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Number sequence

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Counting skills Children's counting skills pass through various stages:

Catherine Marlow

    News
  • Wednesday, October 13, 2004
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Judges of the Heinemann and Nursery World Childcare Student of the Year award toasted this year's winner, Catherine Marlow (centre left), at a ceremony at the Early Years and Primary Teaching exhibition in London on 1 October. Catherine, who is a CACHE Diploma in Child Care and Education (DCE) student from St Helen's College of Further Education, received 250 and a selection of Heinemann books worth 300 for her college. She was nominated by her tutor, Joanne Baldwin (centre right). The judges were (from left) Mary James, Heinemann's publishing manager, Liz Roberts, editor of Nursery World, Wendy Lidgate, principal examiner at CACHE, and Louise Burnham, a Heinemann author.

Case study: Zoe

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Zoe is a three-year-old attending Cottingley Primary School nursery for a daily three-hour session. In the setting she shows a keen interest in water play and also spends much time imitating adults in 'home' play. Her mother says that these enthusiasms are mirrored at home and that some of Zoe's favourite activities are helping to wash up the pots after a meal, bathing her dolls, making drinks and sandwiches for tea. At nursery, having noted from observations Zoe's fascination with 'wet and dry', the team decided to provide for further scientific investigation of 'wet and dry' through home play activities. They provided a large, shallow tray containing dry sand and added cups, saucers, plates, bowls, spoons, pans and a jug of water.

10 key points

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Use these ten key points as possible lead-ins for discussion at a staff meeting or with parents and carers. 1 Is the basic provision constant enough to allow children to revisit activities and develop ideas over a period of time?

New report costs universal provision

    News
  • Wednesday, October 13, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A radical vision of universal early years education and childcare, published this week, would see parents making an average contribution of 30 per cent of total costs instead of the current 75 per cent, and direct grants to providers by 2020. The report by accountants PriceWaterhouse Coopers (PWC) considered the costs, benefits and options for funding a vision of universal early education and care developed by the Daycare Trust and the Social Market Foundation.

Bury College

    News
  • Wednesday, October 13, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Bury College has opened a new nursery managed by the Fisherfield Farm Nursery Group. Places are for students with young children and for members of the local community.

Designed by committee

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
By Dr Helen Penn, Professor of Early Childhood at the University of East London The Select Committee on Education and Employment held its final meeting on early years this week. It said pushing children into schooling too early, and allowing childminders to smack and smoke, were wrong.

Dumber is cheaper

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
For once I agree with the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses when it says that the Government is dumbing down daycare standards (News, 15 March). NVQ level 2 is too low for anything. I am also deeply unhappy with the setting of NVQ level 3 as a minimum entry requirement for becoming a nursery manager. NVQ qualifications are as variable as the colleges that provide them. I have seen some appalling courses and the students don't come within reach of the average CACHE or BTec student.

Undercover report lifts lid on agencies

    News
  • Wednesday, October 13, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Renewed calls for nanny registration arose last week after the consumer protection magazine Which? published a report of an undercover investigation that found many nanny agencies were failing to carry out criminal records checks on candidates and not insisting on references. An undercover researcher posed as 'Emily', age 22, who told agencies that her only relevant experience was babysitting for her sister and that she wanted a job looking after children while their parents were out.

Bradley Rowe School, Exeter

    News
  • Wednesday, October 13, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A new nursery in Bradley Rowe School, Exeter, currently registered to care for 18 children, will expand to 36 places in September 2005 when the nursery moves into a new purpose- built unit. The nursery is part of the Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative, and is funded by the Department for Education and Skills and the New Opportunities Fund. Our Dynamic Earth, a visitor attraction and educational centre in Edinburgh, has. See Our Dynamic Earth, a visitor attraction and educational centre in Edinburgh, has. See

High tech safety

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The Pixieland nursery in Plymouth is so security conscious that it has recently installed the latest fingerprint recognition technology to protect the children's safety. Access to the nursery is controlled by the Verid System from TSSI and parents, staff and visitors have to type in a PIN number and scan their fingerprint at the entrance to activate the door release mechanism. The door will only open if the PIN and fingerprints match records on a database. This database can be copied on to a PC and linked to other information, such as parents' emergency telephone numbers. Telephone 01793 747 700

Favourite things

    News
  • Wednesday, July 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Children's favourite playthings can serve as tools in activities that will provide plenty of fun in learning with these ideas from Wendy E Scott Toys are invaluable for literally learning through play, initiating discovery and stimulating the development of language. A topic based on toys is easy to create, as you will already have many suitable resources and the children will have their own.

Warm feet

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
An idea for the colder days ahead is Cosyfloor, an underfloor heating system from Demista, designed for areas that are tiled, marble, stone or hardwood and which may feel cold underfoot. It is comprised of thin, insulated and earth-screened cables which are stitched into a reinforced, open weave, glass cloth blanket. The cable mats come in a range of sizes and can be fitted in multiples in baby rooms or play areas or laid around fixed objects like hand basins. The smallest mat covers 0.75 m2 and the largest 4 m2. Cosyfloor warms up in 30 minutes and has a running temperature of between 25 to 30oC. The mats can be installed in any solid based floor in new or old buildings and require no maintenance or automatic controls (a wall-mounted thermostat with remote floor sensor and a 24-hour time clock can be fitted if required). The product comes with a ten-year warranty; prices are available on request. Telephone 01932 866600

Social exclusion

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 19, 2015
    • | Nursery World
How can we exclude children before they've even reached the statutory age for education?, asks Sue Cowley

Quote of the week

    News
  • Wednesday, October 6, 2004
    • | Nursery World
'Venison burgers are the healthy alternative to a Big Mac, and I would rather that Scottish kids eat the food of the McDonalds than the food from McDonald's.' Fergus Ewing of the SNPon the move to serve red deer meat burgers to Scotland's schoolchildren, Scotland on Sunday

Punch & Judy Playgroup in Crieff

    News
  • Wednesday, October 6, 2004
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Children from the Punch & Judy Playgroup in Crieff enjoyed a medieval storytime with local library assistant Patricia Ace at the Word's Out! Festival, organised by Perth & Kinross Council. Last month's celebration took place in libraries around Perthshire with puppet shows, storytelling, craft activities and magic displays. Photo Paul Reid

Shipwrecked at the theatre

    News
  • Tuesday, August 17, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Shipwrecked on a craggy island, a little girl named Marie meets a curious, scaly creature called Skitterbang who shows her a cave full of metal and junk, a musical treasure trove washed up by the sea.

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