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To the Point - A credit for everyone

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The Government has announced that the childcare element of the tax credit system, already due to be reduced this year, will be merged into the new Universal Credit.

In My View - Once in a lullaby

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
    • | Nursery World
There is something truly wonderful about the fact that children and carers today still love to sing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. The first written version of this song appeared in a book of nursery rhymes back in 1744. That makes it a very old sheep indeed. In a world where huge technological changes are occurring on an almost daily basis, it's comforting to know that some things last.

To the point - Let's report ourselves

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 8, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The axes are beginning to fall and slowly the extent of the cuts to services for children are being made known across the country. We are finally beginning to get a sense of what importance this Government places on early years, and perhaps we are beginning to realise the extent of our own foolishness in not being better prepared to strengthen the argument for high quality early years care and education.

In my view - Centres work on work

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 8, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Parents on benefits have to be actively seeking work when their children turn seven; next year it goes down to five. I run a programme that helps parents find work, and many say they are not ready for employment at this point. Some believe their children are too young; most, however, are not confident in their abilities, their skills or their chances of finding a job in the current labour market.

A Unique Child: Inclusion - Supporting ... Finn

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 8, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Staff at a pre-school were worried when they found they were going to be responsible for a child with a life-threatening blood disorder - until they learned how they could help him, says Sue Learner.

In my View - We still fail children

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Children are living messages to a time we will not see. They are our most precious resource, and their outcomes should be of concern to every adult.

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