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My life at work

    News
  • Wednesday, January 26, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Name: Tony Goodrick Age: 29 Job title: Play and learning co-ordinator

Non-Stop CPR

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  • Monday, May 14, 2018
    • | Nursery World
Staff at Cambridge Day Nursery decided to celebrate the setting’s 40th birthday by doing 40 hours of non-stop CPR in aid of the British Heart Foundation and Millie’s Trust.

Not as old as all that

    News
  • Wednesday, January 26, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Your letter of the week about having grandmothers on the nursery staff (Nursery World, 13 January) raised a laugh in our office on a Friday afternoon, but it also made my blood boil. What blatant stereotyping! I am a grandmother and yes, I knit and I can play dominoes, but I'd hope to bring a lot more to my granddaughter's playgroup than that.

Kindercare Childcare Centres

    News
  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Busy Bees childcare group has purchased Lancashire-based Kindercare Childcare Centres, making it the second largest nursery chain in the UK and Ireland. Busy Bees was the fifth largest group listed in the June issue of the Nursery World supplement Nursery Chains, while Kindercare was the 11th. Kindercare owns and operates ten nurseries, of which four provide more than 200 places, and an independent primary school. Directors Sarah and Stuart Carr will join Busy Bees in a national management role. John Woodward, managing director of Busy Bees, said, 'In spirit this is a merger of two groups with great reputations, who are dedicated to providing a quality service to children and parents and strongly supporting staff development.'

Minimum wage rise hits nurseries hard

    News
  • Tuesday, September 7, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The imminent rise in the national minimum wage from 4.50 to 4.85 an hour is squeezing the profit margins of some smaller nursery chains, prompting them to increase fees.

Schools garden blooms at show

    News
  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
* The outdoor classroom blossomed at Hampton Court Flower Show as children from Coombes Infant School in Reading put on a dragon display for Catherine Ashton, minister for early years and school standards (above). The children were celebrating the official launch of the Growing Schools Garden, which demonstrates the best in schoolground design and use.

Improve your practice

    News
  • Wednesday, June 21, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Improve your practice. Use our directory to help you access the many short courses and workshops designed to keep early years professionals up to the minute with good practice across all aspects of provision from management to special needs.

High levels of activity in the day nursery market

    News
  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
High levels of activity in the day nursery market have been reported by property agent Dowling Kerr. Its business development manager Andre Coulter said, 'Business sales in June were extremely active. At the present time we are dealing with more than 75 nurseries across the UK. Excellent prices are being achieved and generally prices have increased over the past 12 to 18 months due to the "feelgood factor" within the industry, reinforced by a strong and buoyant property market and the availability of excellent financing packages which allow existing business people within the industry to refinance and expand.' Recent sales include the Little Acorns Nursery in Ealing, London, marketed for 250,000 leasehold and sold to Toad Hall nursery group in early June; the Lilliput Farm Day Nursery in Sandbach, Cheshire, a period property sold for an undisclosed figure based on an asking price of 485,000 freehold; and the Piccolo Nursery in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, put on the market for 205,000 leasehold.

New childcare tax credit 'ready reckoner'

    News
  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A new childcare tax credit 'ready reckoner' has been produced by the Daycare Trust to take in changes in Working Families' Tax Credit announced by chancellor Gordon Brown in April's Budget. The childcare tax credit element of WFTC will pay 70 per cent of parents' registered childcare costs up to 135 a week for one child and 200 a week for two or more children. Stephen Burke, Daycare Trust director, said, 'The new childcare tax credit ready reckoner means parents can find out how much help they can get to access quality childcare, possibly for the first time.' The ready reckoner is available from the Trust on 020 7840 3350.

ICANTALK!

    News
  • Wednesday, September 1, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Additional copies of a training resource to help nursery workers support children's speech and language development are now available. Around 10,000 early years settings have already received an ICANTALK! pack, developed by the charity ICAN. The pack contains a video, booklet, poster and information on where to seek advice and support for children with language difficulties. It received an enthusiastic response from playgroup supervisor Fiona Wheeler of Stockton Lane Playgroup in Leeds. She said, 'I think simple activities like this are really effective in extending children's vocabulary. It also gives them the confidence to say something in a group, and they enjoy it too.' The pack costs 49.50, but Nursery World readers could win one free. Details of the competition are on page 14. Contact info@ican.org.uk or phone 0845 225 4071 for more information.

Ten easy steps to making a passport

    News
  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
1. Choose a child with special educational needs and work out the timescale within which the passport needs to be done in order to be ready before the child leaves your setting. 2. Decide on the areas to describe for your child, such as mobility, communication, and child's interests.

Case study: Nikki Gray

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  • Wednesday, January 19, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Surrey-based playgroup manager Nikki Gray, 46, signed up for Liverpool Hope's BA Nursery Management degree in 2002 after reading about the course in the press. She has two more years to complete before graduating. 'I'd always wanted to study for a degree and this course seemed ideal because it developed management skills that were relevant to the job I was already doing,' she explains. 'E-learning suited me perfectly because, as a single parent with three children, there was no way I could attend a campus based course - and certainly not one in Liverpool.'

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