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Making a move

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  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
As he prepares to leave the Daycare Trust, director Stephen Burke reviews the changing scene in childcare during his eight years there and looks to the future Childcare has moved from the margins to the mainstream in the past ten years and is one of the big domestic issues in the run-up to the forthcoming general election.

In stock. a monthly round-up of new resources

    News
  • Wednesday, August 31, 2005
    • | Nursery World
* Looking for Childcare?, Sure Start's guide to all aspects of childcare for parents, was so popular that stocks quickly ran out. The booklet is currently being reprinted and new stock will be available at DfES publications from 12 September. To order, call 0845 60 222 60 or email dfes@prolog.uk.com quoting reference LEA-1252-2005. The booklet can be downloaded at www.surestart.gov.uk/lookingforchildcare.

Incorporating learning into everyday

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  • Wednesday, October 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Incorporating learning into everyday family life is the focus of this weekend's Family Learning Weekend (11 to 13 October) co-ordinated by the Campaign for Learning. Day nurseries, schools and colleges will be opening their doors and offering families a chance to learn something new while having fun together. Events will range from sign language and storytelling to Indian cookery and drum making. Campaign manager Brioney Hurst said, 'Research shows that children learn more effectively when they have family support, particularly in the early, formative years. Family members may not be aware of the significance of their role and the campaign hopes this weekend helps apprehensive family members learn how they can support each other's learning.' For information see www.familylearningweekend.com.

Action plans

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  • Wednesday, August 31, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Babies and toddlers delight in discovering their bodies and the world around them. Lena Engel explains how you can help From a relatively early stage in pregnancy mothers begin to sense the foetus moving inside them. The experience is peculiar and everyone tells a different story about what this extraordinary sensation of harbouring another being feels like. It signifies that the developing body and limbs of the baby are in motion as they explore the surrounding space. So, it is hardly surprising that after babies are born they continue to enjoy physical activity.

Nurseries need financial training to survive

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  • Tuesday, November 8, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Nurseries should offer financial training to all their nursery staff, which would help them run their setting in a more sustainable way and allow them to pass savings on to parents, the finance director of a leading nursery group has said.

Nursery groups on expansion drive

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  • Friday, October 27, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Several nursery groups have been busy in the childcare market in a recent spate of new openings, sales and acquisitions.

Look and learn

    News
  • Wednesday, October 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Develop your understanding of children's learning by considering the following scenario Scenario

APPG calls for Child Obesity Strategy rethink

    News
  • Monday, October 30, 2017
    • | Nursery World
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on a Fit and Healthy Childhood has demanded the Government rethink the role of physical activity in its Child Obesity Strategy.

Quick time

    News
  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
As an alternative to bricks and mortar, modular or timber-frame nurseries are cheap, flexible and quick to build. Mary Evans talks to nursery owners and designers about the pros and cons The enormous expansion in the early years sector has seen more and more settings being developed from modular buildings rather than constructed out of traditional bricks and mortar.

Lighting the Fire - a new resource to enrich outdoor play and learning

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  • Monday, November 14, 2011
    • | Nursery World
A booklet and DVD - Lighting the Fire, hands-on investigation, play and outdoor learning in primary education - was compiled with the help of early years consultant Wendy Scott and includes a foreword by Mick Waters, professor of education and president of the Curriculum Foundation.

Case study

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  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
After 10 years working in recruitment, Freya Luxton set up Hopscotch Ltd and is converting listed former Royal Navy buildings in Gosport, Hampshire, into a 70-place day nursery, which will open in a few weeks. 'I have two young children, and after running my own recruitment company for 18 months I wanted to do something where I could apply my background and skills but which would also suit my lifestyle more,' says Freya.

Children's charity NCH appointed Darren Johnson

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  • Wednesday, August 24, 2005
    • | Nursery World
* Children's charity NCH appointed Darren Johnson as deputy director of the London region in July. Mr Johnson, who was previously NCH's assistant director for the London region, will be responsible for supporting the region in strengthening current partnership and service delivery arrangements and overseeing development of new services across London.

Case study

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  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Tony and Jacqui Gernon are set to open their third Happy Jays nursery - their second to be designed and built from scratch in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. 'Jacqui went into the business as a mid-career decision to do something different,' says Tony. 'She did a full-time course and part of that involved placements in existing nurseries, where she came to the conclusion that she could do something better.

All for one

    News
  • Wednesday, October 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Staff are likely to work together better after they have had to function as a group away from the workplace, says Mary Evans Team building is one of those management-speak phrases which conjures up images of middle-aged executives struggling to ford a river by building a raft or a rope bridge. But has it any relevance to how you run your childcare setting?

Further calls for pedagogic system

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  • Wednesday, August 24, 2005
    • | Nursery World
A 'pedagogical approach' should underpin reform of the early education and care sector, according to the childcare charity Daycare Trust. Adding weight to growing support for pedagogues to lead the sector, the trust said 60 per cent of the childcare workforce should be trained to graduate level as pedagogues, with a salary and benefits matching those of primary school teachers. The remaining 40 per cent should be assistant pedagogues with level-3 qualifications.

Parents consulted on starting hours

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  • Wednesday, March 9, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Starting hours for Primary 1 pupils in Glasgow could be changed by the city council at the request of working parents. Following consultation in 1997, it was agreed that the new intake of four- and five-year olds in Glasgow schools would attend for mornings only until after the October half-term holiday.

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