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The number of children in funded pre-school education in Northern Ireland has almost doubled

    News
  • Wednesday, May 7, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The number of children in funded pre-school education in Northern Ireland has almost doubled in the past five years, new statistics show. The school census released by the Department for Education for the year 2002-03 said that 21,076 children were in pre-school provision, with 14,092 in nursery schools or nursery classes in primary schools, 1,180 in reception classes and 5,804 in funded places in playgroups and day nurseries. This compares with 11,116 children in funded pre-school education in 1997-98. There has also been a significant increase in the number of children attending integrated primary and secondary schools, with 15,695 pupils in 2002-03 compared with 8,154 five years ago.

Switch on to ICT

    News
  • Wednesday, May 12, 2004
    • | Nursery World
An introduction to the keyboard As we approach the end of the summer term, many practitioners are beginning to focus on the computer keyboard. All computers have some form of bundled, basic word processor. Next comes the free processors you can download; the best of these is FreeText from Kudlian. This is similar in functionality to WordPad but also allows graphics to be imported and has a spell checker, large friendly tool bar and a word bank. Finally there are the purchased word processors such as Microsoft Word, Textease etc.

Project guide

    News
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
This project recognises that: * settings should be constantly resourced and organised in such a way as to offer learning opportunities across all areas of the Foundation Stage curriculum

Obesity on TV

    News
  • Wednesday, May 12, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Channel Four television is making a sensitive documentary series focusing on children struggling with their weight and would love to hear from parents with lively children. One in seven 15-year-olds and one in every 12 six-year-olds in the UK is now defined as obese. If current trends continue, 20 per cent of boys and 33 per cent of girls will be obese by 2020. An unprecedented number of toddlers are among those getting bigger in the UK and fewer are failing to lose their pre-school chubbiness.

Bear facts

    News
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
It's 100 years since the first bear was named Teddy. Bernard Tennant looks at the evolution of the species that has become one of the world's best-loved toys There are two stories as to how the teddy bear was created, which both occurred in 1902, but there is no documentary evidence to prove that either is true. The only proven fact in either tale is that on 18 November 1902 the Washington Evening Star carried a cartoon by Clifford Berryman showing the president of the United States, Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt, refusing to shoot a captive bear cub that had been cornered for him during his favourite sport of bear-hunting.

Opinion: In My View - Why choose organic?

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, September 15, 2009
    • | Nursery World
Just when people were looking for interesting facts and evidence on organics, the Food Standards Agency report stated there were 'no important differences' between the nutritional benefits of organic and non-organic food.

Table talk

    News
  • Wednesday, May 5, 2004
    • | Nursery World
MultiTables is the latest range of furniture from Community Playthings. The tables come as rectangles, half-circles and trapezoidal shapes so that you can fit them together according to the activity that is taking place. The tables also come with a set of three leg heights so that they can be used for eating at, for group work or art activities, with the minimum of adjustment while the children are in situ. For art sessions the back legs of the tables can be raised to provide an angled surface and all the tables accommodate any type of wheelchair. MultiTables are made from solid birch plywood with steel core legs and leg heights ranging from 30 to 76cm. Priced from 94.

Open for business a monthly round-up of new launches

    News
  • Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    • | Nursery World
* Haringey Play Association has opened a new adventure playground in Northumberland Park, north London. Somerfield Grove Adventure Playground is situated in a deprived, ethnically diverse area and has been developed in consultation with local children. It offers swings, climbing platforms, a pond and stream. Somerfield Grove will host a regular playgroup for under-fives, an after-school club and a holiday play scheme. It will also run free open-access play sessions after school and in school holidays for children up to the age of 15. * Work has started on a new children's centre in North End in the London Borough of Bexley. The centre, which is due to open in the autumn, will provide a 70-place day nursery, play area, training facilities and meeting rooms.

Funky toddle

    Other
  • Monday, July 11, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Funky Owls Nursery in Croydon raised £483 for Barnardo’s Big Toddle.

Music corner

    News
  • Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Music One2One The aim of the Music One2One Project is to encourage communication through music between parents/carers and their babies. The group sessions we are running at Sure Start and Family Centres are for small groups of parents and their babies. Although there is a fixed day and time slot when the session happens, the start and end times are fluid, with free music-play, with no pressure on when to arrive or leave.

It's a gift

    News
  • Tuesday, November 19, 2002
    • | Nursery World

Try these ideas from Jean Evans for simple gifts the children can make

The Scottish Executive orders review

    News
  • Wednesday, November 13, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Scottish Executive has told senior managers in local authorities to review arrangements in case of industrial action by firefighters. It said they must ensure that business continuity and damage control plans are up to date, check the effectiveness of existing fire precautions and confirm that all staff are aware of fire and evacuation routines.

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