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Unison backs off call for national pay deal

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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 authorities. The latest to settle are East Dunbartonshire, Midlothian and North Lanarkshire.

Staff training wins IiP status

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
* Teddies Nurseries, which provides daycare for private health insurer BUPA, has achieved the Investor in People standard for its staff training. The award was made on the basis of an assessment at the chain's head office in Twickenham, Middlesex, and seven of its 42 nurseries. The assessor's report praised Teddies for being 'unequivocally committed to its staff'.

Run, run as fast as you can...

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Re-tell the engaging tale about a certain ginger biscuit and stimulate learning, with these ideas from Wendy E Scott Use the delightful traditional tale of 'The Gingerbread Man' to develop children's language and imagination. Various versions of the story are available (see box).

Free tickets

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Contact our ticket hotline on 01923 690 646 Student policy: no students under the age of 18

In the bag!

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Have a look round some of the wide-ranging and exciting products on display at the exhibition with Nicole Curnow Publishing

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Working together is taking on a new meaning in one local authority area that's putting into practice the Government's order to integrate children's services, says Simon Vevers

Make nanny's day

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A poignant letter from a nanny describes seeing all the cards her employer displayed around the house on Mother's Day, bearing remarks such as 'I don't know how you do it' and 'It's amazing how you find the time'. We all know how mothers do it - they've got a nanny! So this 12-hours-a-day nanny would like to say to all her colleagues: well done!

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

A real handful

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Hyperactivity is a label that is readily applied to children today, but often misunderstood, Christina Papas finds Active, or hyperactive? That is the question directed at countless children over the past few years, fuelling a huge debate in the medical world. Many people hesitate to label a child as hyperactive, since most children are naturally tireless and misbehave at times. But Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), or hyperactivity, is considered to be a true disorder, and doctors and specialists have set to work to pinpoint exactly what causes it and how to reduce the effects - with some surprising results.

By appointment

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Competition to attract and retain good quality early years workers is set to become fiercer. So, says June O'Sullivan, it pays to put staff training at the top of a setting's agenda

Moving house

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The agency Bunbury featured in last July's Professional Nanny has moved from a homely house to a complex of offices in another village. Owner Leila Potter says she worried about retaining their traditional, country life image, but they just needed more space - and they've kept the personal touch. Bunbury Agency is now at The Old Coach House, Castle Farm, Cholmondeley SY14 8AQ (tel: 01829 773 260).

Support staff offered contract blueprint

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The final touches to a possible blueprint for local authorities in England and Wales negotiating the pay and conditions of school support staff have been put together between union negotiators and Birmingham City Council. The GMB union said last week that it believed the deal that it and Unison have struck with the local authority could, if accepted by the support staff, provide a template for the rest of England. The unions, which represent more than 4,000 support staff in over 450 schools in Birmingham, said last week that a 'breakthrough' had been made after several years of negotiations between both the unions and Birmingham City Council.

A special place

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
High quality outdoors provision is vital for children's development. Jan White looks at a new scheme to help settings deliver it The outdoor environment is a special place for all children and contributes enormously from birth onwards to children's happiness, health, stimulation, and development in all areas. It is a favourite place and offers the type of learning most appropriate to young children - space to be active and learn by moving and doing; multi-sensory experiences involving the child's whole body; a combination of real experiences and play opportunities drawn from and building on the child's personal world.

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Working together is taking on a new meaning in one local authority area that's putting into practice the Government's order to integrate children's services, says Simon Vevers Croydon is one of eight London boroughs and 35 local authorities throughout the country chosen to pilot children's trusts and take the process of integrating services to families and children to a new stage.

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