A training centre that offers childcare on site is bringing new hope to parents in a regeneration area. Jackie Cosh reports When the Trust Taplins Childcare and Learning Centre opened two years ago,...
Quick Sausage Casserole Ingredients: 450g pork, Quorn, or chicken or turkey sausages, 25g cooking margarine, 1 onion, 2 carrots, 1 tin chopped tomatoes, 1tbsp tomato puree, 11/2 pint vegetable or...
Another survey out this month from the trend-analysers the Future Foundation asked 522 parents who they trust the most when it comes to their child's welfare. Nannies ranked 5.8 to 6 on a 1-10 scale,...
<P> Today's early years managers need to acquire new skills. <B> Mary Evans </B> lists courses available to enhance your qualifications </P>
The Department for Education has no plans to remove the word ‘free’ when describing and advertising the funded entitlements, the children and families minister David Johnston told delegates at Nursery...
Government plans to extend the free entitlement to 15 hours a week threaten to damage the quality of education in nursery classes in primary schools, headteachers claimed last weekend.
The private nursery sector is facing uncertain times at the moment, in large part due to increasing competition from Government-funded childcare schemes and the Government's continuing lack of clarity...
Try this true or false quiz by Meg Jones, childcare and early years consultant 1. Crying is the only way children in the early years are able to express their feelings.
Music is important in its own right in promoting young children’s cognitive development, well-being and enjoyment, says Linda Pound in the first of a series about how music can support early learning
Sensory experiences are vital to healthy brain development, explain Anne O’Connor and Dr Kath Dickinson in part one of a new series