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Tell us your thoughts!

    News
  • Friday, February 26, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Our Business Costs survey seeking to find out how settings are coping with cost challenges: from the National Living Wage this April through to the funded entitlement for 3/4 year olds (and the planned increase from 15 to 30 hours next year).

Busy Bees deal 'landmark'

    News
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The acquisition of 88 Leapfrog nurseries by Busy Bees and its parent company, ABC Learning centres, marks a 'significant landmark' on the road to a nationally recognised daycare brand, a leading childcare economist said last week.

Merry makings

    News
  • Wednesday, November 26, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Children will love giving as well as receiving as they get their hands on these Christmas craft ideas from Hilary White Christmas brings more possibilities for making things than perhaps any other time of year. Try the following ideas with the children in your care and channel their excitement into creative production as they count down to the big day.

Class act

    News
  • Tuesday, November 25, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Teacher training is now available in school classrooms and on the trainees' home turf. Carlene Hutchinson-Norris reports

Rise in popularity of after-school nannies

    News
  • Friday, February 26, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Hiring a live-in nanny is ‘considerably cheaper’ than employing a nanny who lives outside the family home, although demand for live-in nannies is falling, a new survey finds.

Early years left out of help for housing

    News
  • Wednesday, October 29, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Nursery nurses and other early years staff working for local authorities do not appear on the Government's list of key public service workers eligible for its 5bn affordable housing initiative in England. The key worker programme, which succeeds the Starter Home initiative from 1 April next year, was unveiled last week by deputy prime minister John Prescott. The programme will have four options to help key workers own their own homes, move up the property ladder to buy family homes or rent at affordable levels. A Key Teacher Homebuy will also provide equity loans of between 50,000 and 100,000 to 1,000 teachers about to move into leadership positions in London schools over the next two years.

Child development: dummies

    Features
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Research linking them with preventing cot death has put the use of babies' dummies back under scrutiny. Annette Rawstrone hears both sides of the debate.

Nursery nurses sexual orientation

    News
  • Wednesday, October 29, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Nursery nurses working for Aberdeen city council are to be asked about their sexual orientation as part of a council-wide survey of employees. Aberdeen has issued the survey to its 11,000 staff, including nursery workers, to encourage them to disclose whether they are gay, lesbian, heterosexual, bisexual or transgender. The council said the survey was necessary to comply with European law. There is already legislation in place to protect employees from discrimination on grounds of sex, race and disability, which requires employers to produce statistics on the ethnic mix of the workforce. Critics of the survey said it was intrusive for employees and was a waste of council resources. However, the council said that staff could always select the 'no declaration' option if they did not want to disclose their private affairs.

'Detox toy box'

    News
  • Wednesday, November 19, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Parents and carers across Britain are being encouraged to 'detox their toy box' before Christmas and donate good-quality toys and games to children's charity Barnardo's. The annual Foresters Toy and Christmas appeal seeks toys and festive bric-a-brac to sell in Barnardo's stores. Actress Linda Robson, who launched the appeal, said, 'Most people have something in their cupboards that Barnardo's can make use of, so it's a great way to have a good clean out before Christmas and help a really worthwhile cause.' For every bag of goods displaying a special sticker, Foresters, a financial services and charitable organisation, will donate another 5 to the appeal. The toys or saleable goods can be donated at any of Barnardo's 300 shops nationwide.

Small change

    News
  • Wednesday, November 19, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Is the financial crisis in schools getting better or worse? It depends on whether you ask politicians or teachers, claims Dr Alan Marr Last month's announcement of a 4 per cent 'minimum' increase in funding for pupils next year by the education secretary, Charles Clarke, ought to be applauded. But this statement is only the latest development in the aftermath of the huge row over school budgets that has rumbled on since the DfES was engulfed in controversy at the start of the financial year.

On Course

    News
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2007
    • | Nursery World
27 September: Employment law essentials - managing staff fairly - This one-day NDNA conference will help nursery owners and managers develop their knowledge of employment law. Facilitated by ACAS, the day looks at new requirements in light of recent changes in the law and covers advertising vacancies, conducting interviews, the relationship between employer and employee, contracts and the dismissal process. West Yorkshire. Cost: from 100. Call Stephen Lloyd Smart on 0870 774 4244 or visit www.ndna.org.uk.

An East Northumberland branch of Early Education was launched this week

    News
  • Wednesday, November 19, 2003
    • | Nursery World
An East Northumberland branch of Early Education was launched this week. Participants in its inaugural meeting in Blyth on 18 November joined in workshops that introduced them to working with treasure baskets and heuristic play. Branch chair Ruth Brooks said, 'We wanted to do something that was fun. We are aiming to hold workshop-type sessions termly and hope to focus on the sciences next.' For information about the branch, contact Ruth on 01670 798800.

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