Quality childcare - is it all in the stars?
17 May 2001
I wonder just how the Government's proposed star
ratings for childcare (News,29 March) will be measured. Will there be a league
table? Will we be judged on the quality of...
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Stop the drain from nurseries
17 May 2001
By Lindsay Osman, childcare manager at YMCA Fairthorne
Manor in Curdridge, near Southampton I have worked in childcare in education,
social services and the voluntary and private sectors for 16...
Nice for some
17 May 2001
Further to the eight-page pull-out section on outdoor
play (5 April), I found parts of the section very informative and some of the
ideas very useful. However, I work in...
Value added
17 May 2001
I agree with the findings of the Professional
Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN) survey that we nursery nurses are
undervalued in the workplace (News, 19 April). Our salaries alone reflect...
Source for salaries
17 May 2001
I agree that pay in the early years sector is low, but
where is the money to come from to improve the situation? As a private day
nursery our staff...
Verify the position
17 May 2001
I was most surprised to read your Letter of the Week
('NVQ 3 training derailed by lack of assessors', 19 April). The writer has been
misinformed by her college.
Editor's view
17 May 2001
Organising a topic on My home may appear deceptively
simple but, as this issue of Nursery Topics will show, it is a project that
needs a lot of planning and...
The topic at a glance
17 May 2001
Areas of learning Nursery Topics - My home covers all
six areas of learning in the English early years curriculum, but it can be
easily adapted to suit the Scottish,...
