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Independent children's commissioner

    News
  • Wednesday, September 10, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Plans for England to be brought into line with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and have its own independent children's commissioner were unveiled as part of the Government's long-awaited plans to overhaul child welfare services in England. The move was outlined in the Green Paper on children at risk, which was published on Monday afternoon after this edition of Nursery World went to press. The Green Paper was also expected to see the Government's Sure Start initiative brought under the auspices of Ofsted, as well as proposals for schools and community centres to become the focal point for the delivery of all children's services.

Sign of the times

    News
  • Wednesday, September 10, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Children who are called hyperactive are more likely to be responding understandably to the unique pressures of our times, argues Professor Priscilla Alderson Why are so many children today seen as having ADHD (Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder)? There are some deeply disturbed children who need medical and psychological help, but thousands of others are also being diagnosed with ADHD and many have drug treatment for it. Yet in the past, they would not have been considered sick.

To the letter

    News
  • Wednesday, January 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Developing children's awareness of the sounds that surround them in their environment is an essential prerequisite to any formal teaching of phonics On the journey to becoming a successful reader, children pass through many stages in their learning. In the early development of phonics, it is crucial that children be afforded plenty of opportunities to listen to, and discriminate between, the sounds around them before they are ready to hear sounds in words.

Zebedee's Zoo

    Review
  • Tuesday, March 30, 2010
    • | Nursery World
by Giles Milton and illustrated by Katharine McEwan. Orchard Books, hardback, 10.99

Software review

    News
  • Wednesday, September 10, 2003
    • | Nursery World
What's the time, Mr Wolf? www.sherston.com, 01666 843200 (47.50 + VAT)

Regional early years theatre scheme takes off

    News
  • Thursday, June 29, 2017
    • | Nursery World
An early years project aimed at bringing theatre to more than 3,500 children in rural and less advantaged areas has selected six theatre companies that will be part of the scheme.

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