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Nurseries asked to gear up dads for Fathers' Story Week

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  • Wednesday, April 11, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Fathers should participate more in their children's learning, says the Fatherhood Institute, as the think-tank urges schools, nurseries and other family learning settings to sign up for Fathers' Story Week 2012.

About this series

    News
  • Wednesday, December 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
'A schema is a pattern of repeated actions. Clusters of schemas develop into later concepts.' (Chris Athey, 2003) These articles have been written by the Pen Green Team as a result of monthly seminars with Chris Athey, during which individual children's learning is reflected on and discussed at length.

NDNA launches workforce survey

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  • Wednesday, January 10, 2018
    • | Nursery World
The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) wants to hear from childcare owners and managers about the challenges they are facing with recruitment and retention of staff.

A parent's guide to Child Trust Fund vouchers

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  • Wednesday, December 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Paying the day-to-day bills can be enough of a struggle for many families without thinking about saving for their children's future, which is why ministers have introduced the Child Trust Fund scheme. Who will provide the CTF accounts?

Stop these colours

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  • Wednesday, December 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
I feel that the green 'full stop' NSPCC logo is very misleading to young children. I am a pre-school supervisor trying to teach the children in my care that red means stop and green means go. This is a universal code in all aspects of safety. How then, can the NSPCC send mixed messages to children by stating that green is stop?

A big enough change for now

    News
  • Wednesday, December 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A big enough change for now By Sue Owen, director of the Early Childhood Unit at the National Children's Bureau

On target?

    News
  • Wednesday, December 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
How will the National Occupational Standards review affect the qualifications of early years practitioners? Karen Faux looks at how the review has identified changing structures and job roles within the sector and why its recommendations will bring changes to NVQs and SVQs over the next year The review of the national occupational standards is all about raising standards - both in terms of basic training and the potential for experienced practitioners to move onwards and up in their profession.

Nursery owner up for business prize

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  • Wednesday, September 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A Yorkshire nursery owner and manager is in the running for a 20,000 prize in a competition to honour the UK's best new businesses, organised by the HSBC bank. Sally Minns, who set up the Old School House Children's Nursery in Sancton in autumn 2000, is one of ten finalists in the HSBC Start-up Stars Awards, which invite applications from UK businesses that have been trading for less than two years and can demonstrate that they have the approprate management skills and ideas for success.

The Scottish Executive to invest 40m

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  • Wednesday, September 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Scottish Executive will invest 40m over the next three years in integrated children's services, plus an additional Pounds 110m for early years intervention, finance minister Andy Kerr said last week. This includes an integrated package of support from local authorities, voluntary organisations and health services to at least 15,000 vulnerable children under five; increased resources for Sure Start Scotland; and resources for outreach services, family centres, nurseries, playgroups, childminding and parent support. The Executive also intends to spend 1.15bn on building and refurbishing schools and additional resources to tackle behaviour issues and improve the nutritional value of school meals.

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