Ten ways to bring an international dimension to your work with young children: 1 .Ask families to bring back items of interest from holidays abroad. A small display of French picture books or the...
A project on animals offers huge scope for children's learning across the early years curriculum and a seemingly limitless list of animals on which to focus: pets, farm animals, minibeasts, birds,...
We need to have the vision to create a national infrastructure for school-age childcare, says the chief executive of Kids' Clubs Network, Anne Longfield For many years, Kids' Clubs Network (KCN) has...
Playday, the annual celebration of children's play, taking place on 2 August, has as this year's theme 'Play, naturally', says the Children's Play Council. The CPC will research the loss of play...
The decision to close the old Falkirk Police Station and build a new one triggered a two-year project for the children at Wellside Kindergarten, as its staff explain In July 2003, the decision was...
The latest Oftsed review has found steady improvements in the quality of early years education and childcare provision in daycare settings year-on-year.
* At any one time local authorities in England look after 58,000 children. * About 20 per cent of children in local authority care - over 10,000 - are four years old or younger.
Follow our pointers to help you gather evidence for NVQ Level 3, Unit C17 - the care and education of children with special needs. Read our advice in conjunction with Level 3 standards in Early Years...
In this issue of Nursery Business, we bring you up to date with the inspection changes due to come into effect in April and take a look at the growing popularity of timber-frame and modular buildings,...