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NHS for children to see major shake-up

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  • Tuesday, July 24, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The Government's decision to ensure that children and their healthcare needs are given a higher priority in the National Health Service (NHS) has been welcomed by children's healthcare charities.

Basic patterns

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Don't overlook music in your 'pattern' project, as rhythms or repeated patterns form its very basis. Note

Parishioners from St Andrew's Anglican Church in Kirkby, Merseyside

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  • Wednesday, October 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Parishioners from St Andrew's Anglican Church in Kirkby, Merseyside, hold a prayer meeting outside the building, where premises for the Mary Valle Nursery were destroyed on 2 October after being set ablaze by a stray firework set off by local children. Nursery manager Les Briscoe said, 'Twenty years of records, plans and toys are all gone. When the children saw what happened they were upset because their favourite books and toys were gone.' Local schools have donated items to help replace the equipment lost. Photo courtesy of Liverpool Daily Post & Echo

For your self

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
STORYTELLING WITH CHILDREN. By Nancy Mellon.

Magic beans

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Make a show of the children's observation of growth with an eye-catching display, like Nina Massey did Growing beans in jars enables children to observe different stages of growth and to learn new vocabulary. The whole activity takes a few weeks to complete, so you'll need to start it early in the term.

Eunice Fitzhenry, head of John Moores University Nursery

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  • Wednesday, May 23, 2001
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Eunice Fitzhenry, head of John Moores University Nursery in Liverpool, was counting on finger puppets from Peru at the Manchester Under-12s exhibition on 11 and 12 May. A full report appears next week. Photo Pauline Neild

Duckling Way

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A simple walk to see some ducklings by the Sunbeams Pre-school on the Isle of Wight covered the whole of the early years curriculum, says supervisor Melanie Lacey I was contacted recently by a mother enquiring about our playgroup. 'And what will my daughter learn?' she asked. I took a deep breath and talked about how young children learn by playing and through everyday experiences. The conversation drew to a close and we said goodbye. 'I've blown that chance,' I thought. But by the end of the week I was once again convinced of our group's ethos. Let me tell you how.

Well balanced

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  • Wednesday, October 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Is the need for parents to work putting too much strain on children and family life? The answer lies with employers, says Anne Wiltsher There's a dream that most working mothers of young children have. It's called 'an interesting part-time job in my chosen field, with career prospects'.

Marvellous mess

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  • Wednesday, July 18, 2001
    • | Nursery World
We liked the idea of babies getting in a real mess, as shown in the feature 'A fine mess!' (8 February). We tried this activity with our charges in the baby room at the nursery and found it to be most successful. It was enjoyed by both the staff and the babies, as you can see (right).

Problems for nurseries

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  • Wednesday, October 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
However, nurseries not only have to cover for parents' working hours but provide continuity of care for children. How does this tally with flexible working? Sharon Williams argues that a bigger staff team with more part-time workers is less likely to call in temporary staff, and so in that way it actually increases the continuity of care. 'For example,' she says, 'one member of our staff came in very early to meet shifts but often needed to take time off later in the week because she was so exhausted. Now she does three days a week and someone else the other two.' Karyn Maddison, proprietor of Sneakers Childcare in Redditch, Worcestershire, which has just won the West Midlands Parents At Work/DTI Regional Employer of the Year award for its work-life balance policies, also says that flexible working cuts down on staff taking time off sick. Sneakers Childcare has one nursery with 29 children, plus nine after-school and three holiday clubs. There are eight staff at the nursery and it operates a compressed 40-hour working week for the full-time staff where they each have a morning or day off in the week. Part-time workers, often from the after-school clubs, cover the gaps - the same worker for the same time to provide continuity of care. This has the added advantage of increasing the hours of the after-school jobs, and therefore their attraction, which helps recruitment. Furthermore, many of the children are part-time and they are matched to part-time key workers, which also provides continuity.

Improving all the time

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  • Wednesday, February 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
* The quality of care offered by nurseries in the UK is of a high standard. Indeed, 93 per cent of nurseries are rated as satisfactory, good, or outstanding by Ofsted, and with over 13,000 day nurseries in England alone you quickly see that poor quality care is in an absolute minority.

On course

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  • Wednesday, February 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
6 March The first three years - building the basis for a better future Raising awareness of the emotional needs of under-threes in an ever-changing society.

Childminders and their charges entertained with a magic show

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  • Wednesday, June 28, 2006
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Childminders and their charges were entertained with a magic show at a party held by the National Childminding Association in Bromley, Kent, in honour of National Childminding Week. The week, with a theme of Food, Fitness and Fun, was supported by the British Heart Foundation. Hundreds of local events such as fun walks, sporting events and healthy picnics were organised by NCMA members. Photo Robin Hammond/iconphotos

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