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Nurseries can play a role in improving children's well-being

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

| Nursery World

As new research finds pupils in the UK have higher levels of anxiety and lower levels of life satisfaction, early years practitioners are being encouraged to consider their role in improving children’s well-being.

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.

GP urges nurseries to relax policies on conjunctivitis

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Monday, July 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A nursery successfully relaxed its strict sickness policy on conjunctivitis after a parent – who happened to be a GP – campaigned to highlight that sending infected children home is not necessary.

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Measure in yesterday's Budget set to affect the early years sector include a cut to business rates, a sugar levy and an extension to childcare vouchers.

Food quality may be hit by 30 hours offer

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Monday, January 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The quality of food that children eat in their early years settings could suffer as an unintended consequence of introducing the 30-hour childcare entitlement, findings from a joint survey carried out by Nursery World and the Children’s Food Trust suggest.

Expert food advice for settings in new scheme

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

A new pilot project will see accredited nutritionists work with early years providers to help them develop and maintain a culture of healthy eating and nutrition in their settings.

Tell us what you think about nursery food

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Nursery World and the Children's Food Trust have joined forces to launch a nationwide survey of provision of food in early years settings

Government seeks sector's views on compulsory first aid training

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Friday, October 16, 2015

| Nursery World

A Government consultation has been launched on proposals for all newly qualified nursery staff to undertake paediatric first aid training for the first time.

Advice for nurseries feeling the heat

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings across the UK are taking measures to keep children safe during this week’s heatwave.

First aid training will be compulsory for all nursery staff

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

| Nursery World

All newly qualified nursery staff will be legally required to take paediatric first aid training for the first time from next year.

Last chance to take part in our survey into work-related health

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| Nursery World

We know many people who work in nurseries experience physical problems: nearly 90 per cent of you reported experiencing back pain in a 2011 survey.

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

Busy Bees chefs triumph in cookery competition

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Friday, August 1, 2014

| Nursery World

Two nursery chefs have beaten 14 other participants to win Busy Bees' ‘Scrumptious Starters and Delicious Desserts’ competition.

Kimberly-Clark urges nurseries to prioritise on good hand hygiene

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Many nurseries are failing to ensure that children wash their hands properly, according to research commissioned by hygiene products manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Professional.

Scotland beats tooth decay

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Monday, November 11, 2013

| Nursery World

A programme in Scotland to improve the dental health of children in nurseries and schools has saved the Scottish NHS just under £6m in dental treatment costs.

Injury case 'wake-up call' for sector on health

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Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

The news that a nursery worker has won a back injury case against her former employer has highlighted a lack of awareness in the sector of the importance of workplace risk assessments, say experts.

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

| Nursery World

The Welsh Assembly has published its first early years and childcare plan, detailing ways in which it will support families and young children over the next ten years.

Nursery World Awards 2013 - the shortlists revealed

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Thursday, July 4, 2013

| Nursery World

The waiting is over - it's time to unveil the shortlists for each category in the Nursery World Awards 2013

Cambridgeshire nursery first to win children's food award

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| Nursery World

A Cambridgeshire nursery has become the first in the country to receive the Children's Food Trust's new national award for excellence in children's food.

Grants available for projects that boost vitamin D in children

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners can apply for a grant of up to 5,000 to fund projects that raise awareness of the importance of vitamin D and boost the intake in pre-school children.

Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Milk supplier Scotts has been suspended from claiming for free nursery milk after a number of discrepancies in its claims.

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Last June, the Government launched a review into the Nursery Milk Scheme to try to cut the rising costs of the initiative.

Outstanding nursery under investigation after child accident

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Monday, February 4, 2013

| Nursery World

A Kids 1st Nursery is being investigated by Ofsted, following an incident at the setting where a nine-month-old girl lost the tip of her finger after it was trapped under a door.

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

No official records are kept on the number of deaths, serious injuries and accidents that occur while children are in nursery or other childcare settings, a Nursery World investigation reveals.

'Don't outlaw risk,' experts say after tragedy

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years settings should weigh up the benefits of outdoor play against the risks and include children in their assessment so that valuable opportunities are not lost, play experts have advised following the death of a child at a nursery's outdoor area.

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Nurseries can play a role in improving children's well-being

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

GP urges nurseries to relax policies on conjunctivitis

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

Food quality may be hit by 30 hours offer

Expert food advice for settings in new scheme

Tell us what you think about nursery food

Government seeks sector's views on compulsory first aid training

Advice for nurseries feeling the heat

First aid training will be compulsory for all nursery staff

Last chance to take part in our survey into work-related health

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

Busy Bees chefs triumph in cookery competition

Kimberly-Clark urges nurseries to prioritise on good hand hygiene

Scotland beats tooth decay

Injury case 'wake-up call' for sector on health

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

Nursery World Awards 2013 - the shortlists revealed

Cambridgeshire nursery first to win children's food award

Grants available for projects that boost vitamin D in children

Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

Outstanding nursery under investigation after child accident

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

'Don't outlaw risk,' experts say after tragedy

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