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Kick the habit

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  • Wednesday, January 26, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Finding ways to help parents quit smoking will be challenging. Karen Faux suggests how to tackle this sensitive issue Children are the most passive captors of all when it comes to breathing in second-hand smoke. Made up of a complex mixture of more than 4,000 chemical compounds, including at least 40 known carcinogens, tobacco smoke also contains carbon monoxide which inhibits the blood's ability to carry oxygen to vital organs. While the effects of passive smoking on adults are well documented, the implications for the very young are even more horrifying.

Best run!

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  • Wednesday, January 26, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Use an engaging book about a hungry crocodile to guide the children in your setting to learning through these snappy activity ideas suggested by Jean Evans In Here comes the Crocodile by Kathryn White (Little Tiger Press, 5.99), croc is sniffing and snarling, grumbling and growling, because he's hungry. He's on the prowl looking for a tasty treat to satisfy his rumbling tummy. But the animals Crocodile hunts in the jungle all have a good reason why they shouldn't end up as his dinner and it looks like he's going to go hungry until they all share their food with him. Then a hungry Tiger leaps out from behind a tree looking for his tea...

Healthy and happy

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  • Wednesday, January 26, 2005
    • | Nursery World
A new set of guidelines for everyone working with babies and toddlers draws together research and guidance from several countries. Juliet Hancock explains what it's designed to offer 'It is the responsibility of all adults to ensure that children thrive. It is the responsibility of everybody that children grow up as healthy and as happy as possible.'1 On 18 January the Scottish Executive, in association with Learning and Teaching Scotland, launched 'Birth to three: supporting our youngest children', the national guidance for all those involved with the well-being, care and education of babies and young children.

1.2m in grants to develop nurseries

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A factory, a former cinema and derelict farmland are among 14 sites designated for new neighbourhood nurseries with grants worth more than 1.2m from the New Opportunities Fund (NOF). Among the recipients is the Highfields Community Nursery and Training Centre in Leicester, which is receiving a grant of nearly 270,000 so that the Red Kite Nursery can create 30 new places for children aged up to four.

Someone we miss

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  • Wednesday, January 26, 2005
    • | Nursery World
I was saddened to hear of the sudden death on Christmas Eve of Chris Evans, network officer at the National Childminding Association (Nursery World, 13 January) I always found her to be a great motivator and good help when I was a childminding network co-ordinator. She was always eager to help at the end of the phone and ready to provide positive and sound advice. I am sure her passion for greater quality training in childcare will be infectious and those of us that met and worked with her will continue to carry on her good practices to improve the development of childcare.

Scottish Pre-School Play Association Fun Day

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
More than 100 children and their parents took part in a Scottish Pre-School Play Association Fun Day held as part of last month's National Childcare Month celebrations. The event was organised by the Perth and Kinross branch with activities on an environmental theme. Children planted more than 50 pots with a donation of sunflower seeds from Nursery World. Carole Anderson, the SPPA development manager for Perth and Kinross, said, 'It was a glorious day and everyone who came along enjoyed it.'

Just a light touch, please

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  • Wednesday, January 19, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Now is the time for nannies to start applying for the new 'light touch' Childcare Approval Scheme that comes into effect in April. Last month the Government finally spelled out the details of this voluntary scheme, which makes parents with a combined income of up to 59,000 eligible for tax credits if they employ an approved carer in their home. To be approved, a nanny must be at least 18, hold a paediatric first aid certificate issued within the past three years, have a relevant qualification (as listed on the website below) or attend an approved induction course in childcare, and pass an enhanced disclosure check from the Criminal Records Bureau. The approval scheme also applies to parents given vouchers for childcare costs by their own employers.

Resources Windfall

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  • Monday, March 5, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Thanks to a successful grant from the Big Lottery Fund of just under £10,000, Marcham Pre-school near Abingdon in Oxfordshire has received a range of new resources.

Fathers welcomed with nursery advice

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  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A new support pack has been designed to help early years settings involve fathers in their children's activities. Involving Fathers in Child and Family Services offers practical suggestions on how to develop father-friendly services. Produced by Strathclyde University's childhood and families research and development centre, the pack contains an audit that practitioners can use to assess how welcoming nurseries and family centres are to fathers.

Going for gold

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  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The DCE has been hailed as the gold standard of childcare education, but is it at risk of losing its lustre? Mary Evans reports The two-year Diploma in Childcare and Education is often hailed as the gold standard of childcare qualifications, but even though more students are enrolling on DCE courses this term, some observers wonder if they really are on to a winner.

Three defeats in the House of Lords for Government education reforms

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Government education reforms suffered three defeats in the House of Lords last week. The Lords rejected proposals to allow school governing bodies to form companies, plans to cut red tape in schools and a move to endorse school forums. However, a spokeswoman for the Department for Education and Skills said proposals were still intact to allow schools to provide childcare and other services, contained in clause 26 of the Education Bill, entitled 'The power of governing bodies to provide community facilities', and the plans had passed scrutiny in the Lords.

The delivery of parenting programmes in local communities

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  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The delivery of parenting programmes in local communities will be debated at a Sure Start conference in Edinburgh on 7 September. Delegates to the conference can learn about the various parenting programmes within the city and hear about examples of best practice, followed by a discussion of priorities for the future. The conference, at Heriot Watt University, is aimed at anyone working in the field of health or social care, and those delivering parenting programmes within the community. Limited spaces are still available. Contact John Heywood at Edinburgh's Childcare Partnership on 0131 270 6065.

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