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One voice must mean just one association

    News
  • Wednesday, May 30, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I cannot agree with Alan Bentley's column ('To the point' and News, 17 May) and find it very contradictory. He is asking us to speak with 'one voice', but surely setting up a separate association is splitting the voice into smaller groups who will not have such an impact with the Government? Mr Bentley says that another association should speak for all childcare providers, 'whether they have one nursery or 100'. Yet he says that at the large providers' group meeting they are going to decide about setting up another association - what about the opinion of small nurseries? NDNA has worked hard to get recognition from the Government and local authorities. NDNA has always stood for quality care, a point that seems to be forgotten in the politics around childcare. NDNA has also always responded to anything contradictory in the media. It may not be perfect in meeting everyone's expectations, but it is there to fight our corner and will always listen to members' views. If more people supported NDNA instead of pulling the association apart, we would have a stronger, united voice.

Summit will bring together pledges

    News
  • Wednesday, August 20, 2008
    • | Nursery World
The london child Poverty Summit in October will aim to bring together all those who have signed the London Child Poverty Pledge (news, 24 July).

Letter: Nought on your life

    News
  • Thursday, August 9, 2007
    • | Nursery World
It was interesting to read Lena Engel's succinct coverage of the statutory framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (21 June).

Welcome signs

    News
  • Wednesday, May 29, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Sessions for carers and parents to drop in with children work wonders, as Julian Grenier finds A warm and very personal welcome awaits children, parents and carers when they come to the drop-in at Dorothy Gardner Nursery Centre. The Centre has been open for nearly 30 years in a bustling and densely populated corner of Westminster in central London. The staff are especially proud of the drop-in, says headteacher Pat Lacey. 'We welcome all people to the Centre, and the drop-in is usually the first point of call,' she says. 'We try to make people feel wanted, appreciated and valued. We've found that they often appreciate us in the same way.'

Staff and children from Manningtree Methodist Church Pre-school

    News
  • Wednesday, November 9, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Staff and children from Manningtree Methodist Church Pre-school moved to new premises at Highfields Primary School in Lawford, Essex, at the start of September with the new name of Busy Bees Pre-School. It now offers morning, afternoon and lunch sessions for children aged from two-and-a-half. Each session has 20 places.

Two-year delay for Foundation Phase

    News
  • Wednesday, November 9, 2005
    • | Nursery World
The early years sector in Wales will have to wait two more years for the start-up of its new Foundation Phase. Jane Davidson, minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, said last week that the implementation of the Foundation Phase for three- to seven-year-olds, which was due to be rolled out to three- to five-year-olds across Wales next September, is being put off to September 2008. Ms Davidson announced extra funding to support staff training and potentially bring more settings into the pilot, raising this year's budget of 1.5m to 2.5m in 2006/07 and Pounds 7.5m in 2007/08.

Share schemes

    News
  • Wednesday, May 29, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Staff work jointly with parents in assessing a child's learning at this early years centre, says Julian Grenier Lynn Kennington, the head of Gamesley Pre-School Centre in North Derbyshire, is forthright about her priorities. 'Parents are at the forefront of our thinking. They are the child's first educators,' she states. 'We are here as a resource for the community, for the child and the family.'

A positive future

    News
  • Wednesday, December 20, 2006
    • | Nursery World
New hopes are held out for children who suffer from this life-threatening condition. Melanie Defries explains what they need Cystic fibrosis came to prominent public attention recently when it was revealed by Chancellor Gordon Brown that his four-month-old son James Fraser had been diagnosed with the hereditary disease. He said that he and his wife Sarah were positive about their son's future and optimistic about new treatments, and they were touched by the many messages of support received.

More health visitors needed

    News
  • Wednesday, November 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Up to 4,000 more full-time health visitors are needed across England to provide intensive support for 120,000 vulnerable families, says a leading trade union.

A base that reaches into the heart of the community

    News
  • Wednesday, May 29, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The ACE Centre is the base for professionals from many different services who are working together. Their common agenda is to find out what people need and then provide it. It is a kind of working which is still exploratory, and is sometimes challenging. 'We are all committed and caring professionals at the centre,' says Clempson, 'but you never get to the point where you've "cracked it". This work isn't just about words on bits of paper. We have found that when people are working together for the first time, their own needs have to be met even as we are working to meet the needs of the people we serve.'

Animal welfare: Hop to it!

    News
  • Tuesday, May 28, 2002
    • | Nursery World
There are many ways for young children to learn respect and appreciation for animals without keeping live ones in their school or nursery, as Marie Charlton explains

London Borough of Newham's Children's Information Service

    News
  • Wednesday, March 23, 2005
    • | Nursery World
* The London Borough of Newham's Children's Information Service also received the National Quality Award at a ceremony held at the Guildhall in the City of London on 14 February. The award was presented by Naomi Eisenstadt, director of the Sure Start Unit at the Department for Education and Skills.

Campaign demands strategy change

    News
  • Tuesday, May 28, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Pre-school Learning Alliance has launched a two-year campaign to pressure the Government into rethinking its National Childcare Strategy.

Settings well organised while QA boosts ratings

    News
  • Tuesday, August 26, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Ofsted's third and final review from the three-year cycle of inspections focuses on how early years and childcare providers organise, lead and manage settings to promote positive outcomes for children.

The poison grant

    News
  • Wednesday, December 13, 2006
    • | Nursery World
I noted in Beverley Hughes' 'Analysis' article (Nursery World, 23 November) how carefully she avoided the main issue - in certain settings, accepting the education grant money can put the setting out of business. My company has given advice to nurseries in respect of policies and procedures, National Standards, staffing and employment legislation since 1990. We have recently been consulted by a number of nurseries on the situation created by the new ruling.

Storing it up

    News
  • Wednesday, May 18, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Get the best out of your outdoor equipment storage facilities with this expert advice from Jan White, senior early years development officer at Learning through Landscapes Every early years practitioner knows that the storage and organisation of equipment and resources is a key issue in outdoor provision. Setting out and clearing away each day can be time-consuming and require considerable effort. If equipment is difficult to get out and use, it is not likely to be used regularly.

NEG protesters meet with new Tory

    News
  • Wednesday, December 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Campaigners against the revised funding rules for the nursery education grant met with the new shadow minister for education at the House of Commons last week (22 November) to discuss their concerns. Private and voluntary provi-ders from the Save Our Nurseries group were invited to meet Anne McIntosh, who has replaced Maria Miller in the shadow cabinet reshuffle and had previously lent her support to the group.

Learning from Sure Start: working with young children and their families

    News
  • Wednesday, November 2, 2005
    • | Nursery World
* A new book, Learning from Sure Start: working with young children and their families, edited by Jo Weinberger, Caroline Pickstone and Peter Hannon, takes an in-depth look at the Sure Start initiative. It evaluates the methods used in Sure Start programmes, identifies successes and indicates any lessons to be learned. The book is published by Oxford University Press and costs 18.99. To order a copy visit www.openup.co.uk or call 01628 502 700.

Media watch

    News
  • Wednesday, December 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Putting a 'calypso' spin on the traditional Christmas party and nativity play has not gone down well with Christian parents at Highview Primary School in Surrey, according to The Sun. The headteacher's plan to have children sing a reggae-themed 'Twelve Days of Christmas' and to perform 'Away in a Manger' in sign language has prompted more than 100 parents to ban their children from attending the show. The Metro reported that the country's youngest qualified pub barman is 12-year-old Chris Hardacre, who came top of the class in a recent licence exam. Chris, whose father Dave runs The Star at Barnby Dun near Doncaster, Yorkshire, is looking forward to following in the family trade once he is legally old enough..

Within reach

    News
  • Wednesday, November 2, 2005
    • | Nursery World
The children's centre programme is an ambitious project to integrate services for under-fives. In the run-up to phase 2, is it still on track? Nothing illustrates more graphically the Government's grand design to integrate and mainstream services for children from birth to five years old and their families, first within deprived areas and then in every community in the country, than its plan to create 3,500 children's centres by 2010.

RAF Cottesmore

    News
  • Wednesday, May 22, 2002
    • | Nursery World
RAF Cottesmore had its first delivery this month from Rutland County Council's mobile toy library. Users on the toy library's route can choose from a range of toys, games and musical instruments for an initial registration fee of 2 per term or 5 a year and can borrow the equipment for a month, with no other fee charged.

Undiagnosed eye problems

    News
  • Wednesday, October 31, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Around 5 per cent of six-year-olds have an undiagnosed eye problem because of huge variations in screening services around the country, a new report claims. Research by the Association of Optometrists (AOP) found that undiagnosed problems went up to 10 per cent for 12-year-olds and called for a review of children's vision screening. The AOP said that there is a low uptake of free NHS sight tests by young children, and chief executive Bob Hughes called for eye testing to be mandatory before a child starts school.

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