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Under-fives asked to speak their minds

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
* Leapfrog Day Nurseries put National Childcare Week's theme of listening to children into practice by canvassing their opinions. The children gave their thoughts on the chain's childcare facilities.

DIY rain stick

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Help the children to make their own rain stick and hear the sound it makes at music time. Resources

Reader offer

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
* Here We Go Round - Quality Circle Time for 3-5 year-olds by Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet (Positive Press, 18.95 & 2.95pp) explains how to set up and introduce circle time sessions and provides circle time ideas for all six areas of learning. Order a copy on tel: 01225 767157, fax: 01225 755 631 or e-mail circletime jennymosley.demon.co.uk. We have five copies of the book to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope marked 'Circle time' to the address on page 3. Winners will be the first five names drawn on 14 June.

In brief

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Guidance on special needs has been posted on the Scottish Executive website at www. scotland.gov.uk, following a number of enquiries from the public and a new consultation on the records of needs system for children with special educational needs (News, 24 May). The consultation runs until the end of July and the document, Assessing our Children's Educational Needs: The way forward?, is also on the website.

Early years centres learn from expert tips

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Staff working with under-fives in Edinburgh have been counting the gains they have made from a project led by early years expert Professor Tina Bruce. Nursery schools, nursery classes, children's centres, the Family Centre and Books for Babies in the Craigmillar area received funding from the community school budget to hold joint in-service training days with Professor Bruce on the theme of learning through play.

In brief

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A procession of pupils from Grassmarket Nursery School in Edinburgh took part in a sponsored walk in Princes Street Gardens last Friday in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief. Headteacher Barbara Robertson paid tribute to the efforts of nursery nurses Anna Cameron and Elspeth Hill who co-ordinated it. She said, 'We are overwhelmed with how many walkers are taking part this year. Last May we raised almost 1,000 and we hope a similar amount will be raised this time.'

Award for nursery CD library project

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A West Lothian nursery school was invited to a national award ceremony last week to celebrate its innovative project to set up a lending library of CD-Roms. Knightsridge Nursery School's 'Talking Books for All' project, aimed at encouraging parents and carers of nursery children to become involved in promoting literacy in the home, was the only pre-school project to be awarded a grant in the first phase of the National Grid for Learning Scotland innovation awards scheme.

Initial sound tubs

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Get your alphabet sorted with a simple and flexible activity using items you have to hand. Planned learning intention

A fine show

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  • Wednesday, May 30, 2001
    • | Nursery World
See what you saw or what you may have missed at the Manchester Under 12s exhibition with Annette Rawstrone Bright sunshine welcomed more than 5,000 visitors to the Manchester Under 12s exhibition at the G-Mex Centre on 11 and 12 May. Childcarers and teachers shunned the temptation of sunbathing to explore more than 130 stalls exhibiting the latest equipment, resources and services for early years and primary education.

Fats and sugars: Should children diet?

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  • Monday, May 28, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The number of overweight children is soaring, mainly due to lack of exercise. But doesn't food play a part too? Mary Whiting explains how to avoid excess calories

National care standards: On the road

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  • Monday, May 28, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The new national standards for daycare will be up and running in three months' time. Ruth Thomson compares the operating model with the proposals before consultation

Under 12s Exhibition: report

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  • Monday, May 28, 2001
    • | Nursery World
See what you saw or what you may have missed at the Manchester Under 12s exhibition with Annette Rawstrone

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