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  • Monday, July 9, 2018
    • | Nursery World
National Smile Month came to Islington as Hopes and Dreams Montessori Nursery School held a special event to back the UK’s biggest oral health campaign.

Nursery nurse roots

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  • Wednesday, February 8, 2006
    • | Nursery World
I was interested to read the article about the future for early years staff (Training, 12 January) but concerned to see the issues raised by the Children's Workforce Strategy regarding nursery nurses. After 19 years as a local authority nursery nurse, I moved into further education as a lecturer in early years with four hours teaching. My risk paid off and led to a part-time, then full-time contract. Meanwhile I have completed teaching qualifications and a degree in early years. The additional training and knowledge were fundamental to my continued professional development.

Clubs causing chaos

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  • Wednesday, February 8, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The primary school where I work offers a variety of children's clubs after school arranged by a co-ordinator. This causes many problems for school staff. Teachers have to remember which children are to go to which club at the end of each day and deliver them with the appropriate kit and possessions, at the same time as talking to parents collecting other children. Some parents book places for children in too many clubs. The children are crying because they are too tired, but staff have to insist they attend.

Editor's letter

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The rattle is a favourite gift for a newborn baby, but did you know that these simple toys go back as far as the second century BC? Long ago they were made from dried gourds or hollowed-out bones and it was believed that the noise would ward off evil spirits who might harm the infant. Later, there were more sophisticated versions in glass, silver or gold which often became family heirlooms. Older versions may have borne little resemblance to the colourful wood or plastic toys we have now, but the rattle remains valuable in developing hand-eye co-ordination and giving a baby his first experience of cause and effect. You can check out the wide range of rattles for 2006 on page 16. Dolls have also been part of childhood for centuries and still remain a favourite toy in the nursery, helping the children to empathise, develop their social skills and enhance role play. If your current supply is beginning to appear a little too well loved, look at the fantastic selection on page 18 before you invest in some new ones.

His and hers

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  • Wednesday, December 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Children's awareness of male and female develops in stages, well before they begin to attribute roles to the sexes, writes Penny Tassoni 'What are little boys made of?' goes the refrain of a traditional nursery rhyme. These questions about gender are still with us in the 21st century, as the gap between the achievement of boys and girls widens. Gender is currently a hot topic, with conflicting viewpoints often falling into one of the two camps, nature or nurture. Are boys and girls biologically predisposed to behaving in certain ways, or does this happen as a result of the way in which they are being treated and the role models they are being presented with?

Help with social skills

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The Time to Talk Game from LDA is the latest in its Social Skills range, designed to encourage essential language in small groups of reception and KS1 pupils. By rolling the dice and moving around a board, the children are able to participate in role play, practise everyday actions and share information about themselves. The game involves skills such as turn taking, asking and answering questions, engaging in basic conversation, non-verbal communication, eye contact and empathising, all in the comforting presence of a ginger bear. Time to Talk includes a board, 96 question cards, a ginger bear toy, four ginger bear jigsaws, four playing pieces, dice and teacher's notes. Priced 29.99 direct from LDA. Telephone 01223 365445 www.LDAlearning.com

Bedding update

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
There are several new developments on the bedding front, some of which use cutting-edge technology, while others are an extension of more traditional methods. The PurFlo Sleepsystem has been developed after extensive clinical studies, with the intention of dramatically cutting down babies' exposure to allergens, while also providing a defence against the 'identified risks of SIDS' (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). The Purflo mattress, which comes in two sizes to fit a cot (mattress size 120 x 60cm) and a cot bed (mattress size 139 x 69cm), is designed to be 'fully breathable' and the 'Sleepsurface' covering allows the air to circulate around the child. This helps to prevent the 'rebreathing' of exhaled carbon dioxide. The covering is removable and can be machine washed, and the mattress contains no foam as this can aggravate asthma as well as being environmentally unfriendly.

Councils fail to look at bids to register

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  • Wednesday, September 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The new Early Years Directorate has been dismayed to find that some local authorities in England have failed to make any progress on applications by childcare providers for registration received in recent months, a situation which is likely to cause delays for many providers. Maggie Smith, director of the new division of schools inspectorate Ofsted, said last week that staff working through the thousands of boxes of files which had come from local authorities with the transfer of responsibility for regulation on 3 September were coming across a number of application forms which had not been processed.

NDNA reveals programme for 2014 conference

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  • Friday, January 24, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Politicians and industry experts will join bestselling children’s author Jez Alborough and hundreds of delegates from the early years sector at the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) 2014 Essential Nursery Conference in June.

Nursery activities

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  • Wednesday, December 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Animals, pets and vets often get included in nursery themes. However, it is not always possible to introduce live animals to young children, particularly sharks, lions or tigers! So how about accessing some live web cams and introducing children to the wide world of the animal kingdom within the comfort of their nursery? 'What do you mean by a web cam?' I hear you say. Basically it is a digital video camera that, when connected to a computer, can upload images to a website for broadcast. Anyone with the right plug-in can then access the website and share the experience of looking at live video. In order to view a web cam you will need to have internet access (the faster the better) and a player such as Windows Media Player (standard on most PCs) or RealOne Player. Many web cam sites offer links where you can download these players for free.

Children left out of separation

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  • Wednesday, September 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
* Only a small minority of children whose parents have separated think they were given a full explanation for the breakdown in the relationship, according to research for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. A report, Children's views of their changing families, found that as many as one in four children said no-one talked to them about the separation at the time. Researchers interviewed children aged from five and encouraged them to draw or 'map' their family relationships.

Big freeze

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  • Monday, January 27, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Little Acorns Day Nursery in Gomersal discovered a frozen lake on their winter walk.

Best of the bunch

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The products most highly recommended by our testers in this issue are: UNDER-THREES Fagus Wooden Vehicles from Asco

Case study: happy parents, happy babies

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  • Wednesday, September 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
In Bishop's House Early Years Centre (Kennington, London) the team have considered carefully how to help babies and very young children to feel secure. Janice Smith (centre manager) and Lorraine Slade (acting deputy manager) explain that children's sense of security is supported through developing good partnership with parents. 'If you can make the parents feel comfortable, then the child will feel secure. You need to support parents' feelings about their baby or child attending your centre.' Partnership between the centre and parents begins with a home visit that helps to create continuity between a baby's care at home and their time in the centre. The staff gather information about the baby or toddler's care. As Janice and Lorraine say, 'It's the little things that matter most, like a child's special blanket or that we follow a feeding routine that's familiar.'

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