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The Ugly Duckling

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Encourage children's interest in numbers and counting with this display based on a traditional story, says Sue Wise Planned learning intentions

Scrap the rates and reward the staff

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Nursery nurses definitely deserve more pay. But all the income to run a private day nursery comes solely from the children's parents. The Government wants to provide good-quality, affordable childcare. Yet how can anyone running a private nursery afford to pay their staff more and also keep fees low for parents? The answer is to scrap the business rates that nurseries have to pay.

Never too young

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The spotlight is firmly on caring for birth to threes - the theme of this year's essay competition (opposite). First, Lena Engel looks at outdoor play for this age group

Each one teach one to read

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Nannies with a bit of spare time who would like to add another string to their bow might consider helping children's literacy skills through the Readability scheme. Volunteers are needed to go into primary schools for an hour or more a week and work individually with children who are struggling to read. Six hours of useful training is provided, backed up by ongoing support on the job. One young woman who's volunteered is Kirat Nandra, who says, 'It's not just being able to read a book; it's about trying to educate the kids and let them know they have the capability to do better. You feel that you are trying to give something back, and someone is trying to learn from you. An hour is not a long time. Oh - and the feel-good factor is great!' If you're interested in volunteering, perhaps to get a taste of classroom work, contact either of the charities involved in the scheme, TimeBank on 0845 601 4008 or Volunteer Reading Help on 020 7729 4087.

Unison backs off on local pay deals

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Unison's chief negotiators have been forced to back down in their fight for a national pay settlement for Scotland's nursery nurses. At a meeting last week the public services trade union agreed that it would be investigating offers across local authorities in an attempt to end the dispute, which began on 1 March. Local pay deals have already been agreed with 15 of Scotland's 32 local councils. The latest to settle are East Dunbartonshire, Midlothian and North Lanarkshire.

Racism is on the increase in Glasgow'

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Racism is on the increase in Glasgow, a study by the city council has found. Statistics recorded from schools across the city have shown that children as young as nine or ten are the main perpetrators of racial attacks. Incidents involving name calling, physical assault, racist graffiti and ridicule for cultural differences have increased significantly over the past year. The report, Racial harassment statistics within educational services, highlights concerns over the number of incidents (66 per cent) falling within the 'intentional racism' category, where the perpetrators clearly understand that they are undertaking racist action.

TV and radio

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
1 May When the Whales Came BBC Radio 4, 2.30 to 3.30pm

Going places

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Discover the world of sightseeing for an easy day out with these ideas from Hilary White Getting out and about with young children can be a life-saver, particularly when you've been stuck indoors all winter. Swimming pools, soft play centres, the zoo and the park are popular destinations for an outing - but how about some less obvious ones like cathedrals, museums, art galleries or stately homes? With a little planning, nannies can provide even young children with a fascinating and cheap day out.

Quote of the week

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
'When Roy Hattersley famously failed to appear on "Have I Got News For You?", he was replaced by a tub of lard. What would be a suitable stand-in for Charles Clarke at future NUT conferences?' Letter in Education Guardian by Les Hearn of Aslockton, Nottinghamshire

Children's art competition

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The deadline for this year's children's art competition run by Nursery World and the Daycare Trust to mark National Childcare Week has been extended to 7 May due to the May Bank Holiday. To enter, children should draw or paint what they like best about their childcare - for example, friends, food or having fun. Don't forget to include a caption saying why they like this aspect of their childcare. Also include details of the child's name and age, the carer's name, and the name, address, telephone number and e-mail address (if applicable) of the nursery, childcare provider or out-of-school club. The age categories are under five, five to seven and eight to 11. Entries should be sent to National Childcare Week Children's Art Competition, Nursery World, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX.

Quote of the week

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
'Whether they are in Wick or Wigtown, Aberdeen or Argyll, nursery nurses should be treated the same. If influence can be brought to bear, then there is hope we can see a resolution' Sandy Boyle, president of the Scottish TUC, urging First Minister Jack McConnell to intervene to end the nursery nurse dispute, the Scotsman

College's efforts praised

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Achildcare training college designated as a vocational centre of excellence has been praised by minister for children, young people and families Margaret Hodge. Mrs Hodge opened the new Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) in Childcare and Early Years Education at Carshalton College in Surrey last week, describing it as 'one of the first centres of vocational excellence that we have established around childcare and early years'. She said the Government hoped to establish 400 such centres of vocational excellence by 2006.

In crisis

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The HIV/Aids pandemic in Africa has left a generation of orphans fending for themselves. Professor Helen Penn recalls what she witnessed on an EU project in Swaziland Fourteen million children worldwide are estimated to be HIV/AIDS orphans.

Never too young

    News
  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The spotlight is firmly on caring for birth to threes - the theme of this year's essay competition (opposite). First, Lena Engel looks at outdoor play for this age group Children are never too young to benefit from outdoor play. They need to experience all aspects of the natural world and also to develop and test their growing physical skills within it. Therefore, all early years practitioners should ensure babies and toddlers have frequent access to the outdoors, because playing outside or going for a walk in the park is not a treat, but an entitlement that practitioners should value and organise well.

Home work

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Are nannies in sole charge with mum in the next room? asks Jackie Cosh More parents are now working from home, bringing another change to the traditional nanny job among the many highlighted in January's Professional Nanny/Nannytax survey of pay and trends.

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