Ten questions to help you to evaluate your setting's partnership with parents and carers. 1 .Does your handbook acknowledge and respect the part that parents play in their children's education?
By Jenny Carenco, author of Bebe Gourmet: my baby recipe book - 100 easy recipes for raising adventurous eaters, which is out now from Vermilion
More nursery places for two-year-olds from poorer families are expected to be announced by the DCSF this week as part of the ten-year Children's Plan.
Now in her second year, Kezia Thurgood-Parkes, a ECS student at Sheffield Hallam, talks about her coursework and placement this term.
Competition to attract and retain good quality early years workers is set to become fiercer. So, says June O'Sullivan, it pays to put staff training at the top of a setting's agenda There is no doubt...
Exploring media and materials * Sensory area/wall with different textures, smells and sounds.
It's vital for children's well-being to carry through the child-centred approach to learning in the reception class to Year 1, says Sally Featherstone, co-author of Smooth Transitions - Building on...
Catholic and Protestant children from Long Tower and Foundation Primary Schools in Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, work together to create a rhythm on the drums.