Remember, remember the 30 November!
Adam Ingram sets out plans to make St Andrew's Day a day of national celebration.
Early Years Matters
Issue 12
Features
The early years do matter
Adam Ingram, Minister for Children and Early Years talks about the government's strategy to improve outcomes for all children, focusing on pre-birth to the age of 8 years old, which will be published in 2008.
Curriculum for Excellence update (Autumn 2007)
Kathleen Robertson, formerly Early Years Professional Advisor reports on the Work of Curriculum for Excellence which continues to be a major focus for the teams at the Scottish Government and at LTS.
Moving image education
Scottish Screen seconded one of its Lead Practitioners, Mairi Flood, with expertise in nursery education to develop a model of moving image education for early years.
The Bernard van Leer Foundation
The Bernard van Leer Foundation has supported innovative projects and programmes in early childhood care and education over a period of some 40 years and in many countries throughout the world.
Langholm hair project
Kate Nicolson of Langholm Primary School has documented this project as the nursery children learn more about hair.
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EECERA Conference
The theme of this year’s conference – Exploring Vygotsky’s Ideas: Crossing Borders – was addressed by five keynote speakers and 140 symposium presentations...
The Child at the Centre
Kate Cherry, Her Majesty’s Assistant Chief Inspector of Education, writes about this recently revised publication.
Grading is coming
The new system, known as the Quality Assessment Framework, will make it easier for parents of children to make informed decisions about a service based on different aspects of the quality of care provided.