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In Brief: Rise in cost of out-of-school care in Scotland

    News
  • Thursday, August 9, 2007
    • | Nursery World
A rise in the cost of out-of-school care in Scotland has led to calls for more Government funding for holiday childcare. The Scottish Out of School Care Network and the Daycare Trust say the typical weekly cost of all-day care in the school holidays in Scotland is 76.35, compared with 75.82 last year. Bronwen Cohen, chief executive of Children in Scotland, said, 'Holiday care is vitally important for children and families but it is not recognised in the resources they receive. The new Scottish government needs to look again at this in the context of a wider strategy to develop better and more inclusive access to indoor and outdoor play, leisure, arts and sports activities.'

Early years provision is praised by Ofsted

    News
  • Wednesday, February 11, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Early years providers in England have been praised for their high standards by Ofsted chief inspector David Bell. Speaking in London last week at the publication of Ofsted's report for the year 2002-03, Mr Bell said, 'For the first time in an annual report, I am pleased to be able to make reference to our comprehensive picture of childcare in England, reflecting the inspection and regulatory responsibilities we acquired for the sector in September 2001.'

Male teachers 'don't make a difference'

    News
  • Thursday, August 9, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The belief that having more male teachers could help to raise attainment levels and improve behaviour among boys is 'simplistic', according to new Government research.

Nursery activities

    News
  • Wednesday, April 7, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Follow the example of staff at Roscoe Day Nursery in Leeds and set up an outdoor interactive display area that will support children's investigations and explorations in the natural world. Planned learning intentions

Plans to start school at six

    News
  • Thursday, August 9, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Early years experts have broadly welcomed plans under consideration by Glasgow City Council to delay the start of formal schooling until age six, but raised concerns that this could be jeopardised by cuts to high- quality early years provision.

Inclusion Award

    Other
  • Monday, January 25, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Staff from Bright Beginnings Childcare Centre were delighted to receive Scope’s Quality Standard for demonstrating that they are an inclusive setting and have been trained to meet specific children’s needs.

Children aged from 17 months to three-and-a-half years

    News
  • Wednesday, May 9, 2001
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Children aged from 17 months to three-and-a-half years have welcomed the re-opening of the Kindergym at the Alford Community Education Centre in Aberdeenshire after several years. The gym is running two Thursday sessions over the next nine weeks. Sessions are divided into warm up, free play, group activities, cool down and parachute games sections. For more information call Alford Community Centre on 019755 63651. Photo Kate Sutherland

To the point - Who sets risk levels?

    Features
  • Tuesday, July 20, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Whatever your views on the Schonrocks - the parents who let their eightand five-year-olds cycle to school and were threatened with a referral to Southwark Social Services as a result - we can surely agree on one thing.

The wee hours

    News
  • Wednesday, May 9, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Enjoy two well-loved traditional rhymes relating to houses by dramatising them with simple movements, as Carolyn Price explains Bed time

Charity Essentials

    Review
  • Monday, December 12, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Edited by Kate Neil (Pre-School Learning Alliance, 18.95 for non members, 9781907478017)

Wheeled into action

    News
  • Wednesday, May 9, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Powered mobility aids for disabled children under five: 'Essential', says one major charity; 'Unsafe', says the NHS. Patricia Slatcher looks at the arguments You wouldn't take a two-year-old's legs away just because she might run into the road or fall over and hurt herself, so why deny young disabled children mobility aids on the grounds that they might hurt themselves?

What is our future?

    News
  • Wednesday, October 20, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A pretty dismal and confusing picture for the future of private daycare has been painted in Nursery World. An article in the 23 September issue quoted Peter Moss, professor of early childhood provision at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, saying that by 2015, 'private nurseries would have become uncommon' in the UKdue to the full establishment of children's centres, and few schools would offer nursery classes. However, another piece in the Nursery Business supplement (30 September) quotes Rosemary Murphy, National Day Nurseries Association chief executive, saying, 'Most schools in this country are going to be forced to have childcare on their sites'. Consequently she advises that nurseries close to schools should consider trying to relocate to school sites in order to stand a better chance of survival.

How to get on TV

    News
  • Wednesday, May 9, 2001
    • | Nursery World
All the best fairy tales end when a marriage begins, and pantomime curtains fall over blushing brides and rosy sunsets. But in the real world, how do you live happily ever after? We are a television production company making a documentary about marriage - the wedding, the honeymoon, the first baby, more children, and so on to retirement . If you are happily married, not-so-happily married or getting married someday soon and you would like to find out more, call me on 020 7349 3419.

Animal Towers (20)

    Review
  • Friday, November 23, 2012
    • | Nursery World
This handcrafted set of 14 animals, from PlaytoZ, is an ideal open-ended resource.

Flexible hours may damage quality

    News
  • Wednesday, July 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Letting the parents of three-and four-year-olds take their hours of free nursery education at times to suit themselves may prevent children developing consistent relationships with staff and other children, early years consultants have warned. In its five-year education plan the Government this month unveiled the concept of 'educare', integrating nursery education and childcare. It said 12 and a half hours of free 'educare' could be taken flexibly across the week for a minimum of 33 weeks a year, 'according to children's and families' needs'.

MPs hear from the early years

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Pay in the early years sector is 'dreadful' and the number of people leaving the sector each year is 'appalling', the chair of the Select Committee on Education and Employment told representatives of early years organisations last week. Barry Sheerman made his comments during an extra meeting of the Select Committee in Portcullis House, Westminster. The committee heard that many early years workers earn around 7,000 a year. Committee member Charlotte Atkins said the low pay and status meant that nursery nurses 'do not feel valued and don't value themselves'.

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