched an eight-week public consultation that will inform a national...
3 APRIL The role and responsibilities of the Foundation Stage co-ordinator.
New national occupational standards have been agreed for all those working in early years care and education in the UK. Details of the National Occupational Standards in Children's Care, Learning and...
'The Foundation Stage was introduced as a distinct phase of education for children aged three to five in September 2000. In preparation, curriculum guidance for the Foundation Stage was distributed in...
Our panel discusses how to support staff who may be feeling the strain when it comes to physically meeting the additional needs of some children. By Gabriella Jozwiak