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Quote of the week

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  • Wednesday, October 16, 2002
    • | Nursery World
'The Government seems to believe that you can fatten a pig just by constantly weighing it' Paul Vallely, on the Government's obsession with testing children, The Independent

A question of equality

    News
  • Wednesday, July 6, 2005
    • | Nursery World
In reply to the letter regarding a parent who did not wish a male nursery worker to change her child (23 June), this seems a simple matter of equality of opportunity in employment. If the setting were to treat this worker any differently to his colleagues because of his sex, they would be breaking employment law. If the setting has an equal opportunities policy, it should include staff as well as children. There should be a contract with parents which they sign to indicate their acceptance of such policies. This would make the position clear for all .

Children at play in Glasgow's streets

    News
  • Wednesday, October 16, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Children at play in Glasgow's streets, playgrounds and parks from the 1950s to the 1980s are captured in images on display at the city's Scotland Street Museum. The Bairns and Backstreets exhibition, drawn from local photographer Eric Watt's extensive socio-historical record of the city, is open until 16 June next year.

Children vote with their conscience

    News
  • Wednesday, June 29, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Children and young people in England are leading the way in social conscience by demonstrating that it's 'cool to care', children's charity 4Children said this week. Findings from 4Children's survey My Ideal World, launched by former children's minister Margaret Hodge on Monday, revealed that young people were more interested in progress on poverty, climate change and putting an end to world conflict than getting more pocket money or having the freedom to live without rules.

Families trapped by 'compulsive consumerism'

    News
  • Wednesday, September 14, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Parents in the UK feel under pressure to buy their children the latest consumer goods, often to compensate for long working hours, according to research by Unicef.

Food campaign body questions fish oil safety

    News
  • Wednesday, September 7, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Vegetarian campaigners have hit out at the use of fish oil, found in recent trials to improve children's behaviour and concentration, claiming that fish oil supplements contain high levels of potentially toxic chemicals that could endanger health. The Vegetarian and Vegan Foundation says that pollutants such as dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can accumulate in the fatty parts of fish which are then used to manufacture fish oil supplements.

College scores a century

    News
  • Wednesday, October 16, 2002
    • | Nursery World
* The Institute of Education celebrated its 100th birthday last week with the publication of a book of its history. The Institute of Education 1902-2002: A Centenary History, by Professor Richard Aldrich, tells how it was founded as the London Day Training College to provide teachers for the city's elementary schools, then became a college of the University of London and an international postgraduate centre for educational research.

Keep internal markets out

    News
  • Wednesday, June 29, 2005
    • | Nursery World
By Steve Canning, programme director at Sure Start North Prospect LARK project, Plymouth What do we really understand by the term 'extended school'? Is it about an extended day? Extending the use of a public building that is empty in the evenings, weekends and holidays? Is it about bringing in revenue to prop up an ailing budget? Or is it about working to improve community services?

Open for business

    News
  • Wednesday, September 7, 2005
    • | Nursery World
* Just Learning, the UK's third-largest nursery chain, has bought First Steps Day Nursery in Colchester, Essex. First Steps is a purpose-built nursery with 139 childcare places and a wide range of facilities including a soft play room, ball pool area and a vegetable patch. The new nursery will be known as Just Learning Colchester and brings the total number of settings owned by Just Learning to 67. Michael Fallon, the company's managing director, has reassured parents that it is 'not planning any substantial changes'.

Young People's Fund

    News
  • Wednesday, October 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
One of the key issues that didn't get much attention at the launch of the recent Green Paper was the announcement of a new Young People's Fund - to be kick-started by the New Opportunities Fund to the tune of 200m. While details are sketchy, the tone of the announcement once again puts young people at the centre - and will provide funding for new services and activities for young people.

Class divide affects children's attainment

    News
  • Tuesday, December 14, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Children's progress in their first two years at school is still largely driven by their parents' social class, according to researchers from the Institute of Education, University of London, who analysed more than 11,000 seven-year-olds across the UK.

Anniversary in Wales

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  • Monday, May 28, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Around 400 people took part in Meithrinfa Medra’s 10th birthday party, including former staff, children and parents of the 600 families that have used the day nursery’s services over the past decade.

Outstanding celebrations

    Other
  • Thursday, February 14, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Happy Days flagship nursery in Summercourt, Newquay has been celebrating receiving an 'outstanding' grade in its latest Ofsted inspection.

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