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Coronavirus: Government launches campaign to reassure parents schools are safe

Monday, August 17, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has today launched its #backtoschoolsafely campaign to reassure parents that schools are ready for all children to return in September.

Parents discuss concerns about Tax-Free Childcare with chancellor

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Parents at Busy Bees nursery in Hammersmith have been visited by chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne to air their views on the Government's proposed changes to childcare vouchers.

Campaigners warn of virus that causes birth defects

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| Nursery World

A charity has launched a new campaign to raise awareness among pregnant women of a virus that can cause disabilities in children.

Treasury Committee calls for action on 30 hours underfunding in scathing assessment of policy

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Sunday, March 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A new Treasury Committee report strongly recommends an increase in 30 hours funding rates as it sets out wide-ranging criticisms of current Government childcare policies.

Parents given financial incentives to attend parenting classes

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Monday, November 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A new pilot scheme will see parents of primary school children in Middlesborough and Camden offered money to attend parenting academy sessions.

Irregular bedtimes for children can cause hyperactive behaviour

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Monday, October 14, 2013

| Nursery World

A new study has found that children with erratic bedtimes are more likely to be hyperactive and experience emotional difficulties.

Use of baby signing should be targeted on those at risk, say researchers

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Learning to sign could help babies who are at risk of language delay because of social deprivation and poorly educated parents, according to new research.

New smacking rules omit nannies

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Smacking is to be banned for all tutors and carers who work with children outside the family, including part-time educational settings, Sunday schools and madrassas, following a review.

Fathers are 'kept out of family involvement'

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

| Nursery World

One in four families is missing out on a father's involvement at home, according to new research.

Homelessness risk to 300,000 children over benefits cap

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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children could be left homeless as a result of the new benefits cap coming into force next week, warns new research.

Children unharmed by mothers' return to work

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

| Nursery World

Mothers who return to work before their child's first birthday do not harm their development, new research suggests.

Alan Milburn urges Government to tackle low pay

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report calls for a different approach to tackling in-work poverty as the number of families living below the breadline continues to rise.

Think tank warns of 'nursery NEETs'

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

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More than one in ten five-year-olds are at risk of disengaging from education when they start school, according to a new report.

Government scraps Child Poverty Act

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

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The existing measures and targets in the Child Poverty Act will be replaced with a new duty to report on worklessness and educational attainment.

Childcare voucher firms join forces to promote best practice

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

Six childcare voucher companies have joined forces to launch an industry body and promote best practice within the sector.

Parents say children are overexposed to adult culture

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Nine out of ten parents think that children are being forced to grow up too quickly, according to research by the Department for Education.

Young fathers unfairly regarded as ‘hard to reach’

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

| Nursery World

New research challenges the idea that young fathers are ‘hard to reach’ and claims the problem is that services are hard to access.

Continuing Professional Development - Dealing with separation

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Friday, September 14, 2012

| Nursery World

A course equipping practitioners to help families with separation is a huge success.

Review calls for crackdown on pornographic images to protect children

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Friday, February 26, 2010

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Children should be taught 'digital literacy' from the age of five, a new Home Office-commissioned report into the sexualisation of children recommends today.

Ofsted's failure to check nannies 'puts children at risk', says REC

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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Parents are placing too much trust in Ofsted's Voluntary Childcare Register (VCR) when hiring nannies, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has warned.

In Numbers - Santa's Grotto

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

Interview: Suzanne Zeedyk, Honorary senior lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland

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Monday, September 19, 2011

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For the past 25 years, Suzanne Zeedyk has worked as a research psychologist specialising in the social and communicative abilities of babies

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - meeting the needs of two-year-olds

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Monday, October 31, 2011

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Accepting children from the age of two has brought many changes in our setting, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-School in Essex.

Nurseries paid to promote jabs for children

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Nurseries are to be paid to encourage parents to have their children vaccinated, in a new scheme designed to boost the vaccination rate of under-fives.

Under-fives use internet half an hour a day

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Almost three-quarters of children under five regularly use the internet, spending an average of 30 minutes online every day, research by Plymouth council has found.

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Coronavirus: Government launches campaign to reassure parents schools are safe

Parents discuss concerns about Tax-Free Childcare with chancellor

Campaigners warn of virus that causes birth defects

Treasury Committee calls for action on 30 hours underfunding in scathing assessment of policy

Parents given financial incentives to attend parenting classes

Irregular bedtimes for children can cause hyperactive behaviour

Use of baby signing should be targeted on those at risk, say researchers

New smacking rules omit nannies

Fathers are 'kept out of family involvement'

Homelessness risk to 300,000 children over benefits cap

Children unharmed by mothers' return to work

Alan Milburn urges Government to tackle low pay

Think tank warns of 'nursery NEETs'

Government scraps Child Poverty Act

Childcare voucher firms join forces to promote best practice

Parents say children are overexposed to adult culture

Young fathers unfairly regarded as ‘hard to reach’

Continuing Professional Development - Dealing with separation

Review calls for crackdown on pornographic images to protect children

Ofsted's failure to check nannies 'puts children at risk', says REC

In Numbers - Santa's Grotto

Interview: Suzanne Zeedyk, Honorary senior lecturer at the University of Dundee in Scotland

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - meeting the needs of two-year-olds

Nurseries paid to promote jabs for children

Under-fives use internet half an hour a day

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