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New Dance Base National Centre for Dance in Edinburgh

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  • Wednesday, January 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Two year-old Mia Scott put her best foot forward at one of the classes for under-fives at the new Dance Base National Centre for Dance in Edinburgh. A spokeman said, 'This is a fun way of developing children's creativity, inspiring their physical development and promoting communication in a group.' Teachers are also taking the programme out into nurseries and creches. Photo: Paul Reid.

Long work hours and family life

    News
  • Wednesday, May 17, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Long work hours and family life: a cross-national study of employees' concerns. The issue of work-family conflict was researched in a sample of managers and professionals based in the US, London and Hong Kong offices of a global financial services firm. Hong Kong respondents were more likely to worry about family conflict. The authors argue that the meaning of family varies by national context; in Hong Kong there is an emphasis on the extended family as a robust institution with intense ties and obligations.

Community at Heart and Sure Start

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  • Wednesday, June 14, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Bristol County Council is funding an innovative 'green' children's centre and primary school in partnership with Community at Heart and Sure Start. Construction is due to start in August on the 4m project, which will replace Barton Hill infant and primary schools and Cashmore Nursery.

New chief exec for troubled chain

    News
  • Wednesday, January 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A new chief executive with a background in running railways and motorway service areas has been appointed to Jigsaw Day Nurseries, the UK's third largest nursery group. Mike McKechnie, aged 39, was previously chief operating officer of Welcome Break and prior to that was customer operations director of GNER.

The full picture

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  • Wednesday, June 14, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The case for a holistic and coherent curriculum for children right up to school entry age is argued by Lesley Staggs, former national director of the Foundation Stage When I was interviewed for the post of National Director for the Foundation Stage some three years ago, I was asked to identify key issues in the early years. One of those issues was the tension felt by reception class teachers who, despite their inclusion in the Foundation Stage since September 2000, still often felt as if they were being pulled in different directions. This tension had several causes but a significant factor was that, unlike the rest of the Foundation Stage, the reception year was included in the literacy and numeracy frameworks.

Fine art

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  • Wednesday, May 17, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Providing children with a rich variety of art media through which to express themselves will widen their experience and foster creativity Inevitably, any theme based on colour is going to involve the children in a variety of creative activities. It is important that practitioners arm children with the best range of resources possible.

New app aims to save babies' lives

    News
  • Friday, May 15, 2015
    • | Nursery World
A new app lets parents upload pictures of their baby to contribute to scientific research and help premature babies in the developing world.

Work matters: Leadership - Make it add up

    Features
  • Tuesday, April 20, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Encouraging children to access provision that encourages numeracy needs a structured approach by staff. Numeracy must be touched, held, discussed and played with, says manager Kathryn Peckham.

In the mood

    News
  • Wednesday, May 17, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Investigate the links between colour and our emotions 1 When I'm feeling blue

A fresh look

    News
  • Wednesday, May 17, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Thinking about colour gives your children the chance to experience their outdoors area anew When planning for any topic, practitioners need to consider carefully how the chosen theme can be explored outdoors as well as inside. It is important to identify the opportunities that are unique to the outdoor classroom and which will add an extra dimension to teaching and learning possibilities in all areas of the Foundation Stage curriculum.

Monitor whether medicines have been properly tested for children

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  • Wednesday, June 7, 2006
    • | Nursery World
New EU regulations are to monitor whether medicines have been properly tested for children. Around 50 per cent of European drugs used to treat children have never been tested on them and dosages are often in doubt. or been authorised for their use. The amount of dosage to give a child is often in doubt too. The UK's health minister Rosie Winterton said, 'This regulation will help to ensure that we have safe and effective medicines specially formulated for children.'

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