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AREAS OF LEARNING Nursery Topics - Pattern covers all six areas of learning in the English early years curriculum, but it can be adapted easily to suit the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish...
Encourage children to sort materials by their properties, their forms and their uses, as Pat Brunton and Linda Thornton demonstrate
Whether you are planning a spectacular sponsored parachute jump, holding a barbecue or running a racenight, successful fundraisers in early years settings say the four golden rules for success are...
At last the ten-year strategy for childcare has been unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown (see News, page 4). The 90-odd pages of Choice for parents, the best start for children contain much of...
The Government has been very keen to stress how important it is to listen to parents' views about smacking, and the results of various polls of the public are used to justify maintaining physical...
It seems that getting the language of early years education and childcare right is a struggle for Government speech writers. Take education secretary Ruth Kelly's words to the IPPR last week (see...
It was very heartening to hear Jane Cole, a member of the DfES Foundation Stage team, pledge last week that outdoor play would be accorded its proper place in the forthcoming framework covering birth...
The amount of state intervention in the lives of individuals is a particularly pointed issue in childcare and parenting, with government interference in all areas constantly referred to as 'the nanny...
The first nursery at the House of Commons, opening on 1 September, will be run by the London Early Years Foundation.