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Play days - playworkers

By Alison Mercer, Nursery World, 11 July 00, 12:00

Play days Job opportunities are opening up for playworkers, as 60,000 new staff will be needed over the next five years for expanding out-of-school provision. Anne Longfield, chief executive of the K...

DfEE using spin, say childcarers

By James Tweed, Nursery World, 11 July 00, 12:00

Angry early years organisations have accused the Government of embarking on a spin campaign following claims that the sector has given a positive response to the consultation on national standards for...

Net benefits: childminding benefits

By Alison Moore, Nursery World, 11 July 00, 12:00

Net benefits By Alison Moore

Support staff deal sought by Unison

By Annette Rawstrone, Nursery World, 11 July 00, 12:00

Claims for the regrading of nursery nurses and classroom assistants are being submitted to local authorities in England by trade union Unison.

By Alice Sharp, Nursery World, 11 July 00, 12:00

Allowing children to develop their own interests as they start the Foundation Stage will ease the settling-in process. Julian Grenier plans to make first experiences positive

A big build up - a developmental curriculum

By Geva Blenkin, Nursery World, 06 July 00, 12:00

Six areas of learning form the content of the QCA's foundation stage curriculum, and these link directly to the six sets of Early Learning Goals. It would be understandable, therefore, for practitione...

Question time - recruitment campaign

By Margaret Hodge, Nursery World, 06 July 00, 12:00

Is there a recruitment crisis in childcare, and if so, why? No, but to help people balance their work and family life, we want to recruit thousands more childcare workers. That's why we've launched th...

Down To The Grassroots - National EYN

By Anne Wiltsher, Nursery World, 06 July 00, 12:00

The National Early Years Network has its roots well and truly in the voluntary sector. Originally called the Voluntary Organisations Liaison Council for Under Fives (VOLCUF), it was set up in 1978 by ...

Born in the USA - chain takeover

By Annette Rawstrone, Nursery World, 06 July 00, 12:00

When a successful British nursery chain was sold to a US firm it set others in the sector wondering who might be next. Annette Rawstrone investigates