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RAF Cottesmore

    News
  • Wednesday, May 22, 2002
    • | Nursery World
RAF Cottesmore had its first delivery this month from Rutland County Council's mobile toy library. Users on the toy library's route can choose from a range of toys, games and musical instruments for an initial registration fee of 2 per term or 5 a year and can borrow the equipment for a month, with no other fee charged.

Undiagnosed eye problems

    News
  • Wednesday, October 31, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Around 5 per cent of six-year-olds have an undiagnosed eye problem because of huge variations in screening services around the country, a new report claims. Research by the Association of Optometrists (AOP) found that undiagnosed problems went up to 10 per cent for 12-year-olds and called for a review of children's vision screening. The AOP said that there is a low uptake of free NHS sight tests by young children, and chief executive Bob Hughes called for eye testing to be mandatory before a child starts school.

Good early years give a head start

    News
  • Tuesday, September 2, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Children who attend high-quality early years settings continue to do well in tests at the end of primary school, according to the latest findings from the largest ongoing study into the impact of pre-school and primary education.

Raising NMW considered after 10p tax row

    News
  • Wednesday, April 30, 2008
    • | Nursery World
The Government is considering plans to raise the minimum wage for 18- to 21-year-olds, after it came under fire from its own MPs for scrapping the 10p tax rate.

Funding dilemma for NNI settings

    News
  • Wednesday, November 29, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Neighbourhood nurseries need 'continued ongoing funding' if they are to survive in the wake of next year's subsidy withdrawal, according to the largest voluntary provider of the initiative. Steve Alexander, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, which has 30 neighbourhood nurseries - 26 of which are now designated children's centres - said that the ending of the three-year subsidy in April 2007 presents 'significant challenges'.

People & places

    News
  • Wednesday, November 2, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Buttercups Head office: 18 Woodfield Road, Ealing, London W5 1SH

New advisor on children's centre plans

    News
  • Wednesday, November 29, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A new national programme that will advise local authorities in England on setting up children's centres has named its first director. Liz Railton, director of children's services at Essex County Council, is taking up the post of programme director for the Together for Children (TfC) programme in January.

Children help in garden

    News
  • Tuesday, September 2, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Pre-School children at Clifton Tots Nursery in Bristol helped out in the garden when part of a tree was cut down to make way for a new safety surface.

Fundraising

    Other
  • Monday, August 24, 2015
    • | Nursery World
To mark its 25th anniversary, Freshfields Nursery School in Stratford upon Avon raised £500 for charity TOFS.

Nurseries encouraged to make better use of IT

    News
  • Tuesday, August 26, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Nurseries are being encouraged to make better use of information technology in a new campaign by the National Day Nurseries Association in conjunction with Nursery World. The Go for IT! campaign will run through October and provide advice to help nurseries choose the right computer and find sources of funding and training. Nurseries can download resources and factsheets from the member log-in area of the NDNA website.

Celebrity chef and schooldinners campaigner Jamie Oliver

    News
  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Celebrity chef and schooldinners campaigner Jamie Oliver has been invited by Scotland's deputy education minister Euan Robson to lunch in a Scottish school. The lunch will celebrate the success of the Scottish Executive's 63.5m Hungry for Success initiative to improve school dinners and children's eating habits.

Case study: Skerne Park Primary School, Darlington

    News
  • Wednesday, November 29, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Headteacher Di Teasdale welcomed the opportunity to introduce peer massage to the nursery school children, helped by Sure Start funding. The enthusiasm and commitment of everyone in the nursery team was crucial to the scheme's success. Before the first session the school obtained written permission from parents for their child to take part, with an explanation that this was child-to-child massage with no adult-child contact. The class teacher, Paula Barion, also prepared the children by explaining what massage means - 'a stroking movement that makes you feel nice and calm and relaxed' - and that they would be working together in pairs.

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