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Pain as a first resort

    News
  • Wednesday, October 16, 2002
    • | Nursery World
In common with other groups opposed to the abuse of children, the United Nations has confused judicious smacking with irrational violence (News, 10 October). Pain is a natural warning process and, applied appropriately, is extremely successful. When a child is too young to understand rational argument, usually in their first two or three years of life, smacking is often the only way to discipline them.

CRB and survival

    News
  • Wednesday, October 16, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Like a lot of providers I am very concerned about the extremely long wait for Disclosure checks. We have now waited some six months for the Criminal Records Bureau to check a part-time employee. Our day nursery has only been open a year and demand is such that we need to employ more staff. But how do we care satisfactorily for the children and in accordance with Government and Ofsted regulations when a Disclosure check is hanging over our heads?

Editor’s view - The full picture

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 16, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s review of early years and childcare qualfications in 2012 found 445 available, of which 223 were deemed full and relevant.

Dawning realisation

    Opinion
  • Monday, October 16, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Our columnist reflects on what party conference season means for the early years

No fruit for private sector

    News
  • Wednesday, August 31, 2005
    • | Nursery World
A private nursery chain is calling for the Government to expand the free fruit and vegetable scheme for four- to six-year-olds to include private and voluntary sector providers. The Manor Tree Group, a chain of eight nurseries based in the South East, has accused the Government of 'discriminating' against the non-maintained sector for excluding it from the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS).

Centre stage

    News
  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Can nursery schools survive current changes in early years provision, especially the move to children's centres? Simon Vevers reports They have received a ringing endorsement in the EPPE research and secured the backing of the children's minister, Margaret Hodge, who wants them to become children's centres. So why are local authorities continuing to close maintained nursery schools, discarding what one of their leading advocates describes as their 'distinctive ethos and specialist knowledge'?

Customs promotes Trust Fund

    News
  • Wednesday, August 31, 2005
    • | Nursery World
HM Revenue & Customs has joined forces with Dr Tanya Byron, presenter of the BBC TV series Little Angels, to share tips for parents to make pre-school and beyond as productive as possible for their child. The initiative is part of the HM Revenue & Customs' efforts to encourage parents to take up the Child Trust Fund. Visit www.hmrc.gov.uk for more information.

Spot on

    News
  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Encourage children to identify patterns, and then to use various resources to make their own, in the second part of a project by Judith Stevens Patterns are everywhere, and you can develop your project by looking at patterns in such diverse areas as those in nature, in movement and in fabrics.

Children's centre status as nursery school expands

    News
  • Wednesday, August 31, 2005
    • | Nursery World
An early excellence centre in the West Midlands is undergoing a 1m refurbishment as it moves to children's centre status in partnership with the local Sure Start programme. Wolverhampton City Council has commissioned Adonis Construction to renovate the original primary school building dating from 1895 and add three new extensions at Bilston Nursery School Early Excellence Centre.

Children's services need to recognise

    News
  • Wednesday, October 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Children's services need to recognise the special circumstances of children affected by HIV, according to a report based on interviews with children in Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The three-year study by Children in Scotland and the University of Edinburgh said that children whose parents were HIV positive found it difficult to handle the fact that they had an incurable illness. Those given the information from a young age accepted it more easily. The report and a factsheet are available from Moira Cameron at Children in Scotland on 0131 222 2410.

Ask the expert

    News
  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Your legal questions are answered by Christine Betts, senior lawyer, schools and childcare team, Veale Wasbrough Lawyers Q. We recently had an unexpected visit from a National Minimum Wage inspector who went through our accounts back to 2001 to check that we had always paid our staff at least the legal minimum. We had! We were shocked, however, when the inspector argued that we should also be paying students on placements the minimum wage. We argued that they were still learning, not really doing a full job, and so not entitled to the NMW. He seemed to accept this argument reluctantly, but who is right? A. The basic starting point is that the National Minimum Wage (NMW) applies to all workers. As from 1 October 2004 the NMW is 4.85 per hour for workers over 21, though that is set to rise to Pounds 5.05 in October 2005 and to 5.35 next year. The rate for workers aged between 18 and 21 is 4.10, but that too will rise next October, to 4.25. For workers under 18 the minimum hourly rate is 3, and the Government has said that there will be no change to this rate next year.

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