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3 June 2004
There is growing unease in the private nursery sector
about their lack of involvement in the development of children's centres. Some
providers are finding that local authority-funded centres are opening...
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Council blamed in row on grants
3 June 2004
A local authority that refused to let a private daycare
provider administer the nursery education grant on the grounds that it wanted
three- and four-year-olds to take up surplus places...
Six-year-old Lydia Stephenson met Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London
3 June 2004
(Photograph) - Six-year-old Lydia Stephenson met Her
Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington,
London, last week to launch the children's book When Monty had...
Quote of the week
3 June 2004
'It's not just that advertisements make him choose a
particular brand - they convince him he is hungry as well' Hayley Brown, a
hotel manager from Ashford in Kent, on...
24/7 nursery refused at the eleventh hour
3 June 2004
Anursery that was set to offer seven-day,
round-the-clock care has been refused registration by Ofsted. In June 2003,
Jumping Jacks children's centre in Wigton, Cumbria, was awarded £80,000
from the...
AbracaDABra!
3 June 2004
(Photograph) - AbracaDABra!, London's digital radio
service for children, held a listening session in a nursery last week to
promote the value of a little shared radio each day. Children...
Nursery nurses in Edinburgh returned to work on 31 May
3 June 2004
Nursery nurses in Edinburgh returned to work on 31 May
after voting by five to one to accept the local authority's latest pay offer.
More than 300 nursery nurses were...
Child psychologist Jennie Lindon
3 June 2004
New free leaflets from Early Education will help carers
of under-fives understand child development and play an active part in
children's learning. Written by child psychologist Jennie Lindon, the leaflets...
Portable building inspired by Reggio
3 June 2004
The community ethos of Reggio Emilia has inspired a new
children's centre building. Portakabin, manufacturer of relocatable and modular
buildings, has designed its Lilliput children's centre to take less than...
Council 'undercuts' private nursery fees
3 June 2004
Private day nurseries in East Dunbartonshire have
accused the local authority of driving them out of business by breaking an
agreement not to undercut fees. The nurseries claim that a...
