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Growing up

    News
  • Wednesday, April 9, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Just because your club hasn't got a garden doesn't mean you can't enjoy growing plants. With spring here, this is the time to start planting, says Gail Bushell. close your eyes and imagine: the touch and feel of soft velvety rose petals; the smell of a carpet of bluebells on a bright, early spring day; the taste of your own freshly picked bright red tomatoes; sunflowers, heads all pointing the same direction as they reach for the hot sun; the sound of water trickling through stones and gleaming as it catches the bright sunlight.

Nursery chain let sex offender work in kitchen

    News
  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    • | Nursery World
A manager and a deputy manager of a south London nursery owned by nursery chain CfBT Education Trust have been suspended for their failure to carry out appropriate checks, which led to a convicted paedophile being employed in the nursery kitchen.

Rightly so

    News
  • Wednesday, July 20, 2005
    • | Nursery World
What can settings do when a parent's wishes clash with their principles? Jane Lane advises A recent letter (Nursery World, 23 June) told of the case of a parent objecting to a male childcarer changing their child's nappy for cultural reasons, rather than child protection concerns. How, asked the nursery owner, could the setting balance respect for the parent's wishes, in terms of supporting cultural diversity, with respect for the rights of the staff member, in terms of ensuring equality?

New approaches to working with children

    News
  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
New approaches to working with children will be at the heart of the agenda of a conference at the London Institute of Education on 12 November organised in conjunction with the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU). The conference, which is targeted at early years practitioners, trainers, managers and policy makers, will focus on whether present reform and modernisation of children's services goes far enough. Contact Annabelle Stapleton at TCRU on 020 7882 6962.

Top grade

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  • Monday, May 4, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Children and staff at Bright Horizons Wooldale Nursery and Pre-school in Wootton, Bedfordshire have been celebrating their Ofsted grade.

Children from the Colourbox Montessori School

    News
  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Children from the Colourbox Montessori School in Exning Road, Newmarket, have raised more than 1,200 for charity by doing a sponsored toddle around the grounds of its nursery. The money is going to Barnardo's and the Romanian Orphanage Appeal. Susie Norman, Colourbox founder, said, 'Within the nursery we are committed to expanding the children's understanding of the wider world and the fact that not all children lead such happy lives. With this in mind our pupils have helped raise an additional 600 for charity by holding fundraising events and working with the Suffolk Shoebox organisation, filling shoeboxes with clothes for children in Romanian orphanages.'

Catering for vegetarians

    News
  • Wednesday, July 20, 2005
    • | Nursery World
by Rosalyn Spencer, primary school teacher and chair of the Louth Vegetarian Group As a small child, having just heard the story of the Three Little Pigs, I was horrified to discover the reality of where my pork sausages came from.

Egg collection

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  • Monday, May 4, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Daisy Day nursery in Cardiff had an Easter Egg collection to raise money for charity.

Fun for all in Parents' Week

    News
  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Beach parties, music days and craft sessions were held to celebrate last week's Parents' Week (21-27 October) amid revelations that Posh and Becks are out and parents are in as the role models for most children. At the start of Parents' Week, organised by the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI), the sun shone for children from Bridlington South Sure Start in East Yorkshire having fun at their beach hut. Sure Start administrator Leone Pavlidou said, 'We had a lovely day and it was very sunny as we played games, made sandcastles and collected shells on the beach.

Bill for children's champion passes

    News
  • Wednesday, April 2, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Scotland came a step closer to giving children their own human rights champion after a Bill to establish a Commissioner for Children and Young People was passed last week. The commissioner, expected to be in post by the start of 2004, will act as an independent 'voice' promoting and safeguarding the interests of children and making recommendations directly to the Scottish Parliament.

Advertising Standards Authority

    News
  • Wednesday, April 2, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A nursery that claimed in the local Essex press, 'We have just been voted the number one childcare provider', has been asked to remove this wording from advertisements after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint about it. The Sunshine Day Nursery in Westcliff-on-Sea based its claim on a survey carried out in Sunshine Babyworld, a supermarket owned by one of its sister companies. The ASA ruled that 'the methodology of the survey was flawed' and was 'likely to mislead people into thinking the accolade had been given by an independent organisation'. The survey asked people to rate four nurseries, two of which were other Sunshine Day Nursery Schools in Essex and one that was another nursery provider.

Pressure mounts for nanny register

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  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Pressure should be exerted on the newly-constituted Better Regulation Task Force to reverse its previous recommendation to the Government and support the creation of a national register of nannies, says a leading nanny representative. Tricia Pritchard, professional officer at the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses, made the call after a Task Force spokesman said the recruitment of six new members to the 15-strong body would not alter its stance on the issue, which it set out in a report in 1998.

The Investors in People standard

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Investors in People standard has been awarded to the Westminster Children's Society, whose operations and training manager, June O'Sullivan, said, 'We decided to be assessed for the award because we felt having an external stimulus would keep us on our toes. In a nursery staff are crucial to the quality of service provided. Helping them to develop and improve has a direct impact on the care and education of children.' A panel of assessors visited the society to interview staff and evaluate training programmes.

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