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Love you too

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  • Wednesday, January 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Relationships between parents and children and between children and animals, and sometimes both, form the theme of books reviewed by Alison Boyle Dogs Are My Favourite Things written by Judy Hindley and illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain (Bodley Head, 9.99)

Nursery owner awaits judgement

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  • Wednesday, September 27, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A nursery owner accused of assaulting a two-year-old girl in her care is braced to receive a verdict from a magistrate's court this week. Olive Rack, owner of Tresco House Day Nursery in Kettering, is charged with common assault by Northamptonshire Police. In an incident last July, she allegedly used excessive force when reprimanding the child, who had hit a baby with a toy brick.

Call for lead testing in high-risk children

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  • Wednesday, January 2, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Children with be-havioural and de-velopmental dis- orders should be routinely tested for lead, which is a known, but treatable, neurotoxin, say the authors of new research.

Nurseries improve for re-inspection

    News
  • Wednesday, September 20, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Most of the 1,100 providers initially judged inadequate by Ofsted under the new inspection framework have been found satisfactory on re-inspection. The Ofsted report Making a difference, published on Friday, said that around 3 per cent of childcare providers were found to be inadequate between April 2005 and June 2006.

Animal magic

    News
  • Wednesday, February 21, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The creator of a perennial children's favourite tells Annette Rawstrone what elements he thinks will make a book a hit with early readers Rod Campbell's classic Dear Zoo is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. It remains a firm favourite in many nursery book corners, with new generations of children guessing what the perfect pet will be (for the uninitiated, it's not an elephant, snake or even a monkey, but a puppy!).

All in order

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  • Wednesday, February 21, 2007
    • | Nursery World
So much to do, so little time - but it's how you plan to do it and how you manage the time that will keep you on top of things, says Mary Evans Despite your best intentions and resolutions, are you one of those managers starting the New Year with a desk piled up with papers, an overflowing e-mail inbox, a constantly ringing telephone, an endless to-do list of key tasks, and a mounting sense of panic?

Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment

    News
  • Wednesday, February 21, 2007
    • | Nursery World
* Three children's centres have won design awards from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. Newbold Riverside Children's Centre in Rugby, Hatter's Space Children's Centre in Nuneaton and Bedworth Heath Children's Centre in Bedworth were all praised for their well-designed, functional buildings.

A wishing tree in Mowbray Park

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  • Wednesday, February 21, 2007
    • | Nursery World
* Sunderland residents celebrated a landmark of the city's children's centre programme by planting a wishing tree in Mowbray Park. There are now ten children's centres up and running, with six more due to open this year.

Reporting accidents

    News
  • Wednesday, February 21, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I was interested to read the Policies and Procedures article (18 January) on dealing with illness, accidents and medicines within nurseries. However, I was concerned to note that in the section regarding accident policy and procedure there was no reference to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 or the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences regulations 1995. A good policy will ensure there is a suitable system for recording all incidents and that the management review these on a regular basis. It is also important that serious accidents are investigated and lessons learned.

Supporting Children with Behaviour Difficulties

    News
  • Wednesday, January 2, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Supporting Children with Behaviour Difficulties: A Guide for Assistants in Schools. By Glenys Fox. (David Fulton Publishers, 14, 020 7405 5606). Reviewed by Collette Drifte, special needs consultant.

What to eat. Insight: food guidelines

    News
  • Wednesday, September 20, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A pioneering set of guidelines for the best food to serve to young children has been updated, and it makes a valuable resource for all settings, says Mary Whiting Having nutrient-based standards for children's food, such as those pioneered by the Caroline Walker Trust (CWT), is the easiest way of ensuring that children eat well.

Opinion: Twitter

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  • Friday, February 8, 2013
    • | Nursery World
@PollysNursery Ken McArthur, Polly Anna's Nursery Mystified as to what financial model Liz Truss is using where changing ratios for under-threes will reduce costs but not quality?

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