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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.

Vaccine against pneumococcal meningitis

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  • Wednesday, September 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The new vaccine against pneumococcal meningitis, which will be offered to every child under two in the UK from 4 September, is being promoted in a campaign by the Department of Health. For information about children's vaccines visit www.immunisation.nhs.uk.

Research charts fears of private providers

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  • Wednesday, September 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The continued disquiet in the private and voluntary sector in the wake of Government plans for children's centres, extended schools and free nursery education places for three- and four-year-olds, is highlighted in a new Government report. The research by PricewaterhouseCoopers focuses on the perceptions of PVI providers of Government policy in six local authority areas.

Time to grow

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  • Wednesday, February 14, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Early years consultant Marie Charlton recently returned from a study tour of Denmark's pre-schools - and wished she could bring their principles and practice home too Picture the scene. A low white thatched-roof cottage at the end of a stony track in a forest clearing. Children sitting outside at pine benches, despite intermittent drizzle, eating packed lunches. As they finish, they move off in a relaxed way to pursue their own interests. A few go inside the cottage to sleep.

Allergies 'needlessly alarm' childcarers

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  • Wednesday, September 6, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Overstated dangers of food allergies in children are fuelling 'unnecessary alarm' among childcarers, schools and parents, according to a leading child health academic. Writing in the British Medical Journal this week, Professor Allan Colver, from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, argues that increasing diagnoses and prescriptions of adrenaline auto-injectors only inflame fears that are disproportionate to the risk. 'The chances of an under-16 dying of a food allergy are one in 16 million a year,' he said.

Montessori educational theory

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2006
    • | Nursery World
* A DVD explaining the Montessori educational theory and showing a day in the life of the Children's House Nursery and the neighbouring Montessori school in Stallingborough, Lincolnshire, has been produced by media production company Focus 7. To request a copy, visit www.themontessorischool.com

Britain's top tourist

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2006
    • | Nursery World
attractions fail to provide healthy food and drink choices for children, according to a snapshot survey of 14 venues by the Soil Association. The organic farming campaign group said that it took more than four hours to find any fresh fruit in Blackpool. Its report, Taking Children for A Ride, named New Metroland in Gateshead and Camelot Theme Park in Chorley, Lancashire, as the worst offenders.

Children's favourite Dora the Explorer

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2006
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Children's favourite Dora the Explorer and friends embark on a voyage to Treasure Island in the stage show 'Dora the Explorer Live! Dora's Pirate Adventure' in a four-month tour of 15 destinations around the UK, first setting sail from Wales' Millennium Centre. The show has already proved a smash hit in the United States. Photo Ken Dickinson

The charity Children in Scotland

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The charity Children in Scotland has urged the Scottish Executive to ensure that nurseries serve children lunch, at an international conference held in Dunfermline last week. The conference, 'An Appetite for Life? Young Children, Food and Eating', examined ways to encourage young children to establish a healthy relationship with food.

The National Day Nurseries Association

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  • Wednesday, August 30, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The National Day Nurseries Association will be helping 160 early years settings across the Yorkshire and Humber region 'Train to Gain', by assessing and funding their staff training needs. Those interested in taking part in the scheme can contact Linda Herriot on 0870 774 4244 or e-mail TtG@ndna.org.uk.

Ripley Nursery School in Derbyshire

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  • Wednesday, August 23, 2006
    • | Nursery World
* Being vandalised with graffiti and paint just days before its Ofsted didn't stop Ripley Nursery School in Derbyshire from being rated 'outstanding' for progress in all areas of learning. Parents showed their support by clubbing together to clean up the school before inspectors arrived.

Care free

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  • Wednesday, October 13, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A little stress can be stimulating, but it's all too easy for it to escalate to unacceptable levels for working. Use this checklist by Martin Pring to see if you pass the stress test The lack of resources, training and experience to deal with increasing demands for quality, change and efficiency is making the working lives of early years practitioners more and more stressful. Yet many managers are reluctant to acknowledge that there is a problem, and even when they do, feel ill-equipped to deal it.

Only 4 per cent of nurseries in Wales offer Welsh-medium education

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  • Wednesday, August 16, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Only 4 per cent of nurseries in Wales offer Welsh-medium education, while just 8 per cent provide fully bilingual services, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association Cymru. The survey also found that 91 per cent of day nurseries would like to give children more experiences with the Welsh language. One manager said, 'Management is keen to develop Welsh provision, but staff lack confidence and access to manageable local training provision.' NDNA Cymru pledged further support and funding for its initiatives in encouraging Welsh in day nurseries.

To the point...

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  • Wednesday, August 16, 2006
    • | Nursery World
This week's columnist Robin Balbernie looks at how the evolutionary effect can at times work against mother-child bonding The idea that maternal instinct compels every mother to love her baby is a dangerous assumption, as it causes immeasurable guilt on those occasions when something gets in the way.

For your shelf

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  • Wednesday, August 16, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A selection of titles to enhance your understanding of play Inclusion in the Early Years by Cathy Nutbrown and Peter Clough

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