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The Scottish Care Commission Forum

    News
  • Wednesday, June 28, 2006
    • | Nursery World
* The Scottish Care Commission Forum on 24 June focused on how to better assess, regulate and investigate Scotland's 6,000 registered childminders. The Commission also celebrated its new Regulation of Care Award's first graduation, with 45 Care Commission officers receiving their certificates from the deputy minister for health and community care, Lewis Macdonald.

Little rivals

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Help children respond to their feelings of jealousy towards their siblings and others with activities from Anne O'Connor Activity 1

HR Update - Employment rules update

    Features
  • Monday, April 6, 2015
    • | Nursery World
This year, 5 April brings not only Easter eggs but changes in employment law - in particular, the introduction of shared parental leave. Jacqui Mann of HR4 Nurseries explains

Fish oil 'better than drugs' for ADHD children

    News
  • Wednesday, June 28, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A daily supplement of omega-3 fish oil can reduce hyperactivity in children more effectively than commonly prescribed drugs, new research suggests. An Australian study measured the effects of eye q, a supplement of omega-3 fish oil and omega-6 evening primrose oil, on 132 children with ADHD. For 15 weeks the children were split, with one group taking eye q and another a placebo. Then, for a further 15 weeks, all took eye q.

Proposal to offload care is shelved

    News
  • Wednesday, January 31, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Plans to privatise council nurseries have been dropped by Newcastle City Council as it apologised to parents following a bureaucratic error. As Nursery World reported last week, the local authority had interpreted the Childcare Act as a duty to manage rather than to provide existing and planned childcare services.

Childcare places at risk as charity folds

    News
  • Wednesday, January 31, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Childcare staff and families marched through Glasgow city centre on Saturday calling for government intervention after the Scottish voluntary organisation One Plus went into liquidation last week, with more than 500 jobs at stake. The Scottish Executive has declined to pay out 2m to keep the charity afloat. Glasgow City Council, as One Plus's main childcare customer, has put up 700,000 to allow for a change-over of providers to take place.

Solutions sought as cost of childcare continues to rise

    News
  • Wednesday, January 31, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Childcare costs in England and Wales continue to rise above the rate of inflation, according to the Daycare Trust's annual survey of what parents are paying. The average cost for a 50-hour nursery place for a child under two is now 152 per week, at a time when average weekly earnings in England were placed at 447. The increase from 144 last year represents a three percentage point rise above the current rate of inflation.

Good buys!

    News
  • Wednesday, January 31, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Kit out your nursery with durable products for learning, playing or just resting, in our monthly round-up of new resources by Laura Marcus CREEPY CRAWLIES

Nannies for grannies

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Georgie Bateman, who runs the Night Nannies franchise in Hampshire and Wiltshire, is now launching an extra service called Nannies for Grannies. When grandchildren come to stay for a few days, a nanny can arrive at 9pm and deal with bathtime, bedtime and night-time requests. The idea came from Georgie's own mum, who sometimes cares for Georgie's girls Annabel and Louisa. 'Many grandparents want to give their children a weekend off, but are worried they won't know what to do,' says Georgie. 'And after spending the whole day entertaining a young child they feel exhausted.'

Footsteps

    News
  • Wednesday, June 21, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A parents' membership scheme called Footsteps has been launched by the Pre-school Learning Alliance, in partnership with Bounty, to coincide with Pre-school Playweek and highlight the importance of parental involvement. Other events of the week from 17-24 June, the pre-school part of National Sure Start Month, have included open days, sponsored toddles and teddy bears' picnics.

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