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Catholic workers face checks

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The Roman Catholic church in England and Wales has been urged to carry out police checks on all clergy, staff and volunteers who come into contact with children, in a bid to stamp out child abuse and restore confidence in priests. The call for police checks followed the publication last week of the first independent report into child protection in the Catholic church in England and Wales, and is one of 50 recommendations aimed at making the church environment safer and more secure for children. The report, compiled by a committee headed by Lord Nolan, builds on guidelines on preventing child abuse published in 1994, with proposals aimed at improving existing diocesan and national structures and procedures, so that parishes are supported in their efforts to protect children in their care.

Sure Start basics

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Aim: To improve the health and well being of children under four in deprived areas, by pioneering new ways of delivering services. History: Emerged from the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review (CPR) in 1997, which reviewed the services available for young children.

Caterpillar number rhyme

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
This rhyming card game is a fun number activity for all the children Resources Five cards with a picture of a caterpillar on each and a number from1 to 5. On the reverse, a picture of a butterfly and a number from 5 to 1, e.g. number 1 caterpillar will have number 5 butterfly on the back, and so on.

Stories and souvenirs

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Encourage children to use mementoes and memories from their holidays to develop communication and creative skills, as Carolyn Price shows Activity 1

Double standards

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
I am a registered childminder writing in response to Maggie Dyer's two recent letters to Nursery World (15 March and 12 April). I would like her to know that some of us have taken her first letter in the spirit intended - to highlight to the Government how ridiculous it is being by, on one hand encouraging childminders to be positive role models to teenage mothers and, on the other, allowing childminders to smack children and smoke in front of them. What sort of double message does this give?

Wet blankets

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Do you look after a child who can't help wetting the bed? Drier sheets could be on the way with the aid of a new telephone helpline launched this month. The Bedwetting Education advisory line will offer advice and reassurance to carers and parents. It is run by qualifed nurse Helena Baker, who says, 'The important point to remember is that a child's self-esteem will improve once they become dry, and only 14 to 16 per cent of children will naturally become dry in one year, after the age of five or six, so it is worth seeking advice. There are so many treatment options available.' For confidential advice phone 0800 085 8189.

In brief...Nearly half of the teaching

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Nearly half of the teaching principals in Catholic schools in Northern Ireland have been diagnosed as suffering from depression or stress, according to the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools. Its report, Key health and welfare issues for teaching principals, said that two-thirds of teaching principals want to leave their jobs because of stress and their 'intolerable workload'. Two-thirds of primary and nursery heads in the Province are teaching principals.

Combined forces

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Professionals working with Sure Start schemes are truly helping families in deprived areas to help themselves, as Anne Wiltsher reports Sure Start is a 'very exciting way to work', according to Lynda Hassall, team member of the programme which has been operating in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria, since February last year. 'I spent ten years as a social worker being constrained by resources and asking how on earth can we manage to help people? Now we can say, "What would make a difference to you?"', she says.

Project guide

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
This three-part project covers all six areas of learning, indicated by: Personal, social and emotional development

Pink and blue

    News
  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Boys and girls are individuals from the first weeks of life, but they are not born significantly different in behaviour or temperament as a result of their sex. There are no sex differences that support some of the confident predictions by adults about how children will turn out. The influence of nurture can be seen very early on, when many adults assume that a crying baby boy needs a lively bounce, whereas a fretful baby girl needs a calming cuddle. In your childcare training you will have discussed the practice of equal opportunities in gender - how we treat girls and boys. But when you work as a nanny, you need to consider how to apply these ideas in somebody else's home, with a sensitivity to parents' preferences in their own family.

In brief...News

    News
  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The telephone number for the Pre-school Learning Alliance given in the feature 'Take your pick' (19 April) should be 020 7833 0991, not 020 7837 4942, which is a fax number.

Garden mishaps spark new alert

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Parents and childcare settings are being advised to child-proof gardens, after the Government reported a 20 per cent rise in the number of garden-related accidents involving children. According to statistics taken from the Department of Trade and Industry's latest Home Accident Surveillance Statistics (HASS) report, the number of children aged ten and under suffering a serious accident in the garden has increased over the past five years from 94,000 to 113,000, with two-and three-year-olds accounting for nearly a quarter of the accident total.

Date rape

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  • Wednesday, April 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
There have been a number of incidences where women have been raped after being given illegal drugs in a drink without their knowledge. To prevent this, watch while your drink is poured and never leave it unattended.

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