News & Links
All the information that I place on the Alliance website is there to make it available for advocates of children’s wellbeing, so they are easily able to access any information they may need. If you use this service, it would be helpful if you acknowledged the Alliance for Childhood website as your source. We would also welcome any additional information, news items or research. This is the news that came in during the last 6 months. Any older items are in the archive.
Christopher Clouder
Town halls warn that Britain is becoming the 'obesity capital of the world'
Wednesday 15. of October 2008By: Local Government Association
Social services will increasingly have to step in to deal with cases where the welfare of dangerously overweight children is put at risk if the UK’s obesity epidemic continues to grow, town hall leaders are warning today.
Forget Sats: lesson one is a basic emotional education
Wednesday 15. of October 2008By: The Guardian
Our schools curriculum is designed by the middle classes, delivered by them, and is successful primarily for the middle classes. I know that being middle class isn't automatically a passport to a loving, stable background, with...
Walk In The Park Improves Attention In Children With ADHD
Wednesday 15. of October 2008By: Science Daily
For children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) tasks that require concentration such as doing homework or taking a test can be very difficult. A simple, inexpensive remedy may be a "dose of nature."
Ofcom to investigate baby TV channels over child development fears
Tuesday 14. of October 2008By: The Daily Mail
Ofcom is to look into evidence that TV channels aimed at pre-school children are damaging child development.
Are our children at risk from the baby TV stations?
Monday 13. of October 2008By: Daily Mail
Television channels aimed at pre-school children are damaging their development, researchers have claimed.
So teachers must be spies - now that really is a bit extreme
Sunday 12. of October 2008By: The Guardian
Leaving aside the constraints of the national curriculum, there seems no reason why our teachers should not double as spies. This dual function has been quite a tradition in British education, at undergraduate level at least.
Music makes learning fun
Friday 10. of October 2008By: Wakefield Express
Demotivation, fear of failure, behaviour and relationships are just some of the issues being tackled with the help of the SEAL Songs in Action initiative.