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Packing up

    News
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Use a 'house move' to foster problem-solving skills 1 On the move

At the shops

    News
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Develop the topic through a trip to the shops 1 In step

Out of the box

    News
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Arouse a child's curiosity and stimulate their creativity with a selection of interesting bags and boxes In order to foster children's creativity, it is crucial that practitioners offer children open-ended experiences and value their individual responses to a stimulus. Here are a few ideas of how to arouse children's curiosity and promote imaginative thinking through the use of bags and boxes.

For your shelf

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Early childhood education: society and culture. Edited by Angela Anning, Joy Cullen and Marilyn Fleer. (Sage, ISBN 0-7619-4387-0, 18.99, 020 7324 8703) Reviewed by Jennie Lindon, psychologist and early years consultant This book highlights the context of learning through exploration of the cultural backdrop to priorities and approaches for early education. The main contrasts are drawn from the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Quote of the week

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
'This is baby farming. Why not hand babies over at birth and have done with them, as our forebears used to do? Why not hang them up by the swaddling bands on a hook in some stranger's hut?' Minette Martin on extended schools, the Sunday Times

The Children Bill has been criticised for ignoring the needs of children affected by domestic violence

    News
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The Children Bill has been criticised for ignoring the needs of children affected by domestic violence. The Local Government Association is calling for the welfare of such children to be set out as a specific responsibility of the new directors of children's services and Local Safeguarding Boards proposed in the Bill. For further information see www.lga.gov.uk.

Care standards inspectors in Wales can extend their professional skills

    News
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Care standards inspectors in Wales can extend their professional skills with the introduction of a new qualification. The Regulation of Care Services Award, developed jointly by the Care Standards Inspectorate for Wales and the School of Health and Social Sciences at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, is a two-year modular course. For details see www.uwic.ac.uk.

On course

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
12 October An introduction to child protection Assessing and managing risk, and listening to children.

Outdoor area

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
* A two- or three-drawer plastic trolley can house a wide selection of equipment to support children's investigations and explorations in the outdoor area, such as bug boxes, magnifying glasses, binoculars and information books. The trolley can be wheeled in and out of storage and moved over to the site of the children's interest. * A 'digging' or 'gardening' box, containing trowels, spades, rakes, sieves, plant pots and watering cans, is a useful resource to keep permanently in the outdoor area. This, too, could have wheels or castors attached to its base so that children can manoeuvre it independently.

Reader offer

    News
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
We have two baby cube towers (Asco, 27.95) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Baby tower', to the address on page 3. Winners will be the first two names drawn on 30 September.

Reader offer

    News
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
We have two lunch baskets (Asco, 13.95) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Lunch basket', to the address on page 3. Winners will be the first two names drawn on 30 September.

Editor's view

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The role of employers in supporting and providing for their staff's childcare needs will be a major issue in the next few years. Last week's conference by the London Development Agency, Bright Horizons Family Solutions and the Daycare Trust provided lots of food for thought (see News, page 5). The experience of employers in the US, where government funding of childcare is very low, proved illuminating, but minister for children, young people and families Margaret Hodge made it clear that the UK government expects to see greater involvement of employers here in funding and provision.

Private providers fear sidelining

    News
  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Private providers remain apprehensive about their future role in Government initiatives despite ministerial reassurances that they will have a part to play. Speaking at a conference last week about the future of the private sector, minister for children Margaret Hodge spelled out the opportunities that children's centres and extended schools could offer private providers. But delegates, particularly those involved in the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative, expressed fears that they will be sidelined or ignored.

Health promotion given new thrust

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Schools are being given Government guidance for promoting a fit and healthy lifestyle for children. The Healthy Living Blueprint brings together a range of resources and ideas to assist schools in providing an all-round approach to well-being. The Government says it is about to invest 1m in improving school meals, with money earmarked to revise nutritional standards and provide support for sourcing healthy meals.

House proud

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Work from a home base for activities across the curriculum by Judith Stevens, early years adviser for Lewisham Education Children learn best when they are involved in practical, stimulating activities which are meaningful and relevant to them. A project about 'homes' gives children opportunities to extend their own understanding of something very familiar and important in their own lives, and to begin to recognise and value similarities and differences in those of other people.

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