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Quote of the week

    News
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2003
    • | Nursery World
'I don't feel any more special than anyone else, just normal' Former nursery nurse Louise Brown, who celebrated her 25th birthday on 26 July and is the world's first test-tube baby, Independent on Sunday

Case study

    News
  • Wednesday, July 3, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Crocus Early Years Centre in Saffron Waldon, Essex opened in January. The 60-place nursery is already two-thirds full and employs ten staff. Nursery director and primary school teacher Alison Midgley describes the recruitment strategy that she and her husband Ross used: 'Recruiting staff was actually more straight-forward than we'd imagined.

Just be yourself

    News
  • Wednesday, April 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Each child has their own temperament but they deserve support when they act out of character, says Jennie Lindon There is good reason to believe that babies are born with personal dispositions that shape how they respond to their experiences. Some babies are more relaxed from the earliest weeks, giving you enchanting smiles on a regular basis. For others, life appears to be a more serious business. A baby of a similar age, even the next baby in this same family, may produce a frown as often as a smile.

Keep it simple

    News
  • Wednesday, August 18, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Boost a baby's physical skills, and bonding with their carers, using these simple and enjoyable activities presented with an explanation of their role in child development Early years practitioners will enjoy Baby Fun by Anne Knecht-Boyer, a new book full of activity ideas for engaging in simple and relaxed play with the babies in their care, as well as advice for parents on how to interact with their children in their first few months.

Strike still on

    News
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Nursery nurse members of Unison in Scotland are continuing to campaign for better pay and conditions with a programme of strike action. Last week staff in Inverclyde went on strike for three days, following colleagues in East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South and North Lanarkshire the previous week. The action is due to continue in Falkirk and Stirling this week. This is the second phase of the campaign, maintaining pressure on local authorities following a first phase that closed council-run nurseries and nursery classes across Scotland in May and June, culminating in a national demonstration. Inverclyde Unison's service conditions officer Robin Taggart said, 'What is remarkable is the extent of support for nursery nurses, including parents who have had to deal with the disruption.'

Editor’s view - Divided we fall

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 6, 2017
    • | Nursery World
There are lots of aspects of the current set of challenges for the early years sector that are of great concern, as many of our recent stories and features online and in the magazine illustrate.

EYFS Best Practice - All about… trust

    Features
  • Monday, October 31, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Trust and respect – both between children and practitioners, and parents and practitioners – are central to effective early years practice and pedagogy, explains Kathryn Solly

Nursery activities

    News
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A puppet named Jasper and a simple message board attached to the wall acted as a stimulus for the children of Little Learners Day Nursery in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, to put pen to paper Despite spending two years developing the office area of the nursery, children were not making use of it. So we decided to look for other ways of motivating them to write.

A question of taste

    News
  • Wednesday, August 18, 2004
    • | Nursery World
How are nurseries apparently staying ahead of schools in the drive to provide healthier food for children? Karen Faux reports

Adults must be reliable

    News
  • Wednesday, July 30, 2003
    • | Nursery World
By Lena Nyberg, Swedish ombudsman for children (taken from a speech given at the European Network for School-Aged Childcare (ENSAC) conference in London last month) In Sweden, the work of the children's ombudsman is guided by issues that children and young people themselves emphasise as major problems. The issues they want adults to prioritise include bullying, stress and the work environment in school. Especially important are school lunches, changing rooms for PE, noise levels and toilets.

Adaptability is key to bigger players

    News
  • Wednesday, August 11, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The trend towards mergers and acquisitions in the private nursery sector is set to continue and providers will need to offer more flexibility to parents, including longer opening hours, according to research by Key Note. In its assessment of the childcare market it has included profiles of the leading nursery chains, based on the league table in Nursery World's supplement Nursery Chains. Key Note looked at the corporate strategy of the companies, their profitability and any recent developments such as sales, acquisitions, newly-built facilities and future plans.

Nursery Equipment: Durability - Toughening up

    Features
  • Monday, May 16, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Although it’s tempting to buy either cheaper items or those intended for domestic use, settings will be better off in the long run with heavy-duty, nursery-friendly furniture. By Annette Rawstrone

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