What are the latest guidelines and opinion when it comes to physical activity? Meredith Jones Russell reports
Ofsted's first national analysis of childcare provision since taking over its inspection and regulation in September 2001 seems to show cause for optimism about quality, with improvements being made...
Happy New Year to all Nursery World readers. 2003 no doubt will be another eventful year for the early years sector, as more details are revealed about how the recommendations of the cross-cutting...
Well-known children's cookery author Annabel Karmel MBE has advice on widening the range of food that children will eat
Two five-day courses at Reggio Emilia in Italy are being held by Sightlines Initiative. 'Architecture and Pedagogy' is on 2 to 6 March, and a Reggio Preschools Study Week for UK practitioners is on 2...
The parents of Oliver Steeper have launched a Go Fund Me page to raise £5,000 to pay for non- invasive anti-choking devices to be installed in childcare settings across the UK.
* The public has given strong support in three separate opinion polls to last month's strikes by 750,000 local government workers, including nursery nurses and classroom assistants. A Sky News poll...
When you're going back to college for a childcare course, it helps to be aware of different learning styles and how to brush up your study techniques, says Maureen Smith Going to college as a mature...
Child psychologist Jennie Lindon answers your letters about child behaviour Q We have a three-year-old in our nursery who is very outspoken in her views and keen to organise the other children. She...
1. Does your setting offer to visit children at home before they start with you? 2. Do you offer a range of opportunities for younger children and families to stay and play?