Personal account Institutional account
| Register |

Search Results

Found 42,233 results for .

Nursery nurses ready to take their pay claim to the streets

    News
  • Wednesday, May 9, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Members of the public sector union Unison are to take to the streets in Glasgow on 19 May to launch a campaign to increase and standardise the pay of nursery nurses across Scotland. Unison wants nursery nurses working in social services daycare centres to receive between Pounds 16,000 and 20,000 for a 35-hour week and 52-week year. They are currently paid between 11,000 and 14,800. Nursery nurses in Scottish schools and classes now earn between 10,000 and 12,000 for a 32.5-hour week. Unison wants to see this rise to 13,000 to Pounds 16,800.

Sand and water: Elements of success

    News
  • Tuesday, May 8, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Giving babies and toddlers as much freedom as you can to play with sand and water, says Alice Sharp, will add immeasurably to their learning and enjoyment

Orchestra visits: Classical act

    News
  • Tuesday, May 8, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Music comes alive for nursery children when a member of a national orchestra is calling the tune. Joyce Reid sees the effects of a session in the universal language

Nursery nurses take pay claim to public

    News
  • Tuesday, May 8, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Members of the public sector union Unison will take to the streets in Glasgow on 19 May as they launch a campaign to increase and standardise the pay of nursery nurses across Scotland.

MPs hear from the early years

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Pay in the early years sector is 'dreadful' and the number of people leaving the sector each year is 'appalling', the chair of the Select Committee on Education and Employment told representatives of early years organisations last week. Barry Sheerman made his comments during an extra meeting of the Select Committee in Portcullis House, Westminster. The committee heard that many early years workers earn around 7,000 a year. Committee member Charlotte Atkins said the low pay and status meant that nursery nurses 'do not feel valued and don't value themselves'.

In brief...The number of two-and

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The number of two-and three-year-old children attending independent schools in the UK has risen dramatically in the past year, according to figures from the Independent Schools Information Service (ISIS). The Independent Schools Council's annual census revealed a 6.7 per cent rise in the number of two-year-olds and a 5 per cent rise in three-year-olds at independent day schools. A spokeswoman for ISISsaid, 'Independent schools are responding to the demand for nursery places. In lots of other age groups they are reaching full capacity, but with the nursery section it's easier to physically find more space. Also more of the prep schools are opening pre-prep departments.'

Kerry Edwards and James Lau of St Mary and Paul Primary School in Prescot

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Kerry Edwards and James Lau of St Mary and Paul Primary School in Prescot discover how an apple a day keeps the doctor away with head teacher Julie Newcombe. The school is one of four in Knowsley taking part in the National School Fruit scheme. Mrs Newcombe said, 'The children really look forward to receiving their daily piece of fruit. One little boy in nursery enjoyed his apple so much he only left the stalk.'

Number sequence

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Counting skills Children's counting skills pass through various stages:

Case study: Zoe

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Zoe is a three-year-old attending Cottingley Primary School nursery for a daily three-hour session. In the setting she shows a keen interest in water play and also spends much time imitating adults in 'home' play. Her mother says that these enthusiasms are mirrored at home and that some of Zoe's favourite activities are helping to wash up the pots after a meal, bathing her dolls, making drinks and sandwiches for tea. At nursery, having noted from observations Zoe's fascination with 'wet and dry', the team decided to provide for further scientific investigation of 'wet and dry' through home play activities. They provided a large, shallow tray containing dry sand and added cups, saucers, plates, bowls, spoons, pans and a jug of water.

10 key points

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Use these ten key points as possible lead-ins for discussion at a staff meeting or with parents and carers. 1 Is the basic provision constant enough to allow children to revisit activities and develop ideas over a period of time?

Designed by committee

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
By Dr Helen Penn, Professor of Early Childhood at the University of East London The Select Committee on Education and Employment held its final meeting on early years this week. It said pushing children into schooling too early, and allowing childminders to smack and smoke, were wrong.

Dumber is cheaper

    News
  • Wednesday, May 2, 2001
    • | Nursery World
For once I agree with the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses when it says that the Government is dumbing down daycare standards (News, 15 March). NVQ level 2 is too low for anything. I am also deeply unhappy with the setting of NVQ level 3 as a minimum entry requirement for becoming a nursery manager. NVQ qualifications are as variable as the colleges that provide them. I have seen some appalling courses and the students don't come within reach of the average CACHE or BTec student.

Current filters

Filter by

© MA Education 2024. Published by MA Education Limited, St Jude's Church, Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, London SE24 0PB, a company registered in England and Wales no. 04002826. MA Education is part of the Mark Allen Group. – All Rights Reserved