Issue 05

Winter 2004-05

Pages Details
Front cover  
2: Contents Welcome from Charles Clarke - contents
3: News Breastfeeding health benefits
4-5: News A rough guide to extended schools - Minister's Question Time - "If you ask me..."
6-7: Opening up the doors In partnership with Sure Start, the new extended schools are taking shape, with services for parents as well as fun activities for their kids
8-9: Children's welfare at heart The new Children's and Maternity National Service Framework has implications for everyone with children's health and wellbeing. We speak to Al Aynsley-Green to find out more
10-11: Joining up It's definitely the buzzword of the moment, but how exactly does 'joined-up working' get the job done more effectively? We ask readers for their top tips
12-13: A service that delivers We discover how Sure Start and healthcare professionals are working in partnership tp provide joined-up maternity care
14-17: Moving on up... Going from a pre-school setting to reception is a big step. But practitioners can help children to respond to new challenges positively
18-19: Got a question? The Children's Information Service has all the answers, from local provision to kids' activities, helplines, job vacancies and training
20-21: Centred from the start Setting up a children's centre means delivering quality services in a more integrated way. We look at how one centre is achieving just that
22-23: Resources We ask a London nursery to sing along to ten children's CDs
24-25: Resources What's on - Webwatch - what's out there - where to go - Reading room
26: A day in the life Brighton's Oasis Project aims to prevent and reduce drug-related harm to women and their families. Director Micky Richards describes a typical day
27: Letters Work-life balance - grandparent carers - male childminders
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