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Ronnie Cockcroft

    News
  • Wednesday, February 12, 2003
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Northern Ireland's top childminder is Ronnie Cockcroft, an East Belfast grandmother who has won the Cow and Gate Childminder of the Year award, receiving 500 and a specially engraved Tyrone Crystal trophy. The competition is run in association with the Northern Ireland Childminding Association, whose director, Bridget Nodder, described Ronnie as 'a perfect example of the dedication childminders put into their work'. Photo by Pacemaker Press

Put it into practice

    News
  • Wednesday, February 12, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Further to the death of baby Thomas Egan as a result of being fed food containing cow's milk protein at a day nursery (News, 30 January), I think there needs to be a review of the standard of education of young people training to be nursery nurses. Too often, young people complete a comprehensive 'portfolio of evidence', attend regularly at work placements which, when calculated, can equal a whole 22 days being spent in one area of a working nursery - for example, a baby room - and are then considered competent and qualified to work with babies and young children. What they do not do in the majority of cases is absorb the information they have received and actually put it into practice in the workplace.

My Mummy Says

    Review
  • Monday, October 20, 2014
    • | Nursery World
By Justine Smith and Angie Stevens, (Campbell Books, board book, £5.99)

Two more groups bought by chain

    News
  • Wednesday, March 21, 2007
    • | Nursery World
One of the UK's biggest nursery chains has bought a further two nursery groups, bringing its total settings to 109. Bright Horizons Family Solutions has acquired Daisies Day Nurseries, a chain of five London settings, and Beehive Day Nurseries, a group of four in Warwickshire.

Close attention

    News
  • Wednesday, March 21, 2007
    • | Nursery World
It's time to ask whether all the investment in and planning for early years care and education is helping to achieve what young children really need, says Kathy Goouch When any group in central government turns their attention to a particular phase or field of education, it creates mixed feelings of joy and despair - that there might be an increase in funding, or that it may be manipulated for short-term political gains.

Nannies eligible for 'home childcarers'

    News
  • Tuesday, January 21, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Parents who employ nannies may be eligible to claim some of their childcare costs under the Government's new home childcarer scheme - as long as the nanny first becomes a registered childminder.

STAR PHOTO - Kiddi Caru, Taunton

    Other
  • Monday, August 8, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Children at Kiddi Caru Day Nursery in Taunton designed, built and painted their very own Stonehenge as part of a summer project.

Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The theme of what kind of learning experiences young children need runs through this week's issue of Nursery World. The Liberal Democrats have joined the call to abandon Key Stage 1 SATs, after a survey they commissioned found that more than half of seven-year-olds were suffering stress as a result of the tests (see News, page 9). This was sometimes because their parents were anxious about wanting them to succeed, but there is no doubt that the culture promoted by SATs exerts downward pressure on the Foundation Stage for formal teaching of an inappropriate nature. There is now widespread agreement among politicians, early years experts, teachers and parents that we risk harming children with this approach to education. Recent calls to use phonics as a panacea for problems with reading are also causing alarm, as our Special Report by Julian Grenier shows. The establishment view of the more early phonics, the better, goes against good Foundation Stage practice, but arises from a lack of clarity about what is needed, he argues.

A resource that can launch a career

    News
  • Wednesday, March 21, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I have been an avid follower of Nursery World for more than two years. I set up a subscription at the beginning of that time when I was at college studying to become a nursery nurse. I have enjoyed reading about what happens in other countries in the international features, I have attempted many of the activities explained in the various parts of the magazine and I have collected many series of posters to go on my walls. Parents that I am friendly with find the Parents' Guides invaluable and I have been able to complete essays better due to all the information and regular news updates on various subjects. I have been on many a course that has been featured in the magazine and I have found Nursery World an indispensable resource in achieving and succeeding in my profession.

Boom time for staff childcare vouchers

    News
  • Wednesday, October 25, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The number of companies giving childcare vouchers to employees has more than doubled since 2004 to 42 per cent, according to research by Accor Services. The employee benefits company predicts almost 60 per cent of companies will be offering vouchers by mid-2007. It interviewed 170 businesses, each with more than 500 employees. Around 42 per cent run schemes, up from 18 per cent in 2004.

Abuse victims gain stronger support

    News
  • Wednesday, November 3, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Victims of domestic abuse and their children will receive enhanced protection and support under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill, which had its third reading in the House of Commons last week. Home Secretary David Blunkett reaffirmed the Government's commitment to overhaul domestic violence law, giving tougher powers to the police and the courts to protect victims and prosecute abusers.

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