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Pick-up Sticks

    Other
  • Monday, October 16, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Children from Little Acorns Nursery in Worsley have been developing their fine motor skills.

Training tips

    News
  • Wednesday, February 25, 2004
    • | Nursery World
By Maureen Smith and Yvonne Nolan, co-founders of Duo Consulting, and developers of the new APEL qualification APEL Level 3 Certificate in work with children(Early Years or Playwork), Unit 2: reflect on practice

A fine mess!

    News
  • Wednesday, February 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Let babies and toddlers get to grips with paint in their own fashion, says Alice Sharp - they're bound to turn it into a performance art One of the most popular areas of the room for three-to five-year-olds within a nursery is the arts and crafts space. This can be just as true for the younger age groups.

Challenge Accepted!

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  • Monday, February 6, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Children at Roseacre Playgroup in Shepperton, Surrey are encouraged each week to set up their own Challenge Me area.

Steer clear

    News
  • Wednesday, February 25, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Although many gluten-free products are now available, nurseries must be on their guard and not serve a child with coeliac disease anything risky, advises Suzannah Olivier Coeliac disease affects about one in a thousand people and is frequently diagnosed in childhood. It is a serious condition which involves special catering considerations. Luckily there are many gluten-free, coeliac-friendly foods available.

Temporary childcarer demands red tape cut

    News
  • Wednesday, April 14, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Acompany that provides daycare at many national conferences and other events across the UK has renewed its call for the Government to simplify legislation over mobile creches and holiday playschemes. Nipperbout, a company based in Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, last week ran the creche at the National Union of Teachers' conference in Harrogate, Yorkshire.

SEN and Disability Bill: Step inside

    News
  • Tuesday, February 6, 2001
    • | Nursery World
New legislation on special needs education is being widely welcomed, but there are worries about what it could mean for special schools and for teachers, says Radhika Holmstroem

Work-life balance scrutinised

    News
  • Wednesday, April 14, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The Government's future line on childcare has been hinted at by MP Alan Milburn. The former health secretary said he would like to see the Government produce a cross-departmental White Paper that outlined its work-life balance strategy for the next ten to 15 years.

Two-year-old Francesca Warren of Wardley Parent and Toddler group

    News
  • Wednesday, April 14, 2004
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Two-year-old Francesca Warren of Wardley Parent and Toddler group proudly holds her first-prize certificate after her wall frieze of an Easter scene won her 100 worth of Early Learning Centre vouchers. Sure Start Leam Lane organised the competition, held at Leam Lane Methodist Church in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. Photo: Neil Wasp/i2i

Minder or nanny?

    News
  • Wednesday, February 25, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Nannies should be natural candidates for the home carer scheme - so why don't they sign up? Karen Faux asks In April last year the Government launched its Home Childcarer scheme to bring the UK's 70,000-plus registered childminders closer into the heart of its childcare strategy. It was also responding to demands for a recognition that some parents who worked shifts or had children with special needs required childcare in their own home. But with a total of only 67 home carers having registered so far, the scheme is far from being embraced by the childcare sector.

LEYF warns 30 hours and apprentice levy to hit growth

    News
  • Monday, December 14, 2015
    • | Nursery World
One of the UK’s largest nursery groups has received £1.5m worth of investment funding to expand its business, but growth could be stalled by Government policies to increase the free entitlement to 30 hours a week and the introduction of an apprenticeship levy, the organisation’s chief executive has warned.

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