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Thousands more children are now taught in classes of under 30 pupils in England, according to new Government statistics . Figures released last weekshow that 200,000 fewer primary pupils are in...
Speech and language skills are the focus of a unique programme that takes children through the core elements of storytelling, says Annette Rawstrone.
Dialogic reading, where the child is prompted to be the teller of the story, has been a success at LEYF, explains June O’Sullivan
AREAS OF LEARNING Nursery Topics - The Books of John Burningham covers all six areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum in England and can be adapted easily to suit the Scottish, Welsh...
Lo and behold, your child comes bouncing out of nursery, school or the childminder's, pleased to see you and clutching something. The item is obviously precious, usually sticky and invariably destined...
The humble building block offers children endless scope for making social connections, writes Anne O'Connor Blocks are one of the most open-ended and unstructured play materials available. They...
I am the manager of an after-school club as well as a registered childminder. I greatly support Ofsted's unannounced visits. I read with combined horror and amusement the letter from a club with a...
Three in five childcare workers in Scotland do not have a recognised pre-school or early years qualification, research carried out for the Scottish Executive suggests. The Executive published a...
The Busy Bees childcare group has become the second-largest nursery chain in the UK and Ireland following its purchase of Lancashire-based Kindercare Childcare Centres. Busy Bees, which was the fifth...
A survey of the early years and childcare workforce carried out by an independent consultancy for the Scottish Executive suggests that pay in the sector will have to rise in order to expand provision....