Editor's view
19 September 2002
It is hugely disappointing that there are moves within
the Scottish Parliament to reject plans to ban the smacking of children under
three, bowing to pressure from parents apparently worried...
Latest Jobs
- Deputy & Centre Manager
- Excellent salaries, North West England
- Family Support Worker
- £26,928 - £28,494, North London
- Under 3’s Co-ordinator
- £24,588 - £26,025, North London
- Deputy Manager Children’s Centre
- £33,777 - £36,474, North London
- Nursery Nurses
- South East England
Archive
Search for articles from Nursery World.
Use the filter links on the right to browse for articles or narrow down your search results. To remove a filter, simply click on the same link again.
Nurseries seek priority at CRB
19 September 2002
The backlog in the processing of staff by the Criminal
Records Bureau is having a serious knock-on effect on many of the 8,000 day
nurseries across England and Wales, a...
Linguatots
19 September 2002
(Photograph) - Four-year-old Charlotte McCrone of
Renfrewshire checks out some language resources from Linguatots, a new company
set up by her parents Dawn and Jim McCrone when they were having...
Curriculum may start at age three
19 September 2002
Children in England could begin the national curriculum
from the age of three, following the start of a Government consultation on
extending the national curriculum to include the Foundation Stage....
The importance of making spaces
19 September 2002
The importance of making spaces in which children and
their carers can have freedom to think, talk and create was stressed at a major
early years conference at Nottingham University...
Grants on offer for voluntary organisations
19 September 2002
Voluntary organisations with projects based in England
have been invited to bid for grants of up to £55,000 each to provide
support to families. Beverley Hughes, minister for the family,...
The scrapping of Key Stage One tests in Wales
19 September 2002
The scrapping of Key Stage One tests in Wales last year
has not affected children's achievement, results published last week suggest.
More than 80 per cent of seven-year-olds achieved at...
Nursery owner up for business prize
19 September 2002
A Yorkshire nursery owner and manager is in the running
for a £20,000 prize in a competition to honour the UK's best new
businesses, organised by the HSBC bank. Sally...
Quote of the week
19 September 2002
'It seems like time for us to understand that children
aren't either "little angels or little devils", as ChildLine recently put it,
but complicated little packages that can contain elements...
Providers guided on new care standards
19 September 2002
Do you display photographs of adults as well as of
children in your setting, to show that both are welcomed and valued? What
measures do you have in place to...
