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Light touch is heavy going

    News
  • Wednesday, April 7, 2004
    • | Nursery World
By Judith Hadley, who runs out-of-school, breakfast and holiday clubs in the Bristol area I cannot speak strongly enough for the rights of children to have the best possible care, so I was astounded to hear that the Government is considering the effective deregulation of some childcare, and that nannies and after-school clubs will not need to be regulated. A Treasury spokeswoman said this was 'to make it as easy as possible for carers to be accredited while ensuring the safeguarding of quality', while the Department for Education and Skills said the new 'light touch' voluntary accreditation scheme was being created to give more financial support to parents paying for childcare (News, 25 March).

New resources show how tablets can aid literacy

    News
  • Monday, June 27, 2016
    • | Nursery World
As learning how to swipe a screen becomes as much a part of a young child’s development as turning the page of a book, what role does digital technology play in helping children learn to read?

Nursery activities

    News
  • Wednesday, February 11, 2004
    • | Nursery World
This month, Claire Warden looks at how practitioners can prepare for and respond to wintry days Ideas to explore Patterns in nature; melting

Play Wales to revise playwork values

    News
  • Wednesday, April 7, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Play Wales, the national organisation for play in Wales, is carrying out a UK-wide consultation on proposals to revise the playwork values and assumptions that inform playwork training. The review has been funded by the Welsh Assembly and backed by the main play organisations nationwide. Gill Evans of Play Wales said that the Department for Education and Skills has indicated that it will consider feeding in the results of the consultation to the current review of the National Occupational Standards for playwork and early years education.

Children 'don't need toys'

    News
  • Thursday, August 9, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Encouraging children to tune in to their natural ability to play is better than offering them toys, says a leading child psychologist.

Heathly appetites

    News
  • Wednesday, April 7, 2004
    • | Nursery World
How can play leaders manage a child's eating disorder? Andrea Clifford-Poston outlines how to recognise the symptoms and help the child to regain control. It is an interesting reflection on our society that workers in out-of-school clubs should have to think about being aware of eating disorders in children. Childhood is changing. Children are maturing physically much earlier. They are also increasingly sophisticated in matters of dress and entertainment.

Gaps cited in child protection database

    News
  • Tuesday, April 6, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Leading children's charities have warned that creating a national database and other measures in the Children Bill may not be enough to protect abused children like Victoria Climbie in the future.

In print

    News
  • Wednesday, February 11, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Have fun writing secret messages in invisible print or experiment making ink from vegetables. Miranda Walker spells out some creative ways for children to leave their unique marks Disappearing Ink

Check it out

    News
  • Tuesday, April 6, 2004
    • | Nursery World
In the first of a new series on inclusion, Collette Drifte gives some pointers on how to ensure that your setting is implementing the SEN Code of Practice effectively

Blast off

    Other
  • Monday, January 11, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Children at The Mill Nursery in Chilcompton had a wonderful morning watching Tim Peake blast off into space.

Helping children with learning difficulties

    News
  • Wednesday, February 4, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A monthly newsletter is aimed at those involved in helping children with learning difficulties and disabilities in schools. The February issue of TES Extra for Special Needs includes features on the Government's SEN Action programme, cerebral palsy, administering medication, ICT and dyslexia. Subscribers pay 50 for 10 issues. For a free trial issue see www.tes.co.uk. For subscriptions telephone 0870 444 8627.

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