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Programmable toys

    News
  • Tuesday, October 1, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Introduce ICT to young children in a rewarding fashion with these electronic toys chosen by Julie Wilson

The dangerous schoolification agenda

    Opinion
  • Thursday, December 7, 2017
    • | Nursery World
The Ofsted report Bold Beginnings reveals an ignorance of how children learn and marks another step towards the schoolification of Reception Year (YR), says early years consultant Tamsin Grimmer

EYFS inspection course a success

    News
  • Tuesday, January 11, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Buckinghamshire Services for Children and Young People is receiving positive feedback for its course Preparing for EYSF Inspection and the SEF, which can be delivered nationwide.

BECERA Conference: Bringing research to life

    Features
  • Thursday, February 23, 2012
    • | Nursery World
'Getting off the balcony and on to the dance-floor' was how Professor Chris Pascal described the aim of the British Early Childhood Education Research Association's (BECERA) second conference, which took place at the Midlands Arts Centre in Birmingham last week (15 to 16 January).

Big words, little action

    Opinion
  • Monday, December 11, 2017
    • | Nursery World
As 2017 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on how education policy has changed over the past year.

Nurseries seek advice on nativity photograph bans

    News
  • Wednesday, December 22, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Two primary schools have banned parents from taking photographs and videos of children taking part in nativity plays following training sessions run by their local authority on child protection issues. Staff from LEA nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools in Rochdale, Lancashire, were invited to recent training sessions on a wide range of child protection issues.

Nurseries Undercover

    News
  • Wednesday, December 22, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The only way to judge a childcare setting is for Ofsted to arrive unannounced for inspections. It may be inconvenient for settings, but we have a duty to children in daycare to ensure they are constantly being looked after properly. Claire Calladine, Hucknall, Nottingham 9 September

Well observed

    News
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2002
    • | Nursery World
As the Foundation Stage Profile replaces baseline assessment, the QCA's Pauline Hoare outlines how the new system focuses on the needs of young children The new Foundation Stage Profile, which was introduced this term to replace the 90-plus baseline assessment schemes (see box), is the result of a nationwide consultation exercise with the early years profession and reflects the wishes of practitioners who participated in that consultation.

Put the record straight

    News
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Nurseries should resist the tactics of some unscrupulous private agencies regarding the Data Protection Act, warns Mary Evans Confusion about whether and how early years settings need to register under the Data Protection Act 1988 has been made all the greater by commercial agencies targeting small businesses and offering to handle their registration for them - for a fee.

Parents unprepared for stress of first day at pre-school

    News
  • Tuesday, February 5, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Parents find their child's first day at pre-school as stressful as their wedding day, and one in four admit to being unprepared for the milestone, according to new research by children's communication charity I CAN.

Image resource for the disabled

    News
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Parents and childcarers are being urged to use a new image vocabulary that has been developed to help disabled children communicate their needs, rights, feelings and fears. The 'How It Is' resource has been developed by the NSPCC and Triangle. It includes images designed specifically for disabled children to express their concerns about abuse. Research has suggested that disabled children are more than three times more likely to suffer from abuse or neglect than the non-disabled.

Bigger crowds drawn to Scotland's own exhibition

    News
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The second Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition in Glasgow proved a storming success, attracting 22 per cent more visitors than last year. A total of 2,734 attended the exhibition at the Thistle Hotel on 13 and 14 September. The numbers attending seminars more than doubled, with 1,349 visitors going to a session and audiences of more than 60 people at several sessions. Workshops on creative actitivities were particularly popular, such as one on creative music-making led by Paul Rissman, the animateur of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

All aboard

    News
  • Wednesday, September 25, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Heather Gillies, manager of Glasgow's Clutha Street Day Nursery, which has an award-winning garden Boats and trains, large enough for children to climb in to and clamber over, offer great opportunities for role play and we are fortunate enough to have both in our nursery.

Scotland: Free nursery scheme ends

    News
  • Tuesday, February 5, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Early intervention pilots funded by the Scottish government that have given free nursery education to 900 vulnerable two-year-olds will not be rolled out across the country.

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