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10 tips on...NVQ evidence gathering - C7

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Read these pointers to gathering evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit C7 - providing a framework for the management of behaviour, in conjunction with level 3 standards in Early Years Care and Education. 1. Your assessor will record evidence of your skills in behaviour management in direct observations throughout the course.

All work, no play

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
I was delighted to see so much information about schemas in Nursery World ('All About Schemas', 6 June). It was inspiring and exciting to read about an approach to education that does not try to drum concepts into children, but provides opportunities for them to construct concepts for themselves. The writers obviously value play as the main form of education in pre-school. This should go without saying, now that we have a Foundation Stage curriculum that is play-based. However, it is still common to observe children in pre-school settings being taken away from their play activities to 'do their work'.

Al Fresco

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Get sizzling! Our summers may be short and wet, but when the sun shines everyone wants to cook 'in the cool'. Fiona Hamilton-Fairley explains how Remember those warm summer nights, children sitting around the campfire, strumming and singing while enjoying roast marshmallows? Well, sadly our summer seasons are often rather short and wet, but I still think it's a good idea to have a few favourite recipes for outdoor cooking and barbeques at your fingertips. Be equipped for one of those rare moments when the sun is shining and the good weather has at last arrived.

TV and radio

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
12 July. 'Angelina Ballerina - The Ballerina Rag Doll'. (ITV 1, 3.35 to 3.50pm) In this story about the ballet-dancing mouse and her friends, Angelina decides to give away some of her old toys.

Bounce away

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Bouncy castles can be hired out for odd days. Check in your local Yellow Pages and local newspapers or ask colleagues how to obtain one and how much they cost. Expect to pay a minimum of 40 for one day but if you have good contacts you might be able to borrow one for free!

The work of psychoanalyst Anna Freud commemorated

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Anna Freud in helping children with emotional and behavioural difficulties has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at her London house. The plaque marks the 50th year of the children's charity, the Anna Freud Centre. Julia Fabricius, a director of the centre, said, 'I am delighted Anna is being recognised. She was a pioneer who understood the way emotional difficulties affected every aspect of children's lives.'

A problem shared

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
If you would like to find out how other nursery managers might respond to a problem that you are facing, then write giving details to: A Problem Shared, Nursery World, Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield, London E1W 1BX. Q. I have worked at a private day nursery for nearly two years. In that time, I have been scratched, head-butted, bitten, kicked, had a chair thrown at me and taken abuse from the children, who are aged between two and five years old. I find it difficult to go to work each day wondering how many bruises we will receive. How should we deal with such behaviour?

Play policy for Wales

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Jan Hutt, minister for health and social services at the National Assembly for Wales, has approved a play policy for Wales that will be published in the autumn. The policy is a broad statement of principles, but a detailed strategy will also be put together with practitioners over the coming year. Speaking at the conference 'Spirit of Adventure Play is Alive and Kicking' organised by Play Wales recently, she said, 'The policy is founded on the principle of Article 31 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, recognising the importance of play. It goes on to state that play is the learning process through which human kind has developed. In the words of Lloyd George "Play is nature's training for life."

Gallery of nursery winners

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - * Nursery staff enjoyed a black-tie occasion when Ravenstone House Pre-Preparatory School and Nursery Group had its first annual awards ceremony. The event was held in the 18th-century Sculpture Gallery at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire at the end of June. Awards were presented to nursery nurses in recognition of their contribution to their nurseries in different categories based around curriculum, care and personality, including 'most creative play ideas', 'best-groomed nursery nurses' and 'best relationship with parents'.

Home delivery

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Is the Government once again pushing nanny registration out of the back door? Mary Evans looks at the arguments against its latest plans for parents to claim tax relief. Ministers might have expected the Government's plan to extend the help it gives parents with childcare costs to include carers working in the family home to be applauded. Instead, it has been met with accusations of prejudice and discrimination.

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