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    News
  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | Nursery World
Do you have a story to tell? Share it with us at news.nw@haymarket.com.

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    News
  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
18 January. Activities for the under-twos Topics include evaluating and choosing equipment, treasure baskets and heuristic play and physical, sensory and language development.

Give us a break

    News
  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
As the Government considers giving tax incentives for employer- supported childcare, could this herald a better deal for working parents? Alison Mercer reports The Treasury is due to publish a consultation document that will explore new tax and national insurance incentives for employer-supported childcare this month (January). Until this document, Balancing Work and Family Life, comes out, it is hard to know what options the Government is considering.

Smile!

    News
  • Wednesday, April 5, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Practitioners can get children brushing at nursery and show parents why it's so important, says dentist Graham Wilding Dental care is essential in children from a very young age. With 40 per cent of all children under five suffering from the pain of tooth decay, nurseries have a key role in caring for children's teeth and teaching children good dental hygiene habits.

In brief...Two Highland playgroups

    News
  • Wednesday, October 3, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Two Highland playgroups have been warmly praised in the latest inspection reports published by HM Inspectorate of Education. Aldourie Under-5s playgroup in Inverness was found to have very good quality resources, good levels of staffing and high-quality interaction between staff and children. The inspectors also paid tribute to the hard work and commitment of the staff and committee of Maryburgh playgroup in Maryburgh. They were impressed by its programme in physical development and movement. Meanwhile, Clifton Hall School and nursery class in Edinburgh was found by inspectors to have very good communication with parents, a good partnership with governors and a good implementation of special educational needs legislation. The full reports are available on the website www.scotland.gov.uk/hmie

In brief...Parents of pre-school and

    News
  • Wednesday, October 3, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Parents of pre-school and primary school children are aware of the broadcasting watershed of 9pm and value it as a means of controlling what their children see on television, according to research published last week. The report, Viewers and Family Viewing Policy, was commissioned by the BBC, the Broadcasting Standards Commission and the Independent Television Commission to assess the role of the watershed in the changing media environment. The researchers found that 'younger children chose not to watch programmes which did not appeal to them, such as those intended for an older audience, and older children often showed a protective attitude towards younger siblings.' viewing.'

Daycarers in dark about new rules

    News
  • Wednesday, October 3, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Some providers in England have still not received their copy of the new national standards for daycare and childminding for under-eights and the accompanying guidance, even though all childcarers in England are now meant to comply with the new regime, which came into force at the beginning of September. A spokeswoman for Ofsted, which was sending out copies of the standards and guidance together to all providers, said distribution started in early July but hit problems in August when Ofsted ran out of copies of the guidance.

Nursery school closure row

    News
  • Wednesday, March 29, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Parent governors at a nursery school in Lancashire have accused the local authority of taking action that will effectively close it down without the required consultation. Kelsall Avenue Nursery School in Blackburn has been locked in a nine-month dispute with Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council over plans to move it to the site of a new children's centre without a formal public consultation.

For goodness sake

    News
  • Wednesday, March 29, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Many more early years settings are serving only organic food to the children. Here some of them tell Joyce Reid and Annette Rawstrone why With the potential dangers of pesticides in food making the headlines again this month, it's not surprising that many nurseries are going organic.

Asquith investing in staff and settings

    News
  • Wednesday, March 29, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Asquith Nurseries, the UK's second largest nursery group, is undertaking a multi-million pound programme to refurbish its settings and train up to 1,000 staff to level 4. From May, all nursery employees will have the chance to enrol on the Open University Certificate in Early Years Practice, which is an open-access course. Asquith is fully funding it at a cost of around 1,000 per candidate. The course usually starts in February, but the OU is running an intake in May exclusively for the nursery group.

'Take nursery schools' route to reading'

    News
  • Wednesday, March 29, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The principles of good practice in nursery schools must not be ignored when teaching children to read, the director of Early Education has said in response to the final report on the Rose Review, which advocates synthetic phonics. Anne Nelson said that those responsible for the revision of the primary national strategies and the development of the Early Years Foundation Stage should look at the Ofsted inspection reports for maintained nursery schools.

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    News
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2009
    • | Nursery World
The best photo of the week will win 30 worth of children's books.

Woman's Own Children of Courage Awards

    News
  • Wednesday, January 1, 2003
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Seven-year-old Megan Reynolds from Belfast was one of ten children from around the UK honoured in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London at the 29th annual Woman's Own Children of Courage Awards. Megan was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, and has undergone eight major operations including high-risk surgery on her head and spine. Her mother Mairead (left) said, 'She's always the first to offer help to anyone in pain. She's kind and patient, putting up with treatment and operations.' Photograph by Michael Melia

Childminders' hardship fund

    News
  • Wednesday, March 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Up to 10,000 registered childminders working in deprived parts of England are to receive temporary grants of up to 100 a week to help them through periods of financial difficulty. The Government is to spend 3.5m, some of which is from the European Social Fund, over two years on bridging grants over a five-week period for childminders in deprived areas. They can apply for the grant only twice in any 12-month period.

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