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Ask the expert

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  • Wednesday, July 27, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Educational therapist Andrea Clifford Poston answers your queries about child behaviour Q At a recent 'welcome afternoon' for pupils about to start at our primary school, I was concerned about a four-year-old (June birthday) who clung to her mother all afternoon. She has attended playgroup but her mother stays there with her.

Celebrating Diversity

    News
  • Wednesday, July 27, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Africa Black Africa is often on the TV, but the images are usually of famine, poverty and war. It is important to give young children some opportunity to see other aspects of the continent. Settings can celebrate Kwanzaa, the international festival of black culture - but, as this takes place at the end of the year, it may coincide with Christmas closure. African culture can also be celebrated at other times.

A further 2.4m is to be

    News
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A further 2.4m is to be spent on training for the childcare workforce, education minister Cathy Jamieson has revealed. 'To allow for further expansion and development of the early years workforce I am making available an additional 2.4m to local authorities from 2004 onwards. I can also announce that we have exceeded our target to train 5,000 new childcare workers by 2002. More than 6,000 qualifications have been awarded since 1999. Our goal is to have all those working in the sector holding a qualification, or working towards one.' Ms Jamieson was speaking at Men in Childcare's conference 'When Men Become Carers', where she stressed that children benefit if care settings are more representative of society and have men as care workers.

Call for midwives to be based in children's centres

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2014
    • | Nursery World
The charity 4Children is calling for midwives and health visitors be based at children’s centres, after a poll revealed that a quarter of mothers-to-be found out information about pregnancy from a children’s centre.

A third of children in Scotland

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  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A third of children in Scotland live in low-income households, according to a report published this week. Poverty in Scotland 2002 -People, places and policies, by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland, the Scottish Poverty Information Unit and the Open University, also shows that lone parents are twice as likely to be poor compared with those in couples. The report is available from CPAG, 94 White Lion Street, London N1 9PF for 10.95 plus 2.95 p&p.

Scotland hears a host of stories

    News
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
With the help of a touch of magic, National Tell a Story Day introduced the joys of fairytales and fiction to children across Scotland last month. In Kirriemuir library in Angus, Mr Magic got listeners involved in the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' (above). Children from nearby Northmuir, Southmuir and Glenisla nurseries were enthralled by the story and had plenty of chances to help with the tricks and join in by singing and chanting.

Give children choices

    News
  • Wednesday, July 27, 2005
    • | Nursery World
I have, over recent months and weeks, become increasingly alarmed at the number of times I hear the words 'choice for parents'. In general, these words seem to be linked to anything connected to the Government's ten-year strategy. While I am all in favour of high-quality services to offer choice to parents, I am more in favour of the development of choice for children and the recognition of their rights.

Primary pupils train to counsel peers

    News
  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Children as young as six are being trained in anger management techniques so they can act as mentors to their fellow pupils, preventing playground disputes flaring out of control or bullying. The peer-mentoring scheme was pioneered three years ago by Nesta Murray, headteacher at St Ann's Primary School in Tottenham, London. It is now operating in seven other schools in the area. Ms Murray said, 'It has been very successful and made a big difference to our school. You have to continuously update your behavioural management techniques, and we have tried many anger management techniques over the years, but they were all top down approaches.

Sensory play triggers expression

    News
  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Communication was the name of the game at a unique interactive exhibition for children last week. The Big Wide Talk, a Cambridge-based charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with speech and language difficulties, held Exhibition-Expedition, the first event of its kind, at Truman Breweries in Brick Lane, London. Groups of children, parents and practitioners took part in a series of sensory activities.

Following the SEN Code of Practice

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  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Writing an SEN policy This should cover your overall arrangements for children with SEN, including admissions, your access to specialist facilities, and any staff with specialist qualifications. Think about what resources you have; which people should be involved; who will identify and assess children, and where you will do this; how you will review your policy; and how you will deal with complaints.

Suffering in silence

    News
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Too many sufferers of postnatal depression are left undiagnosed and unsupported, says a new report. Katie Simpson looks at what guidelines need to be put in place The arrival of a new baby is expected to be one of the happiest times in a woman's life. But becoming a mother has a huge physical, social and psychological impact. Hormonal changes mean that most new mothers experience the 'baby blues' in the first week after childbirth, but for 15 per cent of the 669,000 who give birth in the UK each year, this develops into postnatal depression. A shocking new report from industry analysts, Datamonitor, show that more than 75 per cent of those affected are left undiagnosed and untreated.

Welcome to the team

    News
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
By Charles Clarke, the newly-appointed secretary of state for education We will rightly be judged by the opportunities we offer to children of all ages in our schools. I want children to enjoy their time at school, to be stimulated by the excitements of their time at school, and to leave school genuinely feeling confident to meet the challenges of their future life. This is what parents want too. Parents want to feel that they have done the best by their children, that they have acquired the skills and talents which they will need to make their way in a world that is changing rapidly and where those who are left behind face the danger of increased marginalisation. And I believe that is what teachers want too.

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