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Strange beasts!

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  • Wednesday, April 18, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Go outdoors to create monster puppets, sing, dance and hide in a Gruffalo's den in part two of a project by Helen Bromley Having introduced the theme of monsters through Maurice Sendak's classic storybook Where the Wild Things Are (Red Fox), practitioners can then introduce other stories and non-fiction texts to develop the children's interests in this area.

Health visitor shortage causes alarm

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  • Wednesday, April 18, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Health visitors are an 'endangered species', according to a new report by the Family and Parenting Institute, which says the number of health visitors has fallen dramatically. A survey of primary care trusts in England found that caseloads for health visitors vary across the country and that parents face a postcode lottery.

Nursery rhymes

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  • Wednesday, April 18, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Twinkle, twinkle little star Twinkle, twinkle little star How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.

Grief matters for children

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  • Wednesday, April 18, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Grief matters for children By Alison Penny, policy and communications co-ordinator, Childhood Bereavement Network

In the know a monthly round-up of new research

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  • Wednesday, April 18, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Developing young readers through the linguistic phonics approach This study reports findings from a large-scale evaluation of the linguistic phonics approach (LPA) on young children's reading. LPA is a systematic and applied programme (designed and developed for use in Northern Ireland) that differs from traditional phonics programmes. A three-stage test and re-test approach was used to examine reading performance, and children were examined after a two-month summer holiday break to judge the sustainability of the LPA. Findings indicate that the LPA does significantly raise standards and that the gains made by pupils last over time. The study concludes that LPA, in contrast to non-systematic phonics approaches, positively affects the attainment of high, middle and low-level readers.

The Children's Workforce Development Council

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  • Wednesday, April 11, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The Children's Workforce Development Council has set out its programme of work for the next financial year in its 2007-2008 Business Plan. The agenda includes training for Early Years Professional Status, development of the Integrated Qualifications Framework and preparation of the Sector Skills Agreement. CWDCchief executive Jane Haywood said, 'This year's funding has increased to 70m, which we will invest in building capacity and ensuring that the workforce can make a real impact on the lives of children and families.'

The Silks Strikers

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  • Wednesday, April 11, 2007
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - The Silks Strikers, the football team from Silks Farm Nursery School in Cambridgeshire, showed local team Histon FC how it's done during a half time-demonstration at Glassworld Stadium. Silks Farm has received the Charter Standard for Schools award from the Football Association. Four qualified FA coaches are currently leading football sessions at the nursery. Photo Rob Mills

New chair for Montessori

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  • Wednesday, April 11, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The new national chairman of the Montessori Schools Association (MSA) has been named as Dr Martin Bradley, a senior member of HM Inspectorate of Schools, who will take over the post in June from Liz Sharpe. Dr Bradley has been associated with Montessori education for more than 20 years, initially working with training colleges to develop National Voluntary Qualifications, and recently inspecting Montessori schools and promoting inspectors' awareness of Montessori work.

On with the show!

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  • Wednesday, April 11, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Find out what's in store for early years practitioners at this month's Manchster show in a preview by Melanie Defries Don't miss the 2007 Manchester Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition which takes place on the 27-28 April at the G-Mex centre. The event will feature a packed seminar programme from childcare and teaching experts and 160 exhibitors will be showing the latest in products, programmes and ideas to help you in your setting.

Demand bolsters market

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  • Wednesday, April 4, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Demand for childcare is at its highest level ever despite the fact that average nursery occupancy is below 80 per cent, according to a new report. The annual survey of the nursery market by Laing and Buisson says the UK nursery sector is now worth 3.5 billion, growing by just over 5 per cent last year.

Playgrounds downsizing

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  • Wednesday, September 13, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Adventure playgrounds across London are being forced to cut staff and reduce services by shortfalls in funding. Disabled children's charity Kids, which runs eight adventure playgrounds across the capital, has cut five out of its 20 permanent playworkers and introduced new staff ratios and charging policies in order to address the 'continued losses' being made at its playgrounds.

Free iPods for every childcare student

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  • Wednesday, September 13, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Childcare students at a further and higher education college in Kent are to receive free iPods so they can review lectures via audio podcasts - but only once they prove themselves to be conscientious scholars. In a pilot scheme, South Kent College in Dover has spent 25,000 on iPods promised to the first 250 students to enrol on their September courses. All 40 full-time childcare students have signed up for their provisional iPod Nanos, including 25 taking CACHE Diploma in Childcare and Education Level 3.

Spot the teen drinkers at age three

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  • Wednesday, September 13, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Children as young as three exhibit behaviour that indicates whether they will go on to drink or use drugs in adolescence, according to US researchers. A study at Idaho and Michigan State Universities found that pre-school children who were less able to control their impulses and behaviour were more likely to begin drinking in early adolescence, while those more able to adapt their self-control to their environment were less likely to.

Positive engagement

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  • Wednesday, September 13, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Without any requirement for specialist intervention, how can early years settings integrate children with autism? Karen Faux finds out Last year the National Autistic Society (NAS) helpline received more than 35,000 calls from individuals seeking help and information about autism in childhood. Not all of these were from families; many calls came from teachers and early years professionals who are struggling to overcome a profound lack of understanding about the disability.

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