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Service areas

    News
  • Wednesday, June 27, 2001
    • | Nursery World
In the first of an occasional series on customer care, Maureen Smith asks what it means and gives advice on how to start providing it What are the most popular early years settings with the longest waiting lists? Usually, those who compete not only on costs and quality of childcare provision but also on customer service. Good customer care is no longer an optional extra in the current childcare market, and training to bring this about makes sound business sense.

Editor's view - Exclusion zones

    Opinion
  • Monday, August 10, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Two stories that Nursery World has run recently online provoked a huge reaction on social media, and both raise similar questions about the way we work with young children.

In or out? - it's a continuous environment

    News
  • Wednesday, June 27, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Sally Chapman (Letters, 17 May) feels staffing levels at her playgroup make it impossible to offer continuous outdoor play during the session. However, I can envisage only three circumstances where outdoor play cannot be offered simultaneously with indoor play.

Centres' outcomes made to measure

    News
  • Wednesday, December 7, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Measurable outcomes will form the bedrock of practice at the country's new children's centres, it was revealed last week. New good-practice guidance for Sure Start Children's Centres was launched alongside the five reports into Sure Start's effectiveness in an attempt to address the concerns raised in the evaluation of the programme.

Educators query move to phonics

    News
  • Wednesday, December 7, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Children will learn to read using synthetic phonics by the age of five from next September, following recommendations from the interim independent review into the way they are taught to read. Education secretary Ruth Kelly said she 'fully endorsed' the findings and that synthetic phonics should be taught as early as possible in schools.

Launch pad

    News
  • Wednesday, October 1, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The essential information you will need to start your own nursery, compiled by Annette Rawstrone Expert help

Meeting the challenge

    News
  • Wednesday, December 7, 2005
    • | Nursery World
A guide to the new NVQs in Children's Care, Learning and Development Maureen Little, chief external verifier at CACHE, continues our series taking you through the new awards step by step Gathering evidence

Gone fishing

    News
  • Wednesday, June 25, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Don't wait 'til the boat comes into have a fishy in a little dishy - try these suggestions for healthy, tasty eating from Fiona Hamilton-Fairley It is not often that you get a chance to go fishing. And when you're invited to go catch mackerel in the open sea, make sure you don't pass on the opportunity.

A hand to hold

    News
  • Tuesday, June 26, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Anyone who works with children may have to face the situation where a child in their care is bereaved. Children have different responses to death, depending on their age and experience.

Up to date

    News
  • Wednesday, December 7, 2005
    • | Nursery World
In the final part of a series on establishing a book collection for Foundation Stage children, Judith Stevens considers recently-published titles When developing a book collection, it is really important to include a broad range of fiction and information texts which will captivate young children and will help them to develop positive attitudes towards themselves as 'readers'.

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