Archive

Search for articles from Children & Young People Now, Children Now, Young People Now, Youth Work Now and Nursery World.

Search results

Displaying 131 - 140 of 5539 results found

Results currently ordered by date. Order by relevance

Investing for Health strategy in Northern Ireland

11 December 2003, Nursery World

Northern Ireland marked its Investing for Health strategy last week with a conference highlighting efforts to tackle problems of poverty, social exclusion, mental health and emotional wellbeing. Dr Jane Wilde,...

Quote of the week

11 December 2003, Nursery World

'Childcare is seen by the Treasury as primarily an adjunct to the labour market rather than being about child development. It's all about increasing employment opportunities rather than what might...

Dogs can be a very calming influence in the classroom

11 December 2003, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Teacher Wendy Dyble gets a helping paw from Fern at a Primary 1 class at Scalloway Junior High School in Shetland. Ms Dyble says, 'Dogs can be a...

Report on support staff is rubbished

11 December 2003, Nursery World

The Government has distanced itself from a report produced by the Department for Education and Skills proposing that schools of the future employ only one teacher and use more support...

Council accused on nursery nurses

11 December 2003, Nursery World

Glasgow City Council has been accused of engaging in 'misinformation, silly games and intransigence' by appealing over the heads of union officials to nursery nurses to reach a local settlement...

'Be on look out for early racism'

11 December 2003, Nursery World

Early years professionals have been warned to look out for racism among young children. Children in Scotland project co-ordinator Selma Rahman said that young people attending its conference, Equal Futures...

Workload money is 'not safe' in Wales

11 December 2003, Nursery World

The teachers' workload agreement may not be implemented in some local authorities in Wales because £33m provided for it by the National Assembly has not been ring-fenced, the public services...

The Witch's Bogey tours Surrey

11 December 2003, Nursery World

(Photograph) - The award-winning People's Theatre Company is touring its pop-pantomime 'The Witch's Bogey' around Surrey, along with theatre workshops giving children aged five and above a chance to work...

Three-year-olds all in daycare

11 December 2003, Nursery World

* Virtually all three-year-old children in England have taken up daycare places in the maintained, private, voluntary and independent sectors, Government statistics reveal. According to the statistics, 99 per cent...

CRB check fees rise again by 18 per cent

11 December 2003, Nursery World

The cost of fees for Disclosure checks on people wanting to work with children and vulnerable adults is being increased by the Criminal Records Bureau for the second time in...