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Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition Preview

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Packed with new, innovative and exiting ideas, the Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition at the G-Mex Centre in Manchester is the meeting place for all those involved in nursery and primary education. With more than 130 leading educational suppliers under one roof, you will be able to purchase resources, compare services and keep up-to-date with the latest developments, practice and resources in this ever-changing area. Sponsored by Nursery World and the Times Educational Supplement, the show offers something for all those teaching and caring for the under-threes, Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 and 2 children, through an expanded seminar and training programme.

Correction

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
We're very sorry that in the March issue of Professional Nanny, the feature 'Check Points' erroneously referred to the company Civil and Corporate (tel: 0870 443 1738), which processes Criminal Records Bureau disclosures, as Civilised and Corporate (but it assures us that its service is highly civilised!)

Switch on to itc

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
It is important to site an interactive whiteboard correctly, otherwise it may not be fully useable. Access to both sides of the board is important - so avoid placing it in corners and up against walls or cupboards. Also, make sure it is positioned at a height that all children can reach. It is possible to fix the board and projector in a room permanently. This does entail extra expense but all the wires will be concealed and the board and projector will not be prone to going out of calibration. An alternative is for both to remain mobile providing flexibility in where it can be used.

Celebrity suits

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Beware mixing nannying and show business - that is the lesson of two recent legal cases. An employment tribunal this month awarded nanny Danielle Potterton 3,000 in compensation after finding that her former employer, the actress Samantha Morton, had colluded with her London showbiz friends to smear her reputation and stop her from getting work. The nanny had been sacked without references by Morton and then by rock 'n' roll couple Pearl Lowe and Danny Goffey. Meanwhile, as Professional Nanny went to press, the high court in Dublin has been hearing how the lead singer and manager of the Irish rock band the Cranberries treated their nanny Joy Fahy. In a lawsuit she has claimed the couple damaged her belongings and breached her contract while keeping her imprisoned at their isolated country home in Canada.

Early years beacon awards

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Four local authorities have been designated beacons of best practice for their groundbreaking work within the early years and childcare sector. The councils - Leeds, Somerset, and the London boroughs of Camden and Newham - have been awarded Beacon Council status by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minster and the Improvement and Development Agency.

Support systems

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Working with children under the age of three can be a demanding job. Helen Moylett outlines ways to ensure much-needed support mechanisms are firmly in place Writing in Nursery World about working with children under three, Peter Elfer ends with an appeal: 'We now need to turn our attention at a national level to the demands on and the needs of childcarers working with babies and toddlers. The intense emotional demands of their work remains one of the most neglected areas in early years practice.' ('Close encounters', 30 January 2003.) Julia Manning-Morton takes up this need for practitioner support in Part One of Birth to Three (Nursery World, 22 January 2004), describing the work as 'demanding and complex' and stressing that to work successfully with this age group, practitioners need the support of well-trained and understanding managers.

Ban 'deliberate violence' now

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
By Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, deputy secretary general of the Council of Europe. (Taken from the sixth Kilbrandon lecture on justice for children.) The hesitation of the UK Government and some other states to grasp the nettle and legislate to respect children's fundamental rights appears to be based on their perception of and fear of public opinion. Banning corporal punishment is still a controversial issue in some states.

We need a happy ending to this story

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Both the 'In my view' by Rosemary Williams ('Tormented by a paper ogre', 12 February) and the letter 'Escaping the ogre' by Audrey Bowers (18 March) bemoaned the amount of paperwork being foisted upon nursery staff. I am the owner/manager of two nurseries. As such, I have become much less hands-on with the children and more of a juggler of time to allow my staff to complete all the necessary bureaucracy. This is as well as having two administrative support workers.

Editor's view

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The establishment of another organisation to represent nanny agencies has been criticised by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (see News, page 4). REC believes the Association of Nanny Agencies is treading on its territory and is particularly annoyed that the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses is taking the lead in setting up the new organisation. However, the move shows how keen reputable agencies are to be part of a properly regulated industry. Since the deregulation of the sector under the Conservative government, there has been little policing of nanny agencies.

Inclusion dispute over pupil autism

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Aleading special needs charity wants teachers in mainstream schools to be given more training to teach children who have special needs. The call was made last week by the National Autistic Society after the NASUWT teaching union said the whole policy of inclusion needs to be 'redefined'. At its conference in Llandudno, Wales, the union said it wanted to see fully funded alternatives reinstated for SEN pupils.

Inclusion dispute over pupil autism

    News
  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Aleading special needs charity wants teachers in mainstream schools to be given more training to teach children who have special needs. The call was made last week by the National Autistic Society after the NASUWT teaching union said the whole policy of inclusion needs to be 'redefined'. At its conference in Llandudno, Wales, the union said it wanted to see fully funded alternatives reinstated for SEN pupils.

In all directions

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A project on early map work and journeys will help children develop a sense of understanding of their local community, as these activities from Diana Lawson show Project guide

Early years specialist Marie Wilson

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  • Wednesday, April 21, 2004
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Early years specialist Marie Wilson saw her book about babies and toddlers, This is me!, launched at the City Hall in Armagh on 1 April. The book is published by NIPPA: The Early Years Organisation and NIPPA chief executive Siobhan Fitzpatrick (right) said it would help parents, childminders and daycare providers to make a 'lasting and positive difference in the early stages of a child's development'.. Photograph by Photo courtesy of NIPPA

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