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How to deal with a tonic-clonic seizure

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  • Wednesday, December 12, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Calmly reassure the other children and ensure that the child having the seizure cannot harm themselves. Only move the child if there are sharp or hot objects or electrical appliances nearby. Then: 1 Cushion the head with something soft, but do not try to restrain movements.

Private first class

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  • Wednesday, December 12, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Rarely have I read a more bitter, vitriolic letter, full of bigotry and misinformation, than the one written by Jean Simmons on private nurseries (29 November). This lady obviously has no knowledge or experience of the subject. I have worked in nursery schools for 35 years and now own a private nursery. I am aware that as in all walks of life - including council nurseries - some are very good, some are very bad, and most are somewhere in between, and I would agree that private nurseries fall into these same categories.

More money for maintaining play

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  • Wednesday, December 12, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Childcare in Wales looks set for a happier new year with 3.8m in funding for Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships. During a debate on childcare last week at the Welsh Assembly, minister for children Jane Hutt said, 'The Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships have worked hard to make a difference in their local communities. I am pleased to announce 3.8m for them for next year so that they can start the financial year with more than a 250 per cent increase over the position at the start of the year.

Quote of the week

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  • Wednesday, December 12, 2001
    • | Nursery World
'Partnership as a form of government, particularly when the partnership is encouraged by the Government to distance itself from its accountable body, is not good government.' John Sinnott, chief executive of Leicestershire County Council, in his inquiry report (see above)

'More out-of-school clubs for over-11s'

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  • Wednesday, December 12, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The Kids' Clubs Network (KCN)has called for a massive expansion of out-of-school clubs for older children, from the 300 to 500 that are up and running to around 4,000 - one for every senior school. However, if they are to succeed these clubs need a style and approach which is different to provision for younger children. The audience at a KCN conference on developing childcare for 11-to 14-year-olds last week heard a presentation on four children in this age group who went to school in the London boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham. They said they wanted to spend time out of school on trick skating, building robots and learning yoga - but they definitely did not want to be 'taken care of'.

Project guide

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  • Wednesday, December 12, 2001
    • | Nursery World
This two-part project covers all six areas of learning, indicated by: Personal, social and emotional development Communication,language and literacy Mathematical development Knowledge & understanding of the world Physical development Creative development

Register a duty to children

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  • Wednesday, December 12, 2001
    • | Nursery World
By Rowan Dickman, director of the Institute for Social Childcare and Education When we first started several years ago, our aim was to get a national registration scheme with a central database which would track all care workers in Britain. This, coupled with a national training scheme to set and maintain standards, would go some way to form a safe and professional care service.

Quote of the week

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  • Wednesday, December 5, 2001
    • | Nursery World
'Modern kids appear able to engage and apply technology far more quickly than previous generations. Picking up the skills to become techno-savvy starts at birth' Tom Savigar, on how children intuitively know more about information technology than adults, The Sunday Times

In brief...Initiatives to encourage

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  • Wednesday, December 5, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Initiatives to encourage children to eat more fruit and vegetables are to benefit from a further 52m as part of a drive to prevent cancer and heart disease. The funding over two years comes from the New Opportunities Fund and sees the National School Fruit Scheme in England expand to give more than a million children aged four to six a free piece of fruit daily.

Child tax credits streamlined

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  • Wednesday, December 5, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Government proposals to reform the Working Families Tax Credit, which includes the childcare tax credit that helps parents on low incomes with childcare costs, were revealed last week. Paymaster General Dawn Primarolo published a Bill to simplify and streamline the current range of tax credits by replacing them with just two new tax credits, in the wake of chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-Budget report earlier in the week.

Young viewers

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  • Wednesday, December 5, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Exposure to television is increasing among very young children. Annette Rawstrone hears a consensus from experts about its effects on early development Getting 'square eyes' from watching too much television may just be a prospect that we tease childen with, but excessive viewing can indeed lead to serious developmental problems.

Stage Directions

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  • Wednesday, December 5, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Use these guidelines to ensure that you are making the most of your early years drama sessions If you are now feeling confident enough to venture into providing drama, then take the following strategies into account when planning your sessions:

MMR review argues against single jabs

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  • Wednesday, December 5, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A review of all the scientific research to date on the triple measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine shows that there is no case for introducing the vaccines in single doses, according to the authors. Professor David Elliman, of St George's Hospital, London, and Dr Helen Bedford, of the Institute of Child Health, published their review in the British Medical Journal's specialist publication Archives of Disease in Childhood in September and concluded that worries over the controversial MMR are unjustified.

Editor's view

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  • Wednesday, December 5, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Plans for the police to create databases of 'sensitive information' about young children whom they believe could become criminals will raise serious concerns about human rights. An adult whose name and personal details were put on a list of potential criminals would rightly be furious. What effect will this sort of action have on children from nursery age who could be under surveillance just for living in a particular area or coming from the 'wrong sort' of family? Will being under suspicion in this way actually help to improve their life chances, when so much needs to be done to tackle problems of poverty, health and education? Further, will the inclusion of a child's name lead to problems for them later in life if employers or others are able to find out that they had been on such a list?

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