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Sleep tight

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  • Wednesday, March 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Children will only have a successful day at nursery if they have a proper sleep at night. Rosalyn Spencer explains how Every day in our nurseries and schools we have to cope with children who are sleepy, cannot concentrate, have problems relating to others, or are disobedient, hyperactive or aggressive. Sleep deprivation is thought to be one of the main reasons.

Let the babies be

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  • Wednesday, March 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
I agree with Peter Dixon (In My View, 12 January) - what madness to have a curriculum for babies. Is this just a ploy to keep those who dream up these absurdities in employment? Will this lead to my 16-month-old being tested at age two? Maybe I'll have to get her a tutor or she won't pass the entry exam at the school nursery when she is three and a half. There seems to be a compulsion to fit everything into a box with planning.

Wraparound care 'will cost'

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Childcare and educational establishments have welcomed the Government's commitment to the extended schools initiative, while warning that 'it can't be done on the cheap'. Speaking at 'Every Childhood Matters', a 4Children conference held in London last week, education secretary Charles Clarke outlined plans for all schools to offer wraparound childcare from 8am to 6pm for 48 weeks of the year.

A sound start

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Never mind music's effect on the brain - its value to young children is in providing a shared experience and developing personal skills, as Susan Young explains Recent years have seen a lot of interest in how music might contribute to children's overall development, such as the supposed influence on the brain from listening to Mozart.

Cap on fees could hit training

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A 175-a-week cap on the amount nurseries can charge for a full daycare place if they want to access financial support for recruitment and training through the Transformation Fund has raised fears that many settings in the south-east and London could lose out. Following the launch of the Children's Workforce Strategy last week, the DfES confirmed that only nurseries charging 175 or less would be eligible for the 3,000 incentive to recruit graduates and the quality premium of up to 5,000 to improve the qualifications of non-graduates. A DfES spokesman said the cap on fees, which applies nationally, aimed to prevent any impact on affordability.

1: Eye to Eye

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  • Wednesday, January 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Introduce the topic with a close look at appearances ADULT-LED

The topic at a glance

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
AREAS OF LEARNING Nursery Topics - Bags and boxes covers all six areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum in England, but it can be easily adapted to suit the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish early years curricula. The areas of learning are indicated as follows:

Football coach Damian Ives shows six-year-old James Bentley how to perfect his ball skills

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Football coach Damian Ives shows six-year-old James Bentley how to perfect his ball skills at a nursery course for five- and six-year-olds at Batley Sports and Tennis Centre in West Yorkshire during the half-term holiday last week. The course was open to boys and girls, and children aged from seven to ten attended a 'mini soccer' course. Children who took part each received a certificate and a football memento. Photo Roger Moody/Guzelian

Rain or shine

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Forward planning enables you to turn any weather into an exciting and sensory learning experience The benefits of outdoor learning are well documented and access to an outdoor area should be a choice open to children on a daily basis. Where an adjacent area is accessible and continuously available, the quality and frequency of children's outdoor learning experiences largely depend on practitioners' commitment to outdoor play.

Off the shelf

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A round-up of toys and books to inspire imaginative and explorative learning, with a range of storage options to help keep things tidy Exploration and investigation

Nursery activities

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
All of us constantly control everyday things using information and communication technology (ICT). Just think how many we come across in the average day: washing machines, pedestrian crossings, DVD players, mobile phones, photocopiers - all examples of control technology. Adults are aware of technology - we remember a time before some of it existed - but young children have never known a time without it. New technology that wows adults is as normal as paper and pencil to a child.

Body parts

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  • Wednesday, January 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Get the most out of the learning opportunities provided by 'Our bodies' with these resources Dolls

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