Issue 08

Autumn 2005

Pages Details
Front cover  
2: Contents Welcome from Naomi Eisenstadt
3-5: News Changing attitudes to fatherhood - A rough guide to extended schools funding - Readers' views on extended schools - early years honours
6-7: The new play stations Developing imaginative play spaces not only allows young children to get creative, it can also help them to learn
8-9: A model way of working Not quite sure what the extended schools agenda means for you? The National Remodelling Team is here to help, as director Dame Pat Collarbone explains
10-11: Come together Linking up with local agencies offers extra support for families and gives outreach work a boost. We found four partnerships that are perfectly in tune
12-15: Healthy partnerships Health professionals who sign up to the Sure Start Children's Centre model of integrated working are finding plenty of benefits there for the taking
16-17: Support system The Government's Early Support Programme aims to help disabled children and their families. But what does this mean in practice?
18-19: The building blocks of success Getting a Sure Start Children's Centre designed and built can be a steep learning curve for the inexperienced. Here's how to manage your capital build budget
20-21: Leading the way Is your leadership style up to the children's centre challenge? A new qualification offers support
22-23: Resources 1 What works best when it comes to publicising your activities? We asked local programmes to share their top tactics for spreading the Sure Start word. Plus, Webwatch on early education websites
24-25: Resources 2 What's on, where to go and what's out there - Reading room - If you ask me... Mary Dickins has firm views on how best to provide for special needs
26-27: Letters & A day in the life Readers' letters plus A day in the life follows social worker Simone Delancy
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