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Friday, February 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Activity and obesity

Physical activity: some lessons from Finland

Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

It may sound strange, but we know very little about children’s physical activity (PA) in daycare and nurseries. How physically active are children really? What instigates PA?

Local authorities to pilot payment-by-results in children's centres

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.

Learning & Development: Cooking - Stirring stuff

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

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Older people added a special ingredient to a nursery cookery project described by Veronica Broyd, headteacher at Kendal Nursery School in Cumbria.

Programme to support young children's mental health in schools

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

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Children from five years old attending schools in Leeds are to benefit from a scheme to improve their emotional well-being and mental health.

Call for young children's dental care to be prioritised

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

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Parents struggle to access free oral health care and are unaware of dental checks for one-year-olds, according to a new survey.

A wholehearted commitment to children's well-being

Friday, May 18, 2018

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Introducing healthy well-being habits early on could be game-changing, says Jennie Johnson

Going to pot

Monday, February 18, 2019

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Why did a news story about toilet training lead to a deluge of anger and emotion from both practitioners and parents?

Parents blame lack of playgrounds for child health problems

Friday, August 30, 2019

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Three-quarters of parents say that a lack of play areas is affecting their child's health, figures suggest.

Interview - Dr Colin MacAdam

Friday, November 9, 2012

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Managing director of Playforce, a supplier of outdoor play and learning equipment for nurseries and primary schools.

Interview: Andrea Leadsom MP and Jo Churchill, public health minister

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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We talk to Andrea Leadsom and Jo Churchill about progress on the Early Years Healthy Development Review

Outdoor play is 'every child's right'

Thursday, November 25, 2021

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Every child has a right to spend time outdoors, said Professor Jan White, speaking at Nursery World’s outdoor play conference.

Troubled teens left in limbo

Monday, May 30, 2016

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The ‘epidemic’ requires a mix of early intervention and later support services, finds Charlotte Goddard

A Unique Child: Nurture Groups - Well nourished

Monday, May 30, 2016

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Nurture Groups offer children and young people with difficult emotional, social and behavioural needs a safe place within their school where their problems can be addressed. By Caroline Vollans

Mental health: Service cuts hit mothers and babies

Monday, July 14, 2014

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Austerity measures are having a knock-on effect on the provision of mental health services around the UK. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates what this means for those in need of support.

Early years practitioners can make 'a positive' difference' to child health

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

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Children’s health has been ‘neglected for far too long in the early years’, a leading expert told delegates at Nursery World’s online CPD conference on the EYFS.

Urgent action needed to address the impacts of the pandemic on children under six

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

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The pandemic has left its mark on all of us, but particularly young children and their physical development, says Max Stanford, of the Early Intervention Foundation

Nursery's grant to boost children's wellbeing and mental health

Friday, February 17, 2017

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A nursery in St Albans has treated its children to a newly developed sensory room and bespoke wellbeing activities as part of Feeling Good Week.

Youngest children not active enough

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Children as young as three unhappy with the way they look