2 January 2003
Happy New Year to all Nursery World readers. 2003 no
doubt will be another eventful year for the early years sector, as more details
are revealed about how the recommendations...
2 January 2003
The suitability and affordability of childcare in
Britain is to be the subject of an inquiry in the spring by the Work and
Pensions select committee. The UK-wide inquiry will...
2 January 2003
(Photograph) - Budding artist Kirsty Smith, a
five-year-old at Swinton Primary School in Glasgow, went for the floral touch
on the cover she designed for the Glasgow Schools Calendar 2003....
2 January 2003
Early years practitioners in England, Scotland and
Northern Ireland have been invited to give their views as part of a nationwide
review being carried out by the Government to decide...
2 January 2003
Nannies are being invited to attend a series of evening
workshops being co-hosted by the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses,
Nannies at Work and chartered accountants Nyman Linden. The sessions...
2 January 2003
Childcare near to home or en route to work is preferred
to workplace nurseries by two-thirds of parents living and working in London,
according to a survey by the charity...
2 January 2003
'I was a lot fitter than most of the rugger players at
my school because my parents had no car and I walked or cycled everywhere'
Broadcaster John Humphrys on...
2 January 2003
(Photograph) - John Allin, mayor of Mansfield and
chairman of Mansfield District Council, had a ball at the opening of
Nottinghamshire's first Neighbourhood Nursery. The Springfield Nursery at the
Pleasley...
2 January 2003
The target of halving child poverty in Britain by 2010
will fail if the Government relies too heavily on its pledge to get 70 per cent
of lone parents into...
2 January 2003
Proposed national standards for the regulation of
childcare agencies in Scotland could prove a costly and bureaucratic public
relations exercise and may not ensure child protection, according to one of...