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Curriculum advice for under-threes

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Acomprehensive set of guidelines for a curriculum for the under-threes was launched this week by Stirling Council. The guidelines are unique in that they have been developed for home-based as well as group daycare settings and have a self-evaluation section. They come in three sections: creating the learning environment, on organ-ising space and resources; people in the learning environment, which includes the relationship between carers and parents; and the child as a learner.

Ofsted inspection flawed, say experts

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
An Ofsted report on the teaching of literacy and mathematics in reception classes has been described as 'flawed and inaccurate' by a leading early years organisation. Early Education, also known as the British Association for Early Childhood Education, criticised the report, published last week, on the grounds that some of the Ofsted inspectors have no experience of working in early years settings. It called for them to be given further training.

Falling figures for playgroups and minders disputed

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The number of playgroups and pre-schools in England fell by 300 in the past year, according to the latest Government data. Figures for children's daycare facilities up to 31 March 2001, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), show there are now 14,000 playgroups and pre-schools in England - down from a peak of 18,000 in 1991 - and the number of places they provide fell between 2000 and 2001 by 22,900 to 330,200. But the number of day nurseries has risen by 300 to 7,800 in 2001 from 7,500 in 2000.

'You will see eagles on Eriskay but don't go near the eggs'

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - 'You will see eagles on Eriskay but don't go near the eggs'-this message and drawing won Donald-John MacDonald from Eriskay Primary School a 10 book token when he took third place in an environmental art competition sponsored by Scottish Natural Heritage at this year's Royal National Mod. Children from Gaelic schools all over Scotland were invited to produce a colour advert, captioned in Gaelic, promoting aspects of the natural environment in their own location. First place in the youngest category, five to eight years, was won by Seumas Charity from Ullapool Primary School, who drew the dramatic landscape at Wester Ross in Highland. Seamus won 40 in book tokens and his school will receive a voucher worth 100 for the purchase of environmental education material. All the the winning posters are now on display at Scottish Natural Heritage's offices in Stornoway. The winners of the environmental art competition sponsored by Scottish Natural Heritage at this year's Royal National Mod have been announced and the winning posters are now on display at Scottish Natural Heritage's offices in Stornoway.

Huge numbers of playworkers needed

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
* Out-of-school clubs in England have doubled in four years. * In 1997 there were 3,500 clubs; today there are 7,000 clubs, offering 240,000 places.

Doing her duties

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
I am an NNEB employed as a nursery assistant in a Northern Ireland primary school with a nursery unit for three-and four-year-olds. I am supposed to assist the teacher but over the last few years have found I am responsible for many of the teacher's duties, including planning the weekly and monthly notes, policy statements, assessments, class activities and so on, and also all the other jobs she considers beneath her! Yet I am still treated as an idiot because I don't have a teaching degree. But the joke is really on me, because I am paid half a teacher's salary for twice the work.

Case study: room for manoeuvre

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The ACE Centre in Chipping Norton is an early excellence centre. Sue Clempson, the head of the centre, says they aim for 'a joined-up approach to children's learning'. They value the way that physical movement links with the rest of children's development to boost their confidence and self-esteem. The team has considered the whole issue of indoor space in a practical way. In the family centre this has meant looking at it from the perspective of babies and toddlers. They have removed much of the adult-size furniture, leaving a few chairs suitable for nursing mothers. As Sue explains, 'We realised that to the crawlers it was a sea of legs and furniture.' They have now created far more space for freedom of movement. A valuable consequence has been that parents need to sit on the floor and so are at the children's eye level and easily accessible for play and interaction.

Discriminating against the jabless

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
As a father of two healthy unvaccinated boys I must express my deep personal outrage at the implication of Dr Mustafa Kapasi's suggestions (News, 18 October). It is a parent's prerogative and inalienable right to choose whether or not to have their babies assaulted with 'blood, pus and sputum' at such a vulnerable age, and to state that they should be barred from entry into group settings is arrogance in the extreme. What the doctor failed to add is that GPs receive a bonus from the Government to reach a certain percentage of their population who have been immunised (they still get paid to administer the injections, which is not the same). Many parents who refuse or waver are put under enormous pressure by their GPs or forced off their register. One must question why it is necessary to offer financial inducements if the case is so solid.

Seat of learning

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  • Wednesday, November 7, 2001
    • | Nursery World
I think it would be a good idea to raise the school starting age to six. As both a parent and a childcare student I have seen how very young children have to conform to the national curriculum, which is too structured and inflexible. Children are expected to sit still and listen to the teacher for 30 minutes at a time, which is an unrealistic expectation, and they are required to sit at tables and write for most of the rest of the day. This is stealing away their childhoods and robbing them of the richness of deeper learning gained through play.

Stammering: Tough talking

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  • Tuesday, November 6, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Early intervention is important with speech difficulties, and there is a lot that childcarers can do to help children who stammer, as Maggie Jones explains

Make ICT work

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  • Tuesday, November 6, 2001
    • | Nursery World
With careful planning, ICT can be productive and fun, as a school in Manchester discovered, says Jenny Benjamin

Fostering and adoption: Who cares?

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  • Tuesday, November 6, 2001
    • | Nursery World
On the eve of Government moves to increase the number of children who find permanent adoptive families, psychologist Hessel Willemsen describes the trauma facing those forced to live in temporary care settings

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