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Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Milk supplier Scotts has been suspended from claiming for free nursery milk after a number of discrepancies in its claims.

Injury case 'wake-up call' for sector on health

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Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

The news that a nursery worker has won a back injury case against her former employer has highlighted a lack of awareness in the sector of the importance of workplace risk assessments, say experts.

GP urges nurseries to relax policies on conjunctivitis

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Monday, July 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A nursery successfully relaxed its strict sickness policy on conjunctivitis after a parent – who happened to be a GP – campaigned to highlight that sending infected children home is not necessary.

Expert food advice for settings in new scheme

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

A new pilot project will see accredited nutritionists work with early years providers to help them develop and maintain a culture of healthy eating and nutrition in their settings.

Funding to boost vitamin D intake in pre-school children

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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years settings can apply for a grant of up to 5,000 to fund projects that promote vitamin D and encourage children under the age of five to take supplements.

Health award for nurseries

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

A new award aims to recognise and reward early years settings for promoting healthy lifestyles to children and their families.

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Measure in yesterday's Budget set to affect the early years sector include a cut to business rates, a sugar levy and an extension to childcare vouchers.

Tell us what you think about nursery food

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Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Nursery World and the Children's Food Trust have joined forces to launch a nationwide survey of provision of food in early years settings

Guidance on well-being for under-fives out for consultation

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Friday, April 20, 2012

| Nursery World

The importance of early education for vulnerable children has been recognised in new draft guidance developed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).

New PANCo role is designed to make health and well-being a priority

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| Nursery World

A group of early years practitioners and health experts working together in Cambridgeshire has developed a new staff role to lead on physical activity and nutrition and is piloting a qualification to support it.

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

Government unveils example menus and food guidance

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Monday, November 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s long-awaited guide menus and dietary advice for early years settings were finally published this month.

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

No official records are kept on the number of deaths, serious injuries and accidents that occur while children are in nursery or other childcare settings, a Nursery World investigation reveals.

Settings share green ideas

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

| Nursery World

A new book by the Pre-School Learning Alliance aims to make it easier for nurseries and early years settings to go green and foster an understanding of environmental awareness and climate change.

Proposal to locate health visitors in children's centres sparks row

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

| Nursery World

A debate on whether health visitors should be based in children's centres or at doctors' surgeries has broken out, after GPs claimed that there is a communication breakdown with those based at childcare settings.

Government seeks sector's views on compulsory first aid training

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Friday, October 16, 2015

| Nursery World

A Government consultation has been launched on proposals for all newly qualified nursery staff to undertake paediatric first aid training for the first time.

'Don't outlaw risk,' experts say after tragedy

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years settings should weigh up the benefits of outdoor play against the risks and include children in their assessment so that valuable opportunities are not lost, play experts have advised following the death of a child at a nursery's outdoor area.

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Last June, the Government launched a review into the Nursery Milk Scheme to try to cut the rising costs of the initiative.

New helpline for early years providers and school to report positive Covid-19 cases launched

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

| Nursery World

A dedicated helpline has been launched to advise early years providers and schools on what action to take if they have a confirmed positive case of Covid-19 within their setting.

Nurseries call for early years staff to be vaccinated

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery groups are calling on the Government to commit to prioritising childcare workers for vaccination against Covid-19.

Co-op Childcare gains top first aid award

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Co-op Childcare has become the first large childcare provider to achieve Millie’s Mark at all its sites.

Ofsted's report on obesity slammed for ignoring experts

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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The expert panel who advised Ofsted on its obesity report, claim that the inspectorate has gone against its advice by saying that schools are not the ‘silver bullet’ to tackling childhood obesity.

Nursery well-being programme aims to prevent mental health problems

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| Nursery World

A well-being programme developed specially for pre-school children is expanding into nurseries across the country.

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.

Nursery settings have doubts over scheme to promote vaccinations to parents

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

In our last issue, Nursery World reported on a scheme in Brent, believed to be the first in the country, which will pay early years settings small grants to boost vaccination rates of pre-school children.

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Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

Injury case 'wake-up call' for sector on health

GP urges nurseries to relax policies on conjunctivitis

Expert food advice for settings in new scheme

Funding to boost vitamin D intake in pre-school children

Health award for nurseries

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

Tell us what you think about nursery food

Guidance on well-being for under-fives out for consultation

New PANCo role is designed to make health and well-being a priority

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

Government unveils example menus and food guidance

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

Settings share green ideas

Proposal to locate health visitors in children's centres sparks row

Government seeks sector's views on compulsory first aid training

'Don't outlaw risk,' experts say after tragedy

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

New helpline for early years providers and school to report positive Covid-19 cases launched

Nurseries call for early years staff to be vaccinated

Co-op Childcare gains top first aid award

Ofsted's report on obesity slammed for ignoring experts

Nursery well-being programme aims to prevent mental health problems

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

Nursery settings have doubts over scheme to promote vaccinations to parents

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