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'Mummy, can you spray my face white?'
Four-year-old Leon covered his face in nappy cream after telling his mum he "didn't want to be brown".
bbc
Published: 27 June 2018
'Don't say my name wrong at graduation'
Universities are turning to technology to try to make sure they don't mispronounce names at graduations.
bbc
Published: 27 June 2018
Growing number of children at risk of multiple dangers, charity warns
<img alt="Growing number of children at risk of multiple dangers, charity warns" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/a6505042-f29f-4ece-9a07-777633643266/2/javedkhanbarnardosbyalexdeverill-320x198.jpg" /> <p> A survey of 224 of the charity's service managers representing more than 370 services found that 58.6 per cent had supported a young person involved in crime in the past year. Of those, nearly three quarters... </p>
cypn
Published: 27 June 2018
Daily roundup 27 June: Foreign languages, online game, and forces families
<img alt="Daily roundup 27 June: Foreign languages, online game, and forces families" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/8a9b5834-e7e9-4e6d-befb-1fc0a0d8a974/1/31595567b7d8e074e51052bd8c5dc19ejpg-320x198.jpg" /> <p> Children from poorer backgrounds in England are increasingly likely to miss out on learning a foreign language, a report has suggested. The BBC reports that some teachers blame new tougher GCSEs for putting... </p>
cypn
Published: 26 June 2018
Early Years Service - Contact Details
This article is for all Early Years settings to share with staff.
Published: 26 June 2018
School offers children week off in term time
A secondary school offers parents the chance to take their children out of school for a week in July 2019.
bbc
Published: 26 June 2018
Administration frustrates personal advisers' work with care leavers, study finds
<img alt="Administration frustrates personal advisers&#39; work with care leavers, study finds" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/1ca36cec-9af2-4bb9-8590-0c858f51d161/2/leavingcare-320x198.jpg" /> <p> A report by social investment organisation Social Finance found that just under a quarter of personal advisers' time is taken up by administrative tasks, including updating case management records and... </p>
cypn
Published: 26 June 2018
Labour pledges direct funding to providers of 30 hours childcare offer
<img alt="Labour pledges direct funding to providers of 30 hours childcare offer" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ad8e7ea2-3936-4e3b-bbe8-06f5fd6b20ee/4/TracyBrabinMP-320x198.jpg" /> <p> The party's shadow early years minister Tracy Brabin said the change would be part of efforts to simplify the overly complex childcare funding system, were Labour to get elected. "We'd shift to supply-side... </p>
cypn
Published: 26 June 2018
Stamford Hill school with sex ed ban 'inadequate'
School staff have gone through books to blank out bare skin on ankles, wrists and necks, Ofsted says.
bbc
Published: 26 June 2018