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With feeling

    News
  • Wednesday, March 14, 2007
    • | Nursery World
A doll may be the best way for a child to understand another's emotions, says trainer Kirstine Beeley Imagine a situation where a small child is crying. His friend sees this, appears to be upset by the situation and cries himself. After a while the second child lashes out at the first. Is this aggressive behaviour? Is it anti-social behaviour? Is the child a potential bully? Or is the child feeling the hurt of the first child and doing the only thing he can think of to end his friend's misery?

Room at the top

    News
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A pioneering nursery in a council tower block in Edinburgh is still going strong, as Barbara Millar climbs the stairs When Edinburgh Corporation built Westfield Court in 1951, the development was immediately hailed in the press as a 'showpiece'. The eight-storey block of 88 'labour-saving' homes, at an average rent of 38 shillings and seven pence, was then - at 90 feet - the tallest block of flats to be built in Scotland. It boasted gas-operated incinerators in each apartment, to reduce refuse to ash, 'sun-trap' balconies overlooking a bowling green, constant hot water and a small, self-operated lift. To cap it all - literally - on the top floor of the building, a purpose-built nursery was opened in 1953.

MBE for Wilma Cumming

    News
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Wilma Cumming, manager of the University of Aberdeen's Rocking Horse Nursery, was presented with an MBE by Prince Charles at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace. She was nominated for the award by nursery parents in recognition of her services to childcare for over 40 years and particularly the support she has given parents during her 13 years at Rocking Horse. Photo: Donald Stewart

Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, March 14, 2007
    • | Nursery World
In this issue of Nursery Management we bring you up to date with progress on the ten-year childcare strategy and provide essential information to help you prepare for the next wave of change, including the introduction of the Early Years Foundation Stage. To succeed, the new framework will need a better trained workforce to deliver it. For too long, quantity of places has taken priority over quality of provision. Too often, courses have been found lacking and funding has been in short supply. And there is little sign that real progress is being made.

Settling in to a new job

    News
  • Wednesday, March 14, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Starting a new job can be extremely stressful, but your employer should have an effective induction programme in place to address your anxieties about understanding new procedures, getting to know colleagues and taking on any new responsibilities. The length and format of your induction process will depend on the complexity of your new job and your background, so newcomers to the sector and senior managers, for example, can expect to undergo a more detailed induction process.

Bearded saviours

    News
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
I am writing regarding the recent coverage editorially and on the Letters page of Nursery World of two subjects - Halloween and Santa Claus. I was outraged at the number of practitioners who said they welcome Halloween as 'harmless fun'. Really? As a nursery nurse, university student, Christian and future mother I am very alarmed at the lack of care shown here. Encouraging interest in magic, ghosts and ghouls does not benefit children psychologically or emotionally. As a Christian I would never allow my children to be exposed to this nonsense, and I would point out to them the obvious dangers of 'trick or treat'. In this day and age, what parent in their right mind would allow their children to be exposed to such potential dangers as abduction?

A Unique Child Inclusion: Calling all men

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 10, 2009
    • | Nursery World
When one children's centre wanted children's fathers and male relatives to come along and join in the activities, they made FUDGE - a session just for them. Annette Rawstrone heard all about it.

High failure rate for sector apprentices

    News
  • Tuesday, March 13, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The success rates of early years advanced NVQ apprentices are the worst in the work-based learning sector, according to a survey by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI).

It's a new year

    News
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
By Anne Longfield, chief executive of Kids' Clubs Network. 2002 was a successful year. We saw the publication of the Government's major inter-departmental review of childcare, the first financial commitment to the growth of children's centres, the introduction of the new Child Tax Credit and the Education Act giving schools the power to run community services such as childcare.

Lift the lid

    News
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A box that tells the main events of a child's life, and reveals his hopes and dreams when opened, is precious indeed, says Miranda Walker This unusual activity has great appeal to children of all ages. It's creative, requires the children to reflect on their lives, and to think about their aspirations for the future. The children are unlikely to have done anything like it before, so why not give it a try?

Victor Ubogu

    News
  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Former England rugby player Victor Ubogu enjoyed finger painting with children at Babyface Nursery in Bath when he swapped his day job running a hospitality business for a shift as an early years practitioner in support of the Department for Education and Skills' early years and childcare recruitment campaign. Photo Rebecca Harley

Childminders honoured

    News
  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Childminders who have provided a total of 535 years of services for thousands of children in England and Wales were honoured by the National Childminding Association chair Lynn Daley (centre) and other members at the NCMA's conference and annual general meeting in Eastbourne, West Sussex. Certificates were presented to the NCMA members attending the conference who had worked as childminders for more than 25 years.

NUT helps teachers plan for play

    News
  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The largest teachers' union has developed a policy on the role of play in teaching all age groups from the Foundation Stage upwards. At its first play conference, in London last week, the National Union of Teachers launched the policy and called for an independent review of the national curriculum that would provide more opportunities for play in schools. The NUT also called for local authorities to be encouraged to establish individual play policies, with a national audit of play facilities.

The Giant of Jum

    Review
  • Monday, August 10, 2015
    • | Nursery World
By Elli Woollard and Benji Davies (Macmillan Children's Books, hardback, £11.99)

Review strategy, Government told

    News
  • Wednesday, October 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A leading childcare charity has renewed its call to the Government to undertake a fundamental review of the National Childcare Strategy. In its annual review published today (Thursday), the Daycare Trust said that the Government's pledge to end child poverty would only succeed if it delivered childcare for all children and parents.

Keep to the time

    News
  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I am pleased that Jenny Mosley and Ross Grogan ('Doing good', 22 February) address helping young children to learn moral values. But I am concerned about the consequences of their advice being applied to nursery-age children. The basic two golden rules can make sense in the social world of three- to five-year-olds. However, simple words and actions close to the time best help children understand that their behaviour was an example of what adults mean by 'gentle'. Heavy use of symbolic rewards like stickers disrupts children's ability to internalise values. They do not learn to make the unpaid choice to be helpful. In contrast, children learn, 'If I'm kind, they give me badges.'

In stock a monthly round-up of new resources

    News
  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
* A new website for teachers and education professionals offers career advice, news of resources and articles on aspects of teaching and learning at teachingexpertise.com. * The Meningitis Research Foundation has launched a website giving information on the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia, which is the blood poisoning form of meningitis. With written and audio information in 18 different languages including Arabic, Chinese and Albanian, www.meningitis.org offers advice for anyone affected by the disease.

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