Hot on the heels of Ofsted's annual report into early years provision comes its proposed changes to the sector's inspection process (see News, page 4). These represent a fairly comprehensive revamp of...
Mary Evans outlines how nursery managers now have a bigger responsibility to ensure that all employees are suitable to work with young children and can fulfil the new requirements.
Ensuring enjoyment, challenge and meaning in children’s mark-making. By Penny Tassoni
The rattle is a favourite gift for a newborn baby, but did you know that these simple toys go back as far as the second century BC? Long ago they were made from dried gourds or hollowed-out bones and...
An inclusive specialist setting sends virtually all its children on to mainstream school. Jackie Cosh looks at its formula for success While debates rage over whether special needs schools should...
* We have ten copies of Billy's Bucket written by Kes Gray and illustrated by Garry Parsons (Red Fox, 5.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard...
We have two lunch baskets (Asco, 13.95) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Lunch basket', to the address on page 3....