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SATs squashes soul out of teaching

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  • Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Having gained a degree in Early Childhood Studies and spent time in Sweden observing their educational system, I undertook a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). I have been a Reception teacher for the past three years and although I am confident and highly principled, I still find the top down pressure from SATs frustrating and soul destroying. The PGCE was a total contradiction of my degree. It was more concerned with 'what and when' to teach as opposed to how children learn and creating an effective learning environment.

Unfair criticism

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  • Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    • | Nursery World
I just want to say that we teachers don't deserve the resentment of school support staff. We know that they should get paid more for the work that they do, but this is not our fault. I work more than double the hours that my colleague, a nursery nurse, does, both at home and after the nursery session. If our salaries were compared by the hourly rate, I am sure I would probably be earning less than she does.

PECS: Fair exchange

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  • Sunday, August 4, 2002
    • | Nursery World

Children who have communication difficulties are learning to express their needs with a deceptively simple, progressive system of picture cards. Mary Evans reports

Children afraid to play outdoors

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  • Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Charles Clarke, last month said that the Government had 'not quite got it right' on the issue of outdoor play. Speaking at the launch of a new report, A Child's Place: why environment matters to children, Mr Clarke acknowledged that the report raises a 'whole string of issues which are complicated and difficult', in relation to children's relationship with their environment.

Tilly Lockey shows off new hands

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  • Wednesday, January 28, 2009
    • | Nursery World
Three-year-old Tilly Lockey from Beechdale Nursery in Consett, County Durham, shows off her new hands. Tilly contracted meningitis as a baby and had both hands and her toes amputated. Her family raised 100,000 to get her the battery-powered prosthetic hands, which allow Tilly to carry out any activity a three-year-old with real hands would do.

Council blamed in row on grants

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  • Wednesday, June 2, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A local authority that refused to let a private daycare provider administer the nursery education grant on the grounds that it wanted three- and four-year-olds to take up surplus places in the maintained sector has been condemned by the Government. Knowsley Council on Merseyside told Lorraine Moorcroft that the Hunts Cross facility she opened in Halewood last year would not qualify for the nursery education grant. She already operates the grant at another nursery in Knowsley and one at Huyton in Liverpool.

Child psychologist Jennie Lindon

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  • Wednesday, June 2, 2004
    • | Nursery World
New free leaflets from Early Education will help carers of under-fives understand child development and play an active part in children's learning. Written by child psychologist Jennie Lindon, the leaflets - Babies: Learning starts from the first day, Toddlers and very early learning, Helping children with their behaviour, and Questions and answers - are ideal to share at nurseries, playgroups and other settings. For copies send an SAE to Early Education, 136 Cavell Street, London E1 2JA (tel: 020 7539 5400). The leaflets are also available on the website www.early-education.org.uk.

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