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Opinion: To the point - Friends of the family

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, February 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Families are in the sights of Government and political parties at the moment and as the general election gets closer, policies for families will be more and more in the spotlight.

Nursery Management: Living wage - Paying up

    Features
  • Monday, September 21, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The 'national living wage', which comes in next April, is predicted to pose significant challenges for the childcare sector. So what does it mean in practice, and how will nurseries cope? Ruth Stokes takes a look.

Parlez-vous francais?

    News
  • Wednesday, April 12, 2000
    • | Nursery World
Marjory Bradley says 'Deux morceaux chacun.' It is snack time at Les Petits Francais, the specially set-aside room at a nursery in Paisley just outside Glasgow, and the children now know they may take two slices of toast each.

On the right track - understanding the environment

    News
  • Wednesday, April 5, 2000
    • | Nursery World
It is a sunny, warm June morning and children are happily engaged in various activities throughout the nursery garden. Paul, aged three years ten months, runs across the play area and under the covered way that is shaded from the sun. He eventually emerges back into the sunshine and runs toward the path that leads around the nursery garden.

Pancake fun

    Opinion
  • Monday, February 22, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Mama Bear’s Pre-School Unit in Downend had great fun on Shrove Tuesday, with children learning how to make pancakes and then designing their own creations on paper plates.

Editor's view - A top class read

    Opinion
  • Monday, January 25, 2016
    • | Nursery World
At Nursery World, we always strive to provide a mix of content that will meet the needs of everyone in the early years community.

Awareness of classroom safety among teachers and classroom assistants campaign

    News
  • Wednesday, February 11, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A campaign to raise awareness of classroom safety among teachers and classroom assistants has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive and the local education authorities in Glasgow, Sheffield and Trafford. The campaign highlights the risk school staff face from falling while putting things in a cupboard, putting up a display or closing a window. Bill Gillan, programme manager for the HSE Falls from Height Priority Programme, said, 'Our statistics show that teachers and classroom assistants are at risk from this type of accident and we hope that this approach will be successful in raising awareness of the danger and reducing the number of accidents.' The HSE said falls in school classrooms in the UK have resulted in five deaths and more than 3,000 injuries in the past six years alone.

Working Families

    News
  • Wednesday, February 11, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Two leading charities campaigning for improved work-life balance, Parents At Work and New Ways to Work, have merged to form a new pressure group, Working Families. At its launch in London last Saturday, chief executive Sarah Jackson called for an end to the culture of working long hours. She said, 'We know that long working hours are no good for business or productivity, and that they damage our health and family life. It's time for a new family-friendly working agenda to match the changing face of British family life.' Ms Jackson also called for more opportunities for people to work flexibly and for more flexible care services. The address of Working Families is 1-3 Berry Street, London EC1V OAA (020 7253 7243, fax 020 7253 6253, legal helpline freephone 0800 013 0313, e-mail office@workingfamilies.org.uk, website www.workingfamilies.org.uk).

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