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Think again

    News
  • Wednesday, July 31, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Cross-community playgroups andnurseries are helping to change attitudes in Northern Ireland. James Tweed reports Research published earlier this summer by the Community Relations Council in Belfast has found that, by the age of three, Catholic children in Northern Ireland are twice as likely as their Protestant counterparts to say that they don't like the police.

'Set minimum salary levels'

    News
  • Wednesday, April 9, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Minimum salary levels should be set for the early years workforce to raise standards and encourage practitioners to gain higher qualifications, an influential think-thank has recommended.

Mathematics: Get in line?

    Features
  • Monday, April 30, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Evidence is growing for an experiential approach and a broader curriculum to be adopted for maths teaching in the early years, reports Meredith Jones Russell

Health promotion

    News
  • Wednesday, May 26, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Teachers in Scotland can access information and resources about health and well-being at school through a website set up by the Scottish Executive's Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit. The Unit's role is to aim for the target for all Scotland's schools to be health promoting by 2007. This involves the development of a whole-school approach to promoting the physical, social, spiritual, mental and emotional well-being of all pupils and staff. For information see the website www. healthpromotingschools.co.uk.

Networks

    News
  • Wednesday, July 31, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The great advantage of being a childminder - being able to work from home - can also become the greatest drawback, as people can easily feel isolated. For many, childminding networks are the answer, not just to help ease any feelings of isolation but also to access training, and ongoing development of good practice.

School transition is 'abrupt'

    News
  • Wednesday, May 26, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Disquiet among teachers and early years practitioners over the transition between the Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 has been noted in two reports for the Government. The Foundation Stage Profile was also criticised by Ofsted, whose chief inspector David Bell called it 'bureaucratic and time-consuming', and said it 'does not fit the bill'.

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