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Catherine Ashton, the minister responsible for early years in England, has been appointed minister for Sure Start, early years and childcare. Prime minister Tony Blair made the announcement last week,...
Sixty teaching schools will share £5m of Government funding in partnerships with local nurseries.
Minister for children Margaret Hodge faced a grilling from early years and childcare delegates last week who demanded higher pay to combat the problem of staff retention and recruitment. During a...
Some food for thought in your professional career. Playwork Theory and Practice. Edited by Fraser Brown. (Open University Press, 17.99, 01280 823388)
In our regular series on the Foundation Stage curriculum, Helen Moylett shows how to help children settle in so that they can approach the early learning goals with confidence The Foundation Stage...
Janet Moyles reflects on 40 years of the association for professional development in early years, TACTYC, and the changing early years landscape
By Caroline Eaton (Early Education, £12.50)
A new report claims that bureaucracy is strangling Government plans to expand childcare. Alison Mercer looks at its recommendations for change Is it time for the Government to stop in its tracks and...
Professor Tina Bruce examines the theory behind Froebel’s Occupations, and Jane Dyke reveals how it is being put into practice at her settings
The early learning goals for reading and writing in the Early Years Foundation Stage should be scrapped, a group of MPs has said in a report on the national curriculum.