A few years ago it would have been hard to imagine a Labour Party conference where the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the education secretary all made childcare a major theme of their speeches....
How noisy is your workplace? From February next year the new European Noise Directive will come into force, setting decibel limits and requiring 'noise risk assessments' (see News, page 8). There's no...
Dan Levy highlights some of the new products and services, and several old favourites, that you can look forward to catching up with at the exhibition BEAM Education will showcase its new book, Maths...
As spring approaches most of us get the urge to brighten up or change our environment. Whether you are contemplating buying new furniture, restocking your toy cupboards or wondering what you can do...
Ofsted inspections look for evidence of spiritual development, yet little guidance on it is given to early years practitioners Young children's spiritual development is probably one of the most...
How three settings in London used their pupil premium funding to support children’s sense of self through drawing and talking.
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Many nursery businesses, including some of the largest in the UK, have grown out of a parent's reaction to the lack of childcare available for their own family. Some nursery chains that started off...
One of the key findings of recent Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) research (Technical Paper 10, DfES/Institute of Education, 2003, London) is that, 'Good outcomes for children are...
The word 'stress' may be over-used but playleaders do face an often complex task in helping the children in their care to cope with life's pressures, explains Andrea Clifford-Poston molly, aged 10,...