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A Unique Child: Inclusion - Supporting ... May

    Features
  • Monday, June 13, 2011
    • | Nursery World
A nursery that said 'no problem' when a mother sought a place for her brain-damaged child has made all the difference to the family, says Sue Learner - and the staff and children have benefited too.

Parents in Aberdeen are to be helped to take up training

    News
  • Wednesday, July 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Parents in Aberdeen are to be helped to take up training, employment or further education by a project called Working for Families, part of an initiative funded by the Scottish Executive to assist parents in ten local authority areas across Scotland. Aberdeen has been awarded a grant of 450,000 for support targeted at parents on low incomes, single parents and those having domestic difficulties.

How does your garden grow?

    News
  • Wednesday, January 26, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Growing their own vegetables will enrich children's learning and enthusiasm for the project. So, get digging! The Growing Schools project (growing.schools@dfes.gsi.gov.uk) is a major initiative which aims to 'harness the full potential of the outdoor classroom as a teaching and learning resource. As part of the initiative, Learning through Landscapes (www.ltl. org.uk) has developed an early years project, Growing Upwards, with four principal aims:

The village of Deogarh in India was brought to life at Ottakers bookshop

    News
  • Wednesday, September 8, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The village of Deogarh in India was brought to life at Ottakers bookshop in Aberdeen when children heard the story of Ganesh the elephant god and an abridged version of the epic Indian poem, 'Ramayana', and made masks and puppets. The girls received a bindi dot. Sukanya Basu read to Adam Ingram, six (left), and Bailey Gwynne, five, entertained by a 'tiger', played by Andi Ma. Spokeswoman Amy Nimegeer said, 'It is a way of children learning about another culture while raising some money for children their own age.' Aberdeen Photo Paul Reid

To the point: Speaking on parade

    Features
  • Monday, June 13, 2011
    • | Nursery World
All year, the National Communication Champion, Jean Gross, has been making a passionate case for the children with less-developed communication. We know they often struggle academically, emotionally and socially in school. These difficulties affect boys especially.

Disability bias brought to book

    News
  • Wednesday, September 8, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A new project to increase the representation of disabled people in children's books is to be launched by Scope, the UK's leading national disability organisation working with cerebral palsy. 'In the Picture' is a three-year project targeting inequality in children's literature by introducing young disabled characters in mainstream books.

Transforming lives

    News
  • Wednesday, September 8, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Why was a parenting project shortlisted for a prestigious European award? Joyce Reid reports on its success A parenting project in Dundee has been so successful that it was one of five shortlisted for the prestigious European Alcuin Award, an initiative launched in 1991 by the European Parents Association to highlight the role of parents as partners in the education of their children.

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