“A skilled and diverse workforce is key to providing our children with high quality play and learning opportunities in their formative years. “
Increasing the Diversity of Professionals in the Early Education Sector
Best Start Grants to be Paid Before Christmas
Best Start Grants replace and expand on the UK Government’s Sure Start Maternity Grant by providing eligible families with £600 on the birth of their first child and £300 on the birth of any subsequent children.
Poetry Corner:Grandpa On The Lake
“His line is in the water/but it doesn’t have a hook.”
Encouraging Men into Child Care
“This is a fantastic opportunity for colleges to test out new ways of getting men into the early learning and childcare workforce”
Poetry Corner: Teeter Totter
I love my teeter totter/ and I can tell you why.
Poetry Corner: Two Dads
Today, Thursday 4th of October is National Poetry Day. Its theme is Change.
P1 Assessments- A change in delivery could soften public concern
“My son has just completed the standard German assessment for 4 year olds.”
Success for John Finnie MSP to Ban Smacking of Children in Scotland
“Children deserve the same legal protection from assault that adults enjoy”
Maree Todd: Success of Scotland’s Baby Box
“I was delighted when the SNP made the introduction of the boxes one of its manifesto pledges”
Fun at The Orkney Experience
For something different and for a whole lot of fun visit The Orkney Experience in Kirkwall (where the Odin Stone shop used to be).
