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All about...Working with two-year-olds

    Features
  • Wednesday, May 4, 2005
    • | Nursery World
By Julia Manning-Morton, a senior lecturer in early childhood studies at London Metropolitan University, co-author of Key Times: A framework for developing high-quality provision for children under three years (Open University Press, forthcoming) and Key Times for Play: the first three years (OUP, 14.99) and author of Nursery World's series, 'Birth to Three - Your guide to developing quality provision' All change

Fishy tales

    Other
  • Monday, December 15, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Children at the Furze Children's Centre London Early Years Foundation nursery in Romford have been learning about sea life and creatures that live under water.

Star performers

    News
  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
This year's Excellence in Childcare Awards, run by Kids' Clubs Network with Nursery World and Prima magazines and sponsored by Sure Start, brings you the unsung heroes who have shaped the childcare sector with good practice, patience and perseverance. Nicole Curnow reports

Get fresh

    News
  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A project on fruit will encourage the children to explore colours, patterns and taste, as well as promoting a healthy diet, says Jean Evans Adult-led activity

PVI providers team up to influence council plans

    News
  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008
    • | Nursery World
The Daycare Trust has teamed up with the Pre-school Learning Alliance to launch a childcare assistance project in London to help PVI providers influence the strategic plans of their local councils.

Guidance on the new legal

    News
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Guidance on the new legal requirement for children with special educational needs to be included in mainstream education has been published by the ScottishExecutive. The new requirement, introduced as a result of the Standards in Scotland's Schools Act 2000, takes effect from 1 August 2003 and applies to all children attending school, nursery schools and classes, including non-local authority pre-school centres which receive local authority subsidy for places. The guidance urges local authorities to take account of information from pre-school and childcare staff, alongside other professionals and parents, when planning special needs provision, and clarifies the circumstances under which a mainstream setting may not be appropriate. It is available on www.scotland.gov.uk/publications.

Contenders line up for NW awards

    News
  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008
    • | Nursery World
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Nursery World Awards 2008, following an intensive day's judging by our panel of top experts. In alphabetical order, the shortlisted organisations are (some will have been listed for more than one category):

Literacy hour leaves 'no time for thinking'

    News
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The national literacy hour is not giving children opportunities to learn how to speak and think for themselves, according to an academic study. Researchers from Durham and Leicester Universities have found that teachers feel under pressure to keep up the pace of the literacy hour and are asking children questions which require only brief and unreflective answers, rather than taking an open-ended approach that allows the children to express their views at length. The study found that just one in ten of the spoken contributions children make during the literacy hour is longer than three words, with only five per cent longer than five.

Registered male teachers in nursery schools

    News
  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008
    • | Nursery World
There are no registered male teachers under the age of 25 working in nursery schools, according to an annual census published last week by the General Teaching Council.

Larger than life

    News
  • Wednesday, May 4, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Giant inflatable insects from Learning Resources could be just the thing for your science lessons or displays. A supersize ladybird, dragonfly, ant, bee and grasshopper are all realistically detailed and are suitable for children from age five. The maximum size measures 63 x 75cm. The set of five insects costs 27.95. Telephone 0845 241 0484 www.learningresources.co.uk

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