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Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

New horizons

By Nicole Curnow, Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

If you're bored with your current job or just want to kick-start your career in childcare, pack up your bags, put on your bikini and prepare for a summer working with children in one of Europe's hotte...

Questions over cash given to play facilities

By James Tweed, Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

Disabled children across England may lose out on play facilities and opportunities if the Government decides to allocate £200m of New Opportunities Fund money earmarked for play in the poorest 50 area...

Most childminders lack formal training

By James Tweed, Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

Fewer than three in ten registered childminders in Northern Ireland have had any formal childcare training, an audit by the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA) has found.

Staffing at nurseries leads to shake-up

By Lindsay Clark, Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

Scotland's largest nursery chain, Careshare, has tightened its monitoring of staff:child ratios after the Care Commission upheld nine complaints by parents against six of its nurseries over the past y...

Striking out

By Mary Evans, Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

Membership organisations representing different childcarers are becoming big players by opening up their own nurseries and family centres, as Mary Evans reports

Editor's letter

By Ruth Thomson, Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

Through the best of children's literature, young children can explore new ideas, develop their skills and follow their interests. To show the potential of good children's stories in promoting and c...

By the book

Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

AREAS OF LEARNING Nursery Topics - Mick Inkpen books covers all six areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum in England, but it can be easily adapted to suit the Scottish, Welsh and Nor...

By the book

By Jane Drake, Nursery World, 29 January 04, 12:00

As adults, we use books as sources of information, enjoyment and escapism. We curl up and relax with them and pour over them for hours. They can make us laugh, cry, empathise with others and questio...