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Mini Topic: Playdough

    Features
  • Wednesday, August 28, 2002
    • | Nursery World
There's no need to stick to basic playdough with these ideas for more creative materials from Kevin Kelman

In brief...

    News
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
New fathers are expected to be offered six months' unpaid paternity leave in the forthcoming Work and Families Bill. A spokeswoman for the Department for Trade and Industry said the Bill was expected within the next two weeks. Fathers currently receive two weeks' paid paternity leave at a minimum payment of 106 per week.

Heads 'unprepared' for community role

    News
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Headteachers must be equipped for a public community role if they are to effectively lead extended schools, according to a senior researcher at the thinktank Demos. John Craig, who has carried out extensive research into the extended schools programme, was responding to the first detailed evaluation of it by researchers from the universities of Manchester and Newcastle.

Precious Moments

    Other
  • Monday, September 19, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Busy Bees Childcare is introducing the iConnect app so parents don’t miss out on milestones.

Safe funding for early years is welcomed

    News
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Early years organisation NIPPA has welcomed the Labour Party's commitment to ring-fence funds for the early years sector in Northern Ireland as a 'timely, landmark decision'. The secretary of state for Northern Ireland and Wales, Peter Hain, delivered a series of commitments to improve children's life chances in his speech at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.

Open for business

    News
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Building work has begun on a new private nursery in Billericay, Essex. Dizzy Ducks Day Nursery, in the grounds of Buttsbury County Infant School, will offer 30 places for children nought to five years and is due to open in November. For information see www.dizzyducks.co.uk.

Inspection: Safeguarding

    Features
  • Monday, September 19, 2016
    • | Nursery World
In the first of a new series on Ofsted inspections, ex-inspector and consultant Debbie Alcock gives a rundown on recent changes to safeguarding rules

Parents step up battle with local council

    News
  • Tuesday, April 19, 2011
    • | Nursery World
A group of parents who are fighting to save 28 children's centres in Hampshire from being merged or privatised travelled to Downing Street on Monday (18 April) to submit a petition of 22,000 signatures.

Prove yourself

    News
  • Wednesday, September 28, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Can a Quality Assurance scheme make a difference for children and families? Christine Goldsack issues a challenge Many providers will be wondering whether it is worth their while undertaking a Quality Assurance (QA) scheme, particularly if they already have waiting lists and good Ofsted reports.

Our recommended choice

    News
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Early Childhood Education (3rd edition) By Tina Bruce (Hodder Arnold, 0 340 88972 1, 17.99, 020 7873 6000) Reviewed by Marian Whitehead, language and early years consultant

Nursery World Awards 16: Judges - Decision time…

    Other
  • Sunday, September 25, 2016
    • | Nursery World
It was a busy day for our expert panel of judges from across the early years sector as they discussed and debated who deserved to win in each award category. And with a huge number of high-quality entries once again, they had to work very hard. Big thanks to them all!

The Scottish Storytelling Network

    News
  • Wednesday, March 30, 2005
    • | Nursery World
The Scottish Storytelling Network is holding a national development day on 30 April in Falkirk, with talks and information on training and resources. For details and to book a place, for 15 or 10 with concessions, call 0131 5576 9579 or see www.

Keep it off the record

    News
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
I am writing in response to Eleasha Bonsor's letter about keeping records on staff who make bogus complaints to Ofsted (Letters, 22 September). I am in total agreement with this, as my own setting has also been a victim. When Ofsted inspectors came they could find no justification for the complaint, but it will still be included on our record. Ofsted says it can do nothing about this and that it has to record such issues so that parents looking at reports are aware of complaints against a setting, justified or not.

Letters: Letter of the week - Speaking matters

    News
  • Tuesday, April 19, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Our pre-school is currently taking part in our local authority's 'Every Child a Talker' project and I was fortunate to attend a conference and hear Jean Gross, the Government's Communication Champion.

What a night!

    News
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
More than 150 guests gathered at the Business Design Centre in north London on Friday 30 September for the very first Nursery World Awards - a glittering black-tie gala event to celebrate excellence in the early years sector. The guests, many of whom had already enjoyed a day at the Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition, were treated to a champagne reception. Then it was time for dinner and a nail-biting wait before the award winners were announced.

Sitters work round parents' needs

    News
  • Wednesday, March 30, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Plans are underway to launch a new sitter service in Angus to provide affordable, flexible home-based childcare. The development follows the success of the first sitter service set up six years ago by One Parent Families Scotland and follows other services established in Aberdeenshire earlier this month, and in North Lanarkshire three years ago.

All on board

    News
  • Wednesday, September 28, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Partnership working across sectors in Worcestershire has required hard work but has been rewarding, says Alison Hitchins Partnership is now a common word for all those involved in the planning and delivery of services for children and families. From their inception in 1998, Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships were expected to build working relationships with those from the private, voluntary and independent sectors, and with maintained provision.

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