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Nursery activities

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  • Wednesday, April 16, 2003
    • | Nursery World
We've spent a fascinating few weeks learning about the insect world. The project began with our two- to five-year-olds heading off on a bug hunt in the nursery garden. They explored under planks of wood and around plants and used magnifying glasses to closely examine their findings. The younger children had not used magnifying glasses before and found it strange looking at the magnified objects. Staff supported them when needed and helped them to hold the creatures carefully.

Marks & Spencer is joining forces

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  • Wednesday, April 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Marks & Spencer is joining forces with the national educational charity I CAN to raise funds for more than 1 million children in the UK with communication difficulties. The campaign launches in all 312 M&S stores in May, when children will be invited to place their hopes and dreams for the next 50 years on to a Rainbow of Hope. For each of the first 50,000 hopes made, the retailer will donate 1 to I CAN, an officially-designated charity for the Golden Jubilee.

Nanny register is long overdue

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  • Wednesday, April 16, 2003
    • | Nursery World
BY Alison Dady (nee Wardley), a registered childminder who is a former Royal nanny On 3 April I sat down to watch the ITV programme 'Who's Looking After Your Child?'. What I saw confirmed a long-held opinion of mine - the overdue need for a national register of nannies.

Three little pigs

    News
  • Wednesday, April 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Switch on to ICT Besides pointing out the benefits of sound structural engineering - bricks beat straw! - these activities are a fun way to help literacy and creative development. They are based on the Pigbox kit from the Computer Kids website on www.computerkidsonline.com. The kit contains a collection of language and literacy activities linked to the story of the Three Little Pigs. Children use a story-box template to prepare - with your help - their own written version of the traditional story and colouring templates to prepare stand-up characters for oral storytelling.

Food for Malawi

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  • Friday, October 18, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Sixty under-fours from childminding groups in Leeds raised enough money to feed all 200 pupils at Kawale Primary School in Malawi for a year by taking part in sponsored toddles.

Dig deep

    News
  • Wednesday, May 16, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Role-play ideas based on digging and discovering 1 Going underground

A new 1.6m children's centre

    News
  • Wednesday, April 4, 2007
    • | Nursery World
A new 1.6m children's centre has been dedicated to a Lancashire councillor, Frank Gorton, who recently died at age 81 after 46 years of service to the area. Little Harwood Children's Centre is the twelfth to open in the Blackburn and Darwen area and will provide childcare and nursery education as well as outreach and family support.

All inclusive

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Welcoming a child with special needs to a club may cause anxiety for the child and parents and lead staff to question their skills. Andrea Clifford-Poston offers advice on managing this process ten-year-old Sarah had long wanted to join the after school club with her younger brother. Although her cerebral palsy meant she had indistinct speech and used a wheelchair, she had always attended mainstream school with the support of a non-teaching assistant.

Special Needs in Early Years Settings

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  • Wednesday, April 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Special Needs in Early Years Settings:a guide for practitioners. By Collette Drifte. (David Fulton, 14, 020 7405 5606) Reviewed by Julie Vaggers, head teacher, Rowland Hill Centre for Childhood, Tottenham, London.

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