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My good name

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  • Wednesday, September 25, 2002
    • | Nursery World
In this true story, an experienced nanny tells Helen Kewley about how a false accusation blackened her reputation with employment agencies 'I couldn't believe what had just happened to me. As I sat in the station cafe I did not know whether I wanted to cry or be sick. That morning I had woken up feeling incredibly happy. I was looking forward to a relaxing day saying "goodbye" to all my work friends and after lunch being chauffeured to the station to travel home for a long weekend before jetting off to my next job in Paris. I had packed my case the evening before to give me time to enjoy my last day.

Big ideas

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  • Wednesday, December 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Ambitious thinking is demonstrated in the aims of Labour's ten-year strategy, but is the devil in the detail? Simon Vevers reports It was at the heart of Chancellor Gordon Brown's pre-budget report and, with the publication of the Government's ten-year strategy, childcare continues its meteoric rise up the political agenda.

NW writer to be UK's forum rep

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  • Tuesday, June 29, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Laura Henry, Nursery World contributor and managing director of training and business support company the Childcare Consultancy, has been appointed the UK's national representative for the World Forum Foundation on Early Care and Education.

Free parenting classes trial starts next month

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  • Thursday, March 29, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The Montessori Schools Association, Coram and the National Childbirth Trust are among 14 organisations chosen to run parenting classes in a Government-funded trial from April.

Knowledge and understanding of the world

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  • Wednesday, May 14, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Principle * Providing activities based on first-hand experiences that encourage exploration, observation, problem solving, prediction, critical thinking, decision making and discussion (p82)

Anti-racism nursery guide

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  • Wednesday, February 13, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Nurseries in Glasgow will receive a free resource pack next week aimed at helping young children to understand racism.

Smooth sailing

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  • Wednesday, December 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
From now on children have money set aside for them by the Government - but parents may need help understanding it, says Mary Evans The nation's parents need to save for their children's future, and now the Government has come up with a way to help them do it. From mid-January, parents of children aged up to 28 months will receive vouchers worth 250 as part of its new Child Trust Fund Scheme. The aim is to ensure that when today's toddlers reach the age of 18 they have a financial asset behind them.

Nurseries seek priority at CRB

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  • Wednesday, September 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The backlog in the processing of staff by the Criminal Records Bureau is having a serious knock-on effect on many of the 8,000 day nurseries across England and Wales, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has found. All 90 of the day nurseries that took part in a 'snapshot' survey of geographically spread out settings said they have been affected by the CRB's delay in issuing Disclosure checks. The survey found that 16 per cent of staff - just under one in six or an estimated 16,000 people overall - have not been cleared, with some settings reporting that up to half of their staff are awaiting checks, some for as long as several months.

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