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Move on up

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  • Wednesday, June 15, 2005
    • | Nursery World
There are different levels of apprenticeships available but they all lead to NVQs, key skills qualifications and, in most cases, a technical certificate such as BTEC or City & Guilds. Candidates need to be resident in the UK, aged 16-24 and not taking part in full-time education. There are two ways to apply. It can be done by approaching an employer who takes on apprentices or through the Learning & Skills Council. The LSC will link candidates to a training provider who can then try to find a match with an employer. An apprenticeship can take anything from 12 to 24 months and the amount of study time will vary depending on the course being aimed for.

'Safety culture' for all care settings

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  • Wednesday, October 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Day nurseries and playgroups in Northern Ireland have been told to develop 'a culture of safety' to deter people from trying to abuse children within or through their settings and to be vigilant for suspicious people lurking around their premises. The advice is contained in Safer Organisations, Safer Children, published last week by the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). About 30,000 copies of the booklet are being distributed to daycare providers, community and voluntary organisa-tions, schools and sport and leisure providers across Northern Ireland.

In brief...

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  • Wednesday, January 16, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Childcarers are being invited to run in this year's Flora London Marathon by Whizz-Kidz, a charity that provides customised mobility equipment for disabled children. Last year its team of 573 runners raised 960,000, enough to help 300 disabled children achieve independent mobility. Contact Whizz-Kidz on 020 7233 9696 or its website at www.whizzit.co.uk.

Childminder numbers on the rise

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  • Thursday, October 27, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The number of childminders has risen for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to Ofsted's latest statistics on childcare numbers.

Seven year-old Josie Kennedy, from the small coastal town of Arbroath in Scotland, painted a picture of herself and her friend Megan

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  • Wednesday, August 31, 2005
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Seven year-old Josie Kennedy, from the small coastal town of Arbroath in Scotland, painted a picture of herself and her friend Megan having fun at the beach for local art project 100 Women Paint the Sea. The project was set up to express the love, pain, joy and sadness of women who live by the sea in east Scotland. Josie's caption reads, 'I go to the beach quite a lot with my granny and granddad.' For more information on the project visit www.100womenpaintthesea.co.uk. Picture The Herald

Childcare provision keeps NHS healthy

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  • Wednesday, June 15, 2005
    • | Nursery World
More than half of NHS organisations provide nursery places for their staff and 97 per cent of all NHS staff are given access to childcare co-ordinators, says a survey of the provision of childcare support in the health service. The NHS Childcare Survey 2004, carried out on behalf of the Department of Health, says the NHS 'makes a real commitment to looking after its staff'

Sock sorting

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  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
As part of their 'counting and size' topic, staff in Green Class at Akrotiri Primary School, in Cyprus, created a washing line display to encourage children to sort socks by pegging them in order along it. Planned learning intentions

Fully equipped

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  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Make imagination and versatility your priorities when stocking your setting's outdoor area with play materials, says Jan White of Learning through Landscapes Children have a deep urge to explore and experience everything around them, trying to make meaning of their world. Through this they can competently construct their own learning, sharing their interests with tuned-in and supportive adults. Our role is to facilitate this by providing children with appropriate and stimulating opportunities in a wide range of forms. We can then support them to help them make the most of it over time.

Warning signs

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  • Wednesday, October 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Why has the recent proposal to extend the national curriculum to include the Foundation Stage got early years experts up in arms? Mary Evans asks them The Government's consultation on extending England's national curriculum to include the Foundation Stage has prompted early years experts to launch a vigorous defence of the Foundation Stage and pre-empt any attempts to re-introduce formalised teaching into the early years.

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