It's been quite a week, with the Children's Workforce Strategy consultation finally being unleashed, along with the Ofsted consultation on further changes to early years inspections (see News). Oh,...
By Tina Bruce, Carolyn Meggitt and Julian Grenier (Hodder Education, 29.99, ISBN 978-1-444-11798-1)
Think again about how you work, says Melanie Pilcher, policy and standards manager at the Pre-School Learning Alliance.
Learning about the principles and main features of the Reggio Emilia approach will help educators examine their own practice The pre-schools of Reggio Emilia, in northern Italy, came to international...
Rikke Kerler enrolled on the Long EPD Pathway in September 2007.
In the face of much concern about some aspects of the draft Early Years Foundation Stage, welcome news came this week that the Department for Education and Skills is proposing to put back the...
Being confident about what is an acceptable level of risk is at the heart of the safety debate concerning children's play, says Miranda Walker. From 23 to 29 June, the Child Accident Prevention Trust...
By Ross Midgley, director of Crocus Early Years Centre, Essex I cannot comment on Jean Brown's Ofsted inspection, although after reading her 'In my view' (Nursery World, 27 January, page 35) I looked...
Ingredients * 1 small onion * 50g margarine * 50g plain flour * 250ml full fat milk * 75g grated cheddar cheese * packet ready-made puff pastry * pinch of dried mustard powder * salt and pepper