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Software review: Fetch the Vet

Wednesday, December 4, 2002

| Nursery World

The 'Fetch the Vet' CD-Rom complements the ITV children's series. Set in Tom Fetch's surgery, it incorporates favourite video clips and uses seven interactive activities for three-to six-year-olds. However, the CD-Rom requires over 50MB of hard disc space and an up-to-date machine (Pentium II or equivalent) that can cope with the video clips incorporated into the games. Installing the software is not straightforward, since additional video drivers need to be loaded.

Policy guide: Draft SEN Code of Practice

Features

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Jane Friswell, interim CEO of Nasen, outlines how the new document will change the way that SEN needs are met

More protest groups set up to fight NEG code

News

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

| Nursery World

The campaign group started by nursery providers in Kent is growing, with branches of the PVI Providers Association now in a number of other areas. The Kent group has received e-mails and calls from nurseries throughout the country keen to join the movement against the Government's rules for nursery education funding for three-and-four-year-olds.

Learning & Development: Praise - Good work?

Features

Monday, May 4, 2015

| Nursery World

Praise is generally considered to be a positive thing, but it can actually have a negative effect on how a child perceives their ability to achieve. Caroline Vollans explains.

Don't overlook us

News

Wednesday, December 4, 2002

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I have worked as an NNEB in a special school for more than 20 years. Again and again our training is not recognised. The excerpt from the speech by Charles Clarke, the new education and skills secretary mentions every member of staff apart from - yes, you've guessed it, the seemingly invisible nursery nurse. Even my own headteacher will speak about his school staff as teachers and classroom assistants.

Your Opinion: Letters

Opinion

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

| Nursery World

Letter of the week

Safe conduct

News

Wednesday, February 12, 2003

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The death of a baby after an allergic reaction has set alarm bells ringing in nurseries about how they care for children with allergies, or even accept them. Ruth Thomson reports On 11 April last year radiographer Wendy Egan dropped off her five-month-old son Thomas at his nursery. Two hours later he was dead, his death caused in part by an acute allergic reaction. Now childcarers around the country are seeking to learn from the case and take steps to ensure that such a tragedy can never be repeated.

Centre stage

News

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

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A state-of-the-art centre in a severely deprived area needs no arguments to justify its presence at the heart of the community. Simon Vevers found out why Since it opened two years ago, the Integrated Children's Centre (ICC) in Merthyr Tydfil has become not just a hub for the local community, but also the main element in the Welsh council's drive to combat social exclusion.

Positive relationships: PPEL project - World of discovery

Features

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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Parents learned how to take an artist's ideas home for further exploring with their young children, in a project described by Debbie Shepherd.

Quote of the week

News

Wednesday, February 12, 2003

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'I feel sorry for Michael Jackson's kids in some respects, but considerably less sorry than I felt for the toddler I recently saw being thumped by his mother for the crime of wanting some of her crisps' TV reviewer Kathryn Flett, The Observer

EYPS Support: Children's language and communication

Features

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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Delyth Mathieson, early years project manager at Edge Hill University, Lancashire, explains how one EYPS short pathway student worked towards evidencing Standard 15: Support the development of children's language and communication skills.

Security slip on vouchers

News

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Busy Bees' childcare voucher website was taken down last week after a parent exposed a glitch in the system which could reveal customers' bank details.