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Smartphone app boosts pre-school children's development

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| Nursery World

An app to help parents support their children’s learning has been found to have a positive impact on children’s development, skills and abilities.

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

The long-awaited Government response to Professor Cathy Nutbrown's review of early education and childcare qualifications goes further than responses to her recommendations.

New documentary series explores the life of babies

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Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

A new Netflix documentary series follows 15 babies during their first year of life to discover the processes behind each developmental step.

The big picture: Netmums gives silver award to Piccolo Music

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Piccolo Music, which runs music sessions for young children and their families, has won silver in the Netmums awards for best pre-school activity in Newcastle.

Touch may influence how children learn new words

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Friday, April 25, 2014

| Nursery World

A new study has found that a caregiver’s touch can influence babies' language development.

Fathers will be able to share parental leave up to a year

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Plans to make it easier for mothers and fathers to share paid parental leave during the first year of a child’s life have been set out today by the Deputy Prime minister.

Montessori parenting classes to start in January

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Friday, November 1, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International (MCI) is running two free six-week parenting workshops for parents of young children next year.

Conservative MP calls for tax breaks for married couples to be enshrined in law

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Friday, June 21, 2013

| Nursery World

Former childrens minister Tim Loughton has called for the Government to honour its pledge and reward couples who marry with tax breaks.

Grandparent childcarers risk poverty

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Grandparents in low-income families providing free childcare are at risk of financial hardship, says a new report.

Two-year-old places have bridged the gap in early years take-up, shows study

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The Government’s two-year-old offer has closed the gap between the most disadvantaged and advantaged children taking-up early years education, a new report claims.

Breastfeeding dips in informal childcare

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

| Nursery World

Children looked after in informal childcare are 50 per cent less likely to be breastfed, says a new study.

Chain offers free places for children referred by health visitors

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Nursery chain Busy Bees has launched a scheme to offer two full-time places free of charge at each of its 129 nurseries for children who are referred by health visitors.

Lack of breakfast linked with childhood obesity

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| Nursery World

Children who regularly skip breakfast before going to school are nearly twice as likely to be obese compared with those who eat something before they leave home, according to a new study.

Childcare loan scheme could help businesses keep staff

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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

| Nursery World

The British Chambers of Commerce is calling for a childcare loan scheme for parents to help businesses retain staff who start a family.

Analysis: How a community can help itself

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Offering a children's centre alongside other services puts this place at the heart of the community in a deprived inner city area, says Annette Rawstrone.

'Father engagement' should be inspected by Ofsted, says pressure group

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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

| Nursery World

'Father engagement' should be included in Ofsted's inspection framework for early years services and schools, says the Fatherhood Institute in its response to the Government's families green paper.

Sure Start works better for parents than for children

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Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Sure Start local programmes have had more impact on parents than children, the latest findings from the national evaluation of Sure Start show.

Kent parents could lose out on free places due to change in funding administration

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Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Changes to the way Kent County Council administers funding for free early education could see parents of three-and four-year-olds losing out on free nursery places and having to wait until January 2013 before they can claim their entitlement.

Voluntary-sector consortium to lead national campaign to highlight children's speech and language

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

| Nursery World

The Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary-sector providers, will be spearheading a nationwide 'National Year' campaign in 2011 which will highlight the importance of children's communication skills.

Families to be given personal introduction to Sure Start for advice during pregnancy and beyond

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

| Nursery World

All parents-to-be will get their own Sure Start contact, as part of new plans announced by the Government today to support families in the maternity and early years review.

Health visitor numbers fall

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

| Nursery World

The health visitors' union Unite has called for the Government to ring-fence health visitor budgets to combat the drop in the number of health visitors.

A million children with serious medical conditions put at risk by schools

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Monday, October 23, 2017

| Nursery World

The lives of one million children with chronic medical conditions are being put in jeopardy because schools don’t know what to do in an emergency, warns a body of child health organisations.

Petition to keep childcare vouchers open tops 100,000 signatures

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Thursday, November 2, 2017

| Nursery World

A petition calling for childcare vouchers to be kept open alongside Tax-Free Childcare has received more than 100,000 signatures, meaning the issue will be considered for debate in Parliament.

Flying Start scheme expands to support 36,000 more disadvantaged children

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| Nursery World

The Welsh government is extending its Flying Start scheme with a further 146 projects to help vulnerable families in Wales.

More than one million children growing up without a father

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Monday, June 10, 2013

| Nursery World

Some British children are growing up in 'men deserts', because they are growing up without a father and have no male teachers, a report claims.

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Smartphone app boosts pre-school children's development

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

New documentary series explores the life of babies

The big picture: Netmums gives silver award to Piccolo Music

Touch may influence how children learn new words

Fathers will be able to share parental leave up to a year

Montessori parenting classes to start in January

Conservative MP calls for tax breaks for married couples to be enshrined in law

Grandparent childcarers risk poverty

Two-year-old places have bridged the gap in early years take-up, shows study

Breastfeeding dips in informal childcare

Chain offers free places for children referred by health visitors

Lack of breakfast linked with childhood obesity

Childcare loan scheme could help businesses keep staff

Analysis: How a community can help itself

'Father engagement' should be inspected by Ofsted, says pressure group

Sure Start works better for parents than for children

Kent parents could lose out on free places due to change in funding administration

Voluntary-sector consortium to lead national campaign to highlight children's speech and language

Families to be given personal introduction to Sure Start for advice during pregnancy and beyond

Health visitor numbers fall

A million children with serious medical conditions put at risk by schools

Petition to keep childcare vouchers open tops 100,000 signatures

Flying Start scheme expands to support 36,000 more disadvantaged children

More than one million children growing up without a father

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