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Quote of the week

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
'Nigel de Gruchy, general secretary of the NASUWT, totally refuted the absurd allegation in the 16 November Times Educational Supplement that he had equated classroom assistants to "pig-ignorant peasants". He said, "I said that you could not have pig-ignorant peasants supervising classes but you needed people of good education with appropriate training".' from a press release issued by the NASUWT last Friday

In brief...Plans for a cross-cutting

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Plans for a cross-cutting review of the early years sector in England have been revealed in more detail by early years and childcare minister Catherine Ashton (News, 15 November). She told the Daycare Trust conference in London last week the Treasury-led review would look at how far the Government has come with early years provision in the past four years, consider what still needs to be done and give a vision for the future. She said, 'We want to use the review to see what lessons can be learned, draw on research and see how we can build on the wealth of activities in the early years to deliver services families and children need.' The review, to be finished next year, will be fed into the Treasury spending review.

A big, enormous tree

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Play a Christmas tree game as a seasonal celebration. Child development opportunities

How do children grow in a hot house?

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Not only should the school starting age be raised to six (Letters, 8 November), but we should actively discourage formal learning before that age. My wife, despairing of finding a decent state primary school in our area for our son, began researching some local private pre-prep schools. At one, an educational psychologist interviews all applicants at the age of three. Among the questions the children are asked are 'Where does the sun set?' 'What happens when ice melts?' and 'How many pennies are there in a pound?' At this point, we decided to move rather than subject our son to some rather nasty hot-housing. Out of interest, however, I asked my two-year-old to tell me everything he knew about money. He replied, 'Chocolate money! Yum yum!'

Case study

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Katie has come close to leaving her current job with three-year-old Martha. Never before has she felt, 'I can't stand this child!' It seems that nothing is ever right for Martha. She constantly complains, 'Do I really have to do this?' and 'My other nanny was so much nicer than you!' Katie finally talks the situation over in confidence with her partner at home. As Katie talks, she realises that much of what Martha is saying, she feels herself as an adult. Martha's mother has become anxious that her daughter has a 'full and worthwhile day' and has given Katie a highly structured programme. As the new nanny, Katie has felt obliged to follow instructions, although much of what Martha's mother wants is too demanding for a three-year-old. Neither Katie nor Martha are having much relaxed fun together. Katie realises that she has dealt with her own frustration by seeing Martha as a miserable, complaining child. In fact, they are both equally fed up with the intellectual rat race that Martha's mother has imposed. Katie knows that it would be inappropriate professionally to complain to Martha about her mother. So, the next day when Martha starts, Katie says, 'Your mummy is very keen that you learn your numbers and letters. I'm going to have a chat with her tonight and tell her some more interesting ways for you and me to do all this.' For today, Katie explains that they are going for a 'counting walk' in the neighbourhood.

Communicating with customers

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Use these tips as a starting point for developing effective communication with your customers (parents, children and external agencies) - commuincation is a vital staff skill in early years provision. (Non-verbal communication are closely linked.) 1 What is communication?

Learning, not teaching

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
By Margaret Edgington, an early years consultant The recent report Teaching Literacy and Mathematics in Reception Classes is one of the most unprofessional and poorly-researched pieces of work I have seen Ofsted produce. It looks at teaching without really considering whether children are actually learning. Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage has a section on Learning and Teaching, and these two parts of the education process must be looked at together.

Out of the ordinary

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
An agency that opened in April is now tapping into the market for emergency, temporary, and after-school and holiday childcare. AJCA Childcare Service, based in Ipswich, is looking for flexible and reliable childcarers across East Angla. Contact Rebecca Anslow on 01394 273 994.

Foundation Stage 'needs clarifying'

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Aleading children's education charity has called on the Government to end the confusion among practitioners over the status of the Foundation Stage. Delegates at Early Education's annual general meeting in London resolved that the Foundation Stage could only be effective and successful if 'all inspectors and managers, headteachers, co-ordinators, supervisors and officers-in-charge are given a secure understanding of its philosophy, principles and good practice'.

Pop star Danny Foster

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Pop star Danny Foster (right), who trained as a nursery nurse before shooting to stardom with chart toppers Hear'Say, is encouraging more men to become childcarers. Danny has given his support to Surrey Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership's first Men into Childcare Week, which began on Monday (19 November). The recruitment drive is in response to a Government target for at least six per cent of childcare workers in each local authority area to be male by 2004.

Dealing with drunk parents

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The situation must be handled diplomatically if the childcarer is to succeed in three clear goals: * to persuade the parent not to drive and to accept the offer of help by calling a family member or a taxi or giving them a lift home

Winter webs

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Observing a spider web will give children inspiration to create a sparkly winter display while they are engaged with early learning activities, writes Nina Massey Spider webs are beautiful to look at on a frosty day or in the dew of early morning, and make a great focus for a winter activity and display.

Star turns

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  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
From the pages of Professional Nanny and Nursery World, the talents of the Kids' Cookery School have spread to the airwaves. The school's principal Fiona Hamilton-Fairley - herself a former nanny/au pair in Europe and the US - appeared in action on the ITV programme 'This Morning' on 23 October, and the following week on 'Woman's Hour' on BBC Radio 4 with stalwart presenter Jenni Murray and celebrity chef Gary Rhodes, along with a recording of three-year-olds preparing stuffed baked potatoes at the school. And in November she was on 'Dinner Dates' on ITV. Fiona says, 'It was a boost to our campaign to get children in the kitchen, enjoying healthy, nutritious food and having lots of fun at the same time.' See her ideas for Christmas in this issue on page 12.

Say hello

    News
  • Wednesday, November 21, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Some readers seem to have a mistaken idea that we no longer offer a contact service for nannies wishing to meet other nannies in their local area. We will happily do so, but it all depends on nannies contacting us in the first place! We will not publish individuals' details but can pass them on to others who write in and ask. So, Lynne Wilson of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, would like to meet other nannies in the area, as would Mark Tann of Whitstable, Kent.

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