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Punishment curbs on Scottish parents

    News
  • Wednesday, November 5, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Parents in Scotland are no longer legally permitted to use certain types of physical force to punish their children. Section 51 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003, which became law on 27 October, has made it illegal for parents to punish children by shaking them, hitting them on the head, using a belt, cane, slipper, wooden spoon or other implement.

Chain fined for death of baby

    News
  • Wednesday, November 5, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Aleading nursery chain will have to pay nearly Pounds 80,000 over the death of a baby in its care. Jigsaw Day Nurseries was fined 60,000 and ordered to pay 19,000 costs by a judge at Aylesbury Crown Court last week, after admitting to safety failures that led to the death of five-month-old Thomas Egan in April last year. The baby had been fed a breakfast cereal that contained cow's milk protein to which he was allergic.

HR Update - Keep references strictly accurate

    Features
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
As a nursery owner you are responsible for ensuring the suitability of the people you recruit to work in your setting, and there are many things to consider to ensure you comply with employment legislation and the safeguarding of children.

Down's Syndrome Association

    News
  • Wednesday, November 5, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The Down's Syndrome Association has won the Books for Learning and Teaching Award for its education support pack. The award was presented at the special needs conference held by the National Association for Special Educational Needs and the Times Educational Supplement last week at the Business Design Centre in London. The pack is a practical guide for mainstream schools that include pupils with Down's Syndrome. It gives information on successful inclusion, methods for improving literacy and numeracy, and a range of curriculum-based teaching materials. It costs 15from the Down's Syndrome Association, 155 Mitcham Road, London SW17 9PG or by phone on 020 8682 4001. The pack can also be downloaded free from the charity's website www.downs-syndrome.org.uk.

Man about town

    News
  • Tuesday, October 28, 2003
    • | Nursery World
It's a busy week for Toby Stewart as a social inclusion co-ordinator for the Humber Pre-school Learning Alliance

Just Learning

    News
  • Wednesday, November 5, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Nursery chain Just Learning has opened a 1m, 112-place purpose-built nursery in Norwich and acquired two new nurseries in the Wavertree area of Liverpool. This brings the group's total number of sites to 60 and the number of registered places past the 5,000 mark for the first time. Just Learning chief executive Michael Fallon said, 'The 5,000-place milestone is a significant achievement for Just Learning and one which we are delighted to pass with these three new sites joining the group.' The chain has jumped from sixth to second place in the Nursery World league table of the UK and Ireland's largest nursery chains. For details, see the latest edition of Nursery Chains that comes free with this week's issue. The first director general for children anor Education and Skills, which was formed after the transfer of

Funny books awards

    News
  • Tuesday, November 23, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates, (pictured), is the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2010 for books for children from birth to six.

Messy playing

    News
  • Wednesday, September 19, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Childminder Ray Gibson and playworker Michelle Lombart take part in a session of messy play at Community Works Children's Centre in Bradford. Ray and his wife Jillian, who run the Tiny Tots childminding practice in Undercliffe, started the sessions - using shaving foam, spaghetti, jelly, ice cream and corn flour - after received training through Bradford's early years and childcare service.

www.parentcentre. gov.uk

    News
  • Wednesday, October 22, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A Government website was launched on Monday that aims to provide all the information parents and carers need about the education system in England. The site offers support, information and advice about children's learning from birth to 16 and over. The site is at www.parentcentre. gov.uk.

Taking the initiative

    News
  • Wednesday, November 5, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Can local authorities plan integrated early years services in the face of a profusion of new Government policies? Simon Vevers reports The Government extolled the virtues of service integration in its recent Green Paper Every Child Matters, but to early years practitioners the way in which its plethora of early years initiatives have been rolled out has often appeared anything but joined up. In spite of this contradiction, many local authorities have succeeded in forging partnerships and realising the concept of integration.

PEEP children do benefit, says study

    News
  • Wednesday, October 22, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Young children whose parents are involved in their learning make 'significantly more progress' than those whose parents aren't, an evaluation report of the Oxfordshire PEEP project has found. The report, The Effects of the Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) on Children's Developmental Progress, by Dr Maria Evangelou and Professor Kathy Sylva of the Department of Educational Studies at Oxford University, looked at the initiative, which was set up in 1995 in three deprived estates in south-east Oxford, but is now expanding throughout Britain. They focused on whether the children whose parents participated in the PEEP programme made greater developmental progress than children whose parents have not participated in it.

Resources and activities

    News
  • Wednesday, November 5, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Outdoor opportunities for under-threes are often lost because practitioners overlook using such an exciting and stimulating space when planning activities. Indoor areas can limit children's exploration and investigation possibilities due to layout, limited space or resources. Try some of these ideas in your setting's outdoor area. Wellington sensation

Being sociable

    News
  • Wednesday, November 5, 2003
    • | Nursery World
'Being good with people' has always been recognised as a strength in people's work and personal lives. Perhaps this is even more crucial in today's world, when the pace of life does not readily allow time for personal contacts. This situation is certainly not the case in early years settings, whose most noticeable aspect is likely to be their social ethos. Children are open and friendly. They chatter as they work and play. Disputes that flare up are usually settled amicably. The whole basis for young children and adults living and working together is founded on good relationships. We recognise that children are growing up in a social world and that from an early age they need to learn how to rub along with others.

Letters: Network for lunch

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 19, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Sharon Peach says that her day nursery has been inundated with responses to sharing ideas on treasure baskets (Letters, 23 August) and proposes that more nurseries network.

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