How do candidates gain an APEL certificate? <B> Maureen Smith and Yvonne Nolan </B> explain how to get on this fast-track route
Make sure there's a note in your diary for the Professional Nanny conference in London on Saturday 1 October. The event will feature the awarding of the second Professional Nanny of the Year, for...
Some food for thought in your professional career BTec National Early Years. by Sandy Green. (Nelson Thornes, 16.95, 01242 267100)
Hot off the press is a brand-new, up-to-date, comprehensive book about nannying that's written for nannies themselves rather than their employers. Nannying: A Guide to Good Practice by Christine...
Find out what the courses leading to three new qualifications for childcarers involve, as Mary Evans talks to one of the first students When the country's pre-schools stopped for the summer holidays...
A petition signed by more than 112,000 parents, teachers and campaigners calling for an end to new Baseline tests for children starting school this term was delivered to Downing Street on Thursday.
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...
How one setting introduced ‘In The Moment Planning’ to ensure that child-led play and activities are not interrupted and children feel valued and listened to. By Dawn Rigby
Campaigners calling for the Reception Baseline Assessment to be scrapped have dismissed DfE research, which claims to show a clear link between children’s test results at the age of four and Key Stage...
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