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Practitioners advised to check jabs status of new children

By Melanie Defries, Nursery World, 30 September 09, 12:00

Childcare practitioners and teaching staff should check the immunisation status of children when they start nursery or school, according to official guidance published last week.

Welsh practitioners issued with toolkit for Foundation Phase

By Melanie Defries, Nursery World, 30 September 09, 12:00

A practical guide to implementing the Welsh Foundation Phase has been published by Estyn, the training and education inspectorate for Wales.

Early years providers in the dark about single funding formula rates

By Melanie Defries, Nursery World, 30 September 09, 12:00

Early Education has called for the Government to rethink the implementation of the Early Years Single Funding Formula (EYSFF) after its survey of maintained nurseries and children's centres revealed a...

Children's TV gets cooking

By Sue Learner, Nursery World, 30 September 09, 12:00

Pre-school children can get a hand in learning how to cook with the help of a new programme on CBeebies television.

Analysis: 'Be obsessive about handwashing' in E. Coli aftermath

Nursery World, 30 September 09, 12:00

Early years settings may soon face stricter guidelines on exposing young children to animals that can harbour dangerous bacteria. Melanie Defries hears the arguments.

Positive relationships: A parent's guide to ... sleep

By Penny Tassoni, Nursery World, 30 September 09, 12:00

Sleep is essential for a child to grow and stay healthy, but achieving a routine that is comfortable for both child and parents is not always easy. Penny Tassoni offers advice.

Learning & development: Mathematics - Marking time

By Elizabeth Carruthers and Maulfry Worthington, Nursery World, 30 September 09, 12:00

Alongside or apart from what adults teach them, children will represent and explore mathematical ideas with their own creative methods, as Elizabeth Carruthers and Maulfry Worthington explain.

Childcare voucher companies slam Gordon Brown's plans to scrap tax relief

By Catherine Gaunt, nurseryworld.co.uk, 29 September 09, 05:53

Childcare voucher companies have hit back at plans to scrap tax relief on employer-supported childcare in order to pay for free childcare places for 250,000 two-year-olds.

Winners of the Nursery World Awards 2009 unveiled

nurseryworld.co.uk, 29 September 09, 11:49

The Nursery World Awards 2009 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London last Friday celebrated the best in the early years sector. Find out who won.

Row over ban on shared care prompts review of Childcare Act interpretation

By Catherine Gaunt, nurseryworld.co.uk, 29 September 09, 11:16

The Government is to review the meaning of childcare for 'reward' in the Childcare Act 2006 following Ofsted's ban on two working mothers from taking turns to look after each other's children.