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We've got our act together

    News
  • Wednesday, May 7, 2003
    • | Nursery World
By Anna Taylor, manager of First Steps Nursery in Salisbury, Wiltshire Our 50-place private day nursery in the centre of Salisbury has an excellent reputation and our feeder reception teachers frequently comment on how well our children do as they hit school.

In the round

    News
  • Wednesday, September 26, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Circle time provides a great opportunity to show children how to behave towards others. Jennie Lindon offers ideas for how to make the most of this part of the day Circle time is probably familiar to many people as a phrase. But it takes some thought and sensitive planning to use it in ways that support children's learning, especially as a strategy to support and promote positive behaviour. Circle time can be used effectively for the broad range of what young children are learning. This article focuses on its application to behaviour.

A postcard from Venice...

    News
  • Wednesday, June 5, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Jackie Cooke became the first employee to benefit from Child & Co's ten-year service award when she and husband Les spent four nights in Venice. 'It was a wonderful trip, relaxing and fascinating,' she said. They were due to spend a weekend in New York, and were planning to book their tickets at a travel agent's on September 11. But after the terrorist attacks, they decided to opt for Venice in October. 'It was such a different experience, basically you hardly see any cars. We stayed in a very posh hotel, went in a gondola and loved to stand on the bridges watching the postmen and dustmen work from their boats.'

To the point...

    News
  • Wednesday, November 23, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says childcare is a female-friendly electoral issue for all political parties After the entertaining hustings on 'Woman's Hour', we now know that of the Tory leadership hopefuls, neither David Cameron nor David Davies connect with popular culture and watch 'Strictly Come Dancing' or 'The X Factor' - they probably think the one is dancing with a dominatrix, and the other a documentary about chromosomes.

Ways & means

    News
  • Wednesday, June 5, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Early years workers give case studies of children they observed using schemas and list how they shared their understanding in the setting and with parents at home Understanding schemas can help practitioners in the Foundation Stage in the way they observe children at play, support children's learning, plan future learning and work with parents, who invariably find schemas fascinating.

Further reading

    News
  • Wednesday, June 5, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Introductory reading * Bruce, T and Meggitt, C, Childcare and Education (Hodder and Stoughton, 1998)

Thinking big

    Other
  • Monday, August 25, 2014
    • | Nursery World
The Cottage Day Nursery in Liverpool held a Giant Festival.

In appreciation

    News
  • Wednesday, November 23, 2005
    • | Nursery World
In our series on preparing for Ofsted inspections, Laura Henry explains how to help children make a positive contribution The fourth of the five outcomes by which Ofsted will inspect early years settings is 'Helping children make a positive contribution to the provision and the wider community.' In order for children to make a significant contribution to the provision they need to feel that their opinions and thoughts are valued.

Let's put change on the cards

    News
  • Wednesday, June 5, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Is it just me, or does Ofsted appear to be tangling itself up in a web of paperwork (News, 16 May)? I don't understand why it can't just register all childcarers in England and issue them with a credit card-style licence (showing a photograph) and a pin number. Employers could then simply call up their Ofsted regional centre to do a check, quoting the licence number and asking the employee for their pin number. The centre could check with Ofsted's national database and confirm the 'licensed' childcare workers over the telephone - and it could even confirm their qualifications.

Stick together

    News
  • Wednesday, June 5, 2002
    • | Nursery World
As a registered childminder I felt deeply insulted by the tone of Lindsay Byrne's letter, 'Nannies are not childminders' (9 May). How can childminders be regarded as professional childcarers when people in the same sector hold us in such low regard? Many childminders already hold the same qualification as Ms Byrne, and many of us, including myself, are studying at the moment for an SVQ in Early Years Care and Education as well as working full-time. We do not have the luxury of having time during the day to study and complete assignments.

National Day Nurseries Association's annual conference

    News
  • Wednesday, April 30, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Hundreds of delegates from all over England are expected to attend the National Day Nurseries Association's annual conference in Telford, Shropshire, next week. The theme of the two-day meeting at the International Conference Centre on 7 and 8 May is 'Searching for Solutions'. Speakers include Sure Start minister Catherine Ashton, Professor Lesley Abbott of Manchester Metropolitan University and Tullia Musattti of the Centre for National Research in Rome. NDNA chief executive Rosemary Murphy said, 'Nurseries are facing an unprecedented level of change. We have put together a stimulating, thought-provoking agenda which will look at the issues facing nurseries as they search for solutions.' A major exhibition of services and supplies for day nurseries will also run alongside the conference. For more details or to book a place, contact the NDNA on 0870 774 4244 or e-mail info@ndna.org.uk.

Nursery nurses vote on pay and regrading

    News
  • Wednesday, April 30, 2003
    • | Nursery World
More than 5,000 nursery nurse members of the public sector union Unison are voting for the second time in a month on whether to take industrial action across Scotland, after an earlier ballot was suspended following a threat of legal action by North Ayrshire council. The nursery nurses, who work in schools, day nurseries, community nurseries and special schools, are threatening to strike in support of their claim for a pay and grading review after talks with their local authority employers failed to resolve the situation. Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurse working party, said, 'Local authorities are actively trying to prevent a successful outcome, but we're sure their tactics won't work.

Our bright idea

    News
  • Wednesday, November 23, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Help yourself! Children can get their fill of learning in their outdoor area with the help of a water butt installed by practitioners at Cockfield Primary School nursery, as Judith Cowley explains

On the floor

    News
  • Wednesday, November 23, 2005
    • | Nursery World
It's durable and free - and a versatile early learning resource. Jean Evans looks at flooring Resources for children's activities often prove expensive, so it is always satisfying to discover something that costs nothing. Recycled materials not only help you cut down on waste, but with a little imagination can also provide useful resources and interesting play opportunities. Display a notice inviting parents to save leftover vinyl tiles and scraps of flooring, and make a collection. Store smaller pieces in a strong box and tape larger pieces in rolls to store in a plastic bucket.

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