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To the point: Know how to fight racism

    Features
  • Friday, February 3, 2012
    • | Nursery World
When I was first working in schools, in the late 1980s, there was lots of discussion about how early years education could promote social justice and combat racism. Much of that work was cheaply attacked and ridiculed by the media: endless stories of how 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' had been banned, blackboards replaced by chalkboards, and so on.

Editors letter

    News
  • Wednesday, June 18, 2003
    • | Nursery World
This edition of Training Today is being published in the middle of National Sure Start Month, a hectic four weeks of activities acrossEngland. Its aims are to spotlight the largely unsung work of the country's various registered daycare providers - day nurseries, childminders, pre-schools and playgroups, and out-of-school clubs - and to raise people's awareness of childcare as a profession, especially among ethnic minority groups, people with disabilities and men. At present, only about two per cent of childcarers in the UK and Northern Ireland are men. The Government wants to see this number rise inEngland to six per cent by 2006, while Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland also aspire to having more male nursery nurses, male childminders and male playgroup workers. But regardless of their gender, childcarers want to be seen to be what they are - professionals - and for their skills and training to be recognised. They want a career structure that gives them a chance to climb the professional ladder and the flexibility to move between sectors as they climb. So a childcarer may begin with, say, the Diploma in Childcare andEducation and work for a few years as a nursery nurse in a day nursery until starting a family of her own.Then she may opt to stay home with her own child and work as a registered childminder, updating and improving her skills through such initiatives as the National Childminding Association's Quality First scheme (see News on page 4). Later she may decide to work in a day nursery again - albeit at a more senior level - so embarks on a Foundation Degree in early years not only to give her the qualification necessary for senior management, but also to complement all her years of first-hand knowledge and understanding of how different sectors work. The result for her is much greater job satisfaction and a sense of achievement, and the knowledge that she is contributing to the next generation of childcarers. Training is key to such long-term development.

Quote of the week

    News
  • Wednesday, December 31, 2003
    • | Nursery World
'While no system of vetting job applicants is 100 per cent perfect, the fact that someone applying for a job that involves unsupervised direct access to young children with a history of allegations of sexual offences against him like Ian Huntley goes unnoticed is of great concern' Shane Kelly, safer care advisor for the charity NCH, on the verdict of the Soham murder trial

Without prejudice

    News
  • Wednesday, June 18, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A selection of courses that celebrate cultural diversity and promote inclusivity and anti-discriminatory practice in early years settings Acorn Early Years Training (part of CJ Associates) runs a one-day course on:

Teddy bears' picnics, fun days and sponsored toddles

    News
  • Wednesday, June 11, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Teddy bears' picnics, fun days and sponsored toddles are just some of the many nationwide events taking place during Pre-School Playweek from 7 to13 June, which celebrates the work of 16,000 pre-schools as part of National Sure Start Month. Margaret Lochrie, chief executive of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, said, 'The events planned for Pre-School Playweek highlight our commitment to children and families and will raise much-needed funds. Fun days and other events will also provide a perfect opportunity for parents to learn more about the childcare facilities available to them and their children.' For details of events happening in local areas, see the website www.pre-school.org.uk or telephone 020 7833 0991.

Mucky pups

    Other
  • Monday, April 20, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Children at Hungry Caterpillar Nursery in Hanger Lane, London, have been getting messy with the setting's new mud kitchen.

Taking advantage

    News
  • Wednesday, June 11, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Concentrating children's centres in poorer areas creates ghettoes that could actually hold children's progress back, a major study suggests. Simon Vevers investigates.

Worth more money

    News
  • Wednesday, March 24, 2004
    • | Nursery World
There should be some kind of career structure for nursery nurses and we should be better paid. The profession is so under-appreciated. First there is the training and police checking that comes before you can even be employed in a nursery, then there is all the Government legislation to keep up with, the targets to achieve and the huge responsibility that comes with knowing that young children's future is affected by the way they are cared for and the things they are taught - and not taught.

Lots of socks

    Other
  • Monday, May 4, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Homelands Early Years Centre participated in Down's Syndrome Awareness Week (16-22 March 2015).

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