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Chain leaps up list in merger

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Busy Bees childcare group has become the second-largest nursery chain in the UK and Ireland following its purchase of Lancashire-based Kindercare Childcare Centres. Busy Bees, which was the fifth largest group listed in the June issue of the Nursery World supplement Nursery Chains, secured 50m funding from private equity house Gresham Trust in 2000. Since then it has bought Copperbeech Day Nurseries, a group based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and Tibbitots Day Nurseries in Lancashire, in addition to a number of other developments. Including Kindercare, this represents an investment of 27m from Gresham over the last two years.

Scotland's sitters service goes south

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Scotland's third sitter service has been launched in North Lanarkshire and the flexible form of home-based childcare is now being copied south of the border. With three years' experience under its belt in Dundee and a pilot scheme in Glasgow, the sitter service set up by One Parent Families Scotland (OPFS) has served as a pioneer for schemes planned by Bristol early years partnership and Bradford Gingerbread, according to OPFS director Sue Robertson.

Group member

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
* Yeliz Mustafa is a Turkish-speaking girl, who was initially very shy and didn't want to come out of her wheelchair. Once she settled, she became a confident and popular child, talking easily in Turkish and English. She has partial paralysis of her legs and usually uses a wheelchair to get around. We bought her a bike from GLS to increase her independence. We wanted to show what she could do by herself and what she needed help with. Both help her to be a part of the group.

10 tips on...NVQ evidence gathering - C7

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Read these pointers to gathering evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit C7 - providing a framework for the management of behaviour, in conjunction with level 3 standards in Early Years Care and Education. 1. Your assessor will record evidence of your skills in behaviour management in direct observations throughout the course.

All work, no play

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
I was delighted to see so much information about schemas in Nursery World ('All About Schemas', 6 June). It was inspiring and exciting to read about an approach to education that does not try to drum concepts into children, but provides opportunities for them to construct concepts for themselves. The writers obviously value play as the main form of education in pre-school. This should go without saying, now that we have a Foundation Stage curriculum that is play-based. However, it is still common to observe children in pre-school settings being taken away from their play activities to 'do their work'.

Al Fresco

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Get sizzling! Our summers may be short and wet, but when the sun shines everyone wants to cook 'in the cool'. Fiona Hamilton-Fairley explains how Remember those warm summer nights, children sitting around the campfire, strumming and singing while enjoying roast marshmallows? Well, sadly our summer seasons are often rather short and wet, but I still think it's a good idea to have a few favourite recipes for outdoor cooking and barbeques at your fingertips. Be equipped for one of those rare moments when the sun is shining and the good weather has at last arrived.

TV and radio

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
12 July. 'Angelina Ballerina - The Ballerina Rag Doll'. (ITV 1, 3.35 to 3.50pm) In this story about the ballet-dancing mouse and her friends, Angelina decides to give away some of her old toys.

Bounce away

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Bouncy castles can be hired out for odd days. Check in your local Yellow Pages and local newspapers or ask colleagues how to obtain one and how much they cost. Expect to pay a minimum of 40 for one day but if you have good contacts you might be able to borrow one for free!

The work of psychoanalyst Anna Freud commemorated

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Anna Freud in helping children with emotional and behavioural difficulties has been commemorated with an English Heritage Blue Plaque at her London house. The plaque marks the 50th year of the children's charity, the Anna Freud Centre. Julia Fabricius, a director of the centre, said, 'I am delighted Anna is being recognised. She was a pioneer who understood the way emotional difficulties affected every aspect of children's lives.'

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