Children who are less than five years old, especially those who are not in full-time education.
〈主英〉五岁以下儿童（尤指接受全日制教育前儿童）
existing provision for under-fives is generally inadequate
as modifierunder-fives facilities
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The Welsh assembly has announced £4. 87m of funding to improve Welsh language training for those working with under-fives.
Its innovative nursery school programme has taken the orchestra to around 24,000 under-fives in the past five years alone.
It will also focus on young people, offering various activity sessions for different age groups, such as stories for under-fives and homework support for school pupils.
Meanwhile, local Chiswick parents held an event to launch fund-raising for a wooden playground for under-fives that will reflect elements of Chiswick House.
There will be a fancy dress competition with a 1940s theme which will be judged in three categories: under-fives, fives to tens and adults.
Volunteers hope the centre will cater for six children with a variety of needs at any one time, with under-fives during the day and slightly older ones after school, he added.
She cites parents' worries that under-fives, in particular, fail to understand the purpose of adverts, and do not differentiate between commercials and programmes.
When the strike has been reported, the emphasis has been on the impact it has had on working mothers and those who struggle with a squad of under-fives full-time.
The centre provides an excellent service for under-fives with special needs and their families, which is very much appreciated.
These countries have opted for large, targeted initiatives several times a year in which millions of under-fives are immunised at a time.
Parents may be prevented from taking their children swimming because of regulations stating that under-fives must be supervised on a one-to-one basis.
It means the school has achieved a kite-mark for high standards of care and education of under-fives.
When asked whether to spend money on higher education or the under-fives, she asked why we couldn't have both, funded by a tax hike: ‘The phone instantly went dead’.
These basics are particularly important for the survival of the under-fives and children in remote areas.
Many's the Saturday I have longed for an inexpensive restaurant serving small bowls of pasta or rice dishes for under-fives, where my children will not provoke intolerant glances from diners tucking into a couscous and mango salad.
Hundreds of children from the under-fives to the over-15s took part in the competition.
Each night the displays will start at 8pm and tickets will cost £3.50 per person, with under-fives free.
Admission costs £4 for adults, £3 concessions, £1 for children aged five to 15 and under-fives free.
He said his main spending priorities were under-fives and schools.
In the old days, there was very little investment in the under-fives but now nursery education is helping them develop more and more.