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HR Update - Six steps to good leadership

Friday, September 6, 2013

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It's always worth taking the time to reappraise your approach to management and making sure that staff are being recognised, motivated and rewarded appropriately, says Jacqui Mann.

Oral Health Demonstration Project launched

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Wednesday, February 5, 2003

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(Photograph) - Children at Letham Nursery in Perth brush up for the two-year 'Oral Health Demonstration Project' launched by the Scottish Executive, which has set a target for 60 per cent of five-year-olds to have no dental disease by 2010. Nursery nurse Christine Chatila said. 'The children have got quickly into the routine. After snacks, they do their dishes and then brush their teeth. They enjoy showing us how shiny their teeth are afterwards.' Statistics show that more than half - 55 per cent - of children in Scotland have dental disease by the age of five. Photograph by Paul Reid

Quote of the week

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Wednesday, February 5, 2003

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'Many more well-designed pre-school facilities are needed if the politicians' goal of a "bright, successful Scotland" is to be achieved. Good architecture, after all, is not only for adults' Peter Wilson, director of the Manifesto Foundation for Architecture at Napier University

There were more than a hundred incidents of violence

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Wednesday, February 5, 2003

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There were more than a hundred incidents of violence against local authority staff in pre-school education centres in 2001-02, the Scottish Executive announced last week. Incidents in pre-school centres accounted for 2 per cent of the total of 5,412 incidents across Scotland, which includes those reported by primary, secondary and special school staff. The incidents include physical violence, verbal abuse or intentional damage to personal property, and include threatening behaviour with or without a weapon. This is the fourth year that the Scottish Executive has collated data on incidents from all Scotland's local authorities, and the fourth successive increase.

ABC learning centres delay annual financial results for third time

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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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ABC learning centres, the world's largest daycare provider, has delayed its annual financial results for the third time this year. The Australian company, which owns the Busy Bees nursery chain in the UK, has been beset by financial difficulties and chief executive Eddy Groves left the company in September. Announcing the delay, a company statement said, 'Work continues on finalising the full year result and prior period adjustments arising out of a reassessment of accounting treatments.' It said that its childcare centres would continue to operate as usual.

Flowers of India, Fruits of India and Vegetables of India

Review

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

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by Helmut Wolf and Jill Hartley, Tara Books, boardbooks, 4.99 each

Under-threes: Close encounters

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Tuesday, January 28, 2003

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The task of remaining 'professional' under the emotional pressures of nursery work with the youngest children is examined by Peter Elfer

Consultation: Early years regulations

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Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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The Government is proposing further adjustments to the inspection system to bring private and voluntary inspections more in line with those in the maintained sector and to allow Ofsted to vary the frequency of inspections according to the quality of provider. The changes will come into force, subject to normal Parliamentary processes, from October 2005. Inspection timing

Reader offer

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

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We have two tyrannosaurus rex puppets (Asco, Pounds 68.50 each) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'T-rex puppet', to the address on page 3. Winners will be the first two names drawn on 31 May.