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Parents are embracing the hardline tactics advocated by TV parenting programmes

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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Parents are embracing the hardline tactics advocated by TV parenting programmes such as 'Supernanny', according to a survey by parenting website Raisingkids.co.uk. It said that 73 per cent of respondents agreed that good behaviour was more important than making children feel good about themselves and 76 per cent were unafraid to discipline their children in public.

Becoming a childminder: Home from home

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  • Tuesday, March 20, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The Government says that childminders are key to the success of its National Childcare Strategy, but just how easy is it to start up? Patricia Slatcher reports

Walking Bus

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  • Wednesday, September 29, 2004
    • | Nursery World
More children may soon bemaking their way to school in a Walking Bus as part of new Government measures that aim to develop safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly ways to travel to school. The Walking Bus scheme, where pupils are collected from an agreed location, and then walk to school together escorted by volunteers, is just one of the innovative ideas targeted at tackling traffic congestion and cutting pollution in the draft School Transport Bill, which was published for consultation in March 2004. For more information see the website www.teachernet.gov.uk/sdtravel.

'Make play priority for all departments'

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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Government departments must 'take up their responsibilities' and give a greater priority to children's play in their policy areas, the organisation that represents play provision in England declared last week. Speaking at a conference to mark the official launch of Play England, Adrian Voce, director of the Children's Play Council and Play England, said that there had been a 'remarkable increase' in the profile of play provision and play space in the last two years, with 'all the main parties'

2m centre will support autism

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  • Wednesday, September 29, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The first phase of a 2m redevelopment project to create a regional centre of excellence for children with severe autism was launched in Wales last week. Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn, a specialist community school in Denbigh, north Wales, has been providing care and education for autistic children and young people aged between three and 19 years for more than 30 years.

Childcarers slate 'biased' survey

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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Early years organisations have branded a survey into childcare 'biased' and 'irresponsible', for claiming that one-third of working mothers were unhappy with their child's nursery care. The Childcare Survey of Great Britain questioned 2,000 working mothers. Its findings include that parents' 'ideal form of childcare' would be 'a well-trained nanny'.

On course

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  • Wednesday, September 29, 2004
    • | Nursery World
18 October Reaching out to children with special needs in a mainstream setting Workshop on recognising the diversity of special needs and ways to promote awareness and inclusion for all children in the group.

Keep in touch

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  • Wednesday, September 29, 2004
    • | Nursery World
In the first our new good practice series by the DfES team of Foundation Stage regional directors, Lesley Staggs looks at how they define the key elements of effective practice The first task my team and I were given was to identify and agree with the early years sector what were the core competencies needed by early years practitioners to deliver the Foundation Stage. We think we've done this, but now want your views.

Defibrillators for Bristol

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  • Monday, October 1, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Bristol Childcare has installed defibrillators in each of its three nursery settings as the result of a fundraising campaign supported by the children, staff, parents and grandparents of the family-run group.

Signed in for Autumn

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  • Monday, October 1, 2018
    • | Nursery World
At Little Acorns Mirfield, new pre-school children have been learning to sign themselves in using a self-registration autumn board.

TV chef Ainsley Harriott opens new nursery for Happy Times group in Fulham, London

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  • Wednesday, March 8, 2006
    • | Nursery World
TV chef Ainsley Harriott opened a new nursery for the Happy Times group in Fulham, London, at the end of February. Following four years of development and an investment of 4.5m, the nursery provides a unique physical environment with dynamic lighting and colour therapy. There are 170 places for children aged from three months to five years.

Whatever the weather

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  • Wednesday, March 14, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Everyone talks about the weather but you can help the children do something about it. Kymm Strelley explains how she did While studying for my Diploma in Nursery Nursing, I designed and made a weather board as part of my coursework. The end result was a real hit with both the teacher and children and was used daily at my placement school.

Making Literacy Real

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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Making Literacy Real: Theories and practices for learning and teaching. By Joanne Larson and Jackie Marsh. (Sage, 19.99, 020 7324 8500, 1 4129 0331 9) Reviewed by Marian Whitehead, language and early years consultant

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