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How much does it cost to set up a childminding business?

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  • Wednesday, June 5, 2002
    • | Nursery World
How much does it cost to set up a childminding business? How much do childminders earn? Do they need qualifications? Such questions are answered in a new leaflet published by the Scottish Childminding Association, The SCMA Guide to becoming a registered childminder. The SCMA has also published a leaflet for interested parents which looks at childminders' hours, costs and services. Both leaflets are available on the SCMA website, www.childminding.org, or by phoning 01786 445 377.

Schools help after divorce

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  • Wednesday, May 7, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Group and individual support programmes at school help children to cope with family break-ups, a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation has found. The report, Schools and Family Change: School-based support for children experiencing divorce and separation, said children's confidence and self-esteem was raised when they talked about issues of divorce and separation with others, and it helped them understand people and cope with relationships more easily.

Media watch

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  • Wednesday, November 23, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Children who have more home-cooked meals are at lower risk of heart disease than those who frequently eat out, The Daily Telegraph reported last week. A US study of 600 children found that those who ate out had higher blood pressure and lower insulin sensitivity - an early sign of progression towards type-2 diabetes.

Winter warmers

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  • Wednesday, November 27, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Come in from the cold to a warming dish as cooked by Fiona Hamilton-Fairley Now that we are watching the autumn days pass into winter and feeling the temperature drop, what probably appeals to our tastes and tummies is something warm and filling. Some simple dishes will keep children and their nannies going through those really chilly days.

Mind that pool - at home or away

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  • Wednesday, June 5, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The possibility of a child drowning in a hotel swimming pool is unlikely to occur to most parents and carers as they leaf through holiday brochures featuring sunny Mediterranean resorts. But holiday companies need to improve the safety of children abroad, says Jo Sibert, professor of community child health at the University of Wales and one of the authors of a recent study in the British Medical Journal. 'There need to be lifeguards at hotel pools where most of the deaths have occurred,' she says. A spokesman from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents adds, 'If parents choose a holiday villa with its own pool, they need to be on guard 24 hours a day. There may be French doors open, and toddlers can wander out early in the morning.'

Welcome academy

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  • Wednesday, May 7, 2003
    • | Nursery World
I am a Montessori teacher who, like many other Montessori teachers, works in the private sector. I welcome the plan by the National Day Nurseries Association to launch an Academy for the Early Years (News, 3 April), as I feel it will give greater recognition to all the hard work of the people who work in the childcare industry. Not only that, but if people ever find themselves in the position, as I do, of occasionally having to find a job during the long holidays, then it would make it much easier for us to register with agencies which could find work for us.

Four year-old George Wright

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  • Wednesday, November 23, 2005
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Four year-old George Wright from St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Bingley, near Bradford, practises his swings on the golf course with his dad, Trevor, at a Drag a Dad to School Day during last month's Family Learning Week. Linda Siegle, chief executive of the Campaign for Learning, which organised the event, said, 'Family learning can help break down the barriers between home and school and can bring the family together, helping adults as well as children to learn new skills.' Photograph by Photo Guzelian

Moving on

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  • Wednesday, May 7, 2003
    • | Nursery World
However exciting the prospect of 'big school' children nearing the end of Year 6 are bound to feel a little apprehensive at leaving the familiarity of their primary, and perhaps their out-of-school club as well. Miranda Walker explains how you can help This summer marks the end of primary school for 10-year-old Carl from Exeter.'I have been thinking about my new school a lot,' he says. 'I'm visiting soon and after that I'll know if I like it or not. I probably will. I know about the school already because my sister goes there. But she gets a lot of homework to do. I know they've got lots of computers and sports equipment and I'll like that but I'm a bit worried about getting lost.'

In tune

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  • Wednesday, August 1, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Tailor musical experiences in your setting by providing age-specific activities that maximise potential learning opportunities. Dr Susan Young explains how As we have seen (page 16), early years settings may choose to plan children's musical activities around four categories - voices, instruments, recorded music and dance. But what is developmentally appropriate for a young child? And what support do practitioners need to give to promote that musical development?

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