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Student links

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  • Wednesday, May 15, 2002
    • | Nursery World
* This article links to elements C3.1, C3.2, C3.3 of the NVQ 3 in Early Years Childcare and Education. Evidence collector: If you are a student, you may wish to carry out the following activity. Remember to consult with your supervisor and/or the children's parents if necessary.

Study days

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  • Wednesday, May 11, 2005
    • | Nursery World
For Matt Beety it was a priority to be earning while studying, so when he spotted an ad at his local job centre to work towards an NVQ level 3 as part of an Advanced Apprenticeship with nursery chain KidsUnlimited, it seemed an ideal opportunity. 'For me it meant there was no gap in earnings, and I found that the process of assessment was integrated into my day-to-day work in a way that was very easy to accommodate,' he says.

To the point...

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  • Wednesday, November 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
This week's columnist Pat Wills offers a solution to our society's anxieties about touching children I have always found listening to Cleo Laine singing the evocative song 'Sometimes when we touch' thought-provoking. It is even more so in the current climate.

Healthy competition

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  • Wednesday, May 11, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Traditional playground games allow children to burn off excess energy. Lynne Garner describes some modern variations we all played them when we were children, learning the rules from one another or simply making them up as we went along. They had such names as 'British Bull Dog', 'Tag', 'He', 'It' and many others I'm sure you can think of. However, the rules used may now be a blurred memory. So in order to enable you to encourage the children to burn off a little energy by playing fun games, we have put together a few that are ideal for the playground.

Catch of the day

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  • Wednesday, September 17, 2008
    • | Nursery World
Nathan Ashworth, age three, shows off the catch of the day at Busy Bees Preston Hospital nursery, after a visit from nutritionist Ady Delaney, the founder of Eat Right UK.

Supersize it!

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  • Wednesday, May 11, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Bring art to life with a child-sized collage on which the whole group can collaborate, and perhaps even join in the picture. Miranda Walker shows how traditional collages, where children stick items to a background of paper or card, are a popular way of introducing a range of tactile materials into children's artwork. These pictures can be kept for posterity. But how about ringing the changes occasionally? There's no need to settle for small scale when you make a loose-leaf collage - in fact, the bigger the better!

Opponents slam phonics plans

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  • Wednesday, November 15, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Early years experts have criticised the Government's move to publish a list of approved phonics schemes. The DfES is planning to introduce a quality assurance scheme to evaluate commercial and other phonics programmes and ensure that they meet minimum standards (News, 26 October 2006).

19m to support adopted children

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  • Wednesday, September 11, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Play and music therapy will form part of a package of support to help adopted children bond with their families.

Jet setters

    News
  • Wednesday, May 15, 2002
    • | Nursery World
While the families of children in your care plan their holidays, says Emma Haughton, you can make them aware of possible hazards and help them to travel safely Couples with young children tend to have bigger incomes than they used to. They will probably have delayed having a family until their late twenties or early thirties and they may both work. At the same time the cost of holidays, particularly abroad, has fallen over the past 30 years. Result? More young children are being taken to exotic locations by their parents.

Childminding networks

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  • Wednesday, May 4, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Childminding networks help motivate and retain high-quality registered childminders, according to a study carried out by the National Children's Bureau for the National Childminding Association. Researchers looked at almost 50 NCMAChildren Come First (CCF) approved networks. It found that more than half of childminders on a CCF network hold a level 3 qualification or above, compared with just 20 per cent of childminders who are not part of a network. The report, Children Come First: the role of approved childminding networks in changing practice, is available on www.ncma.org.uk.

Extra time

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  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The latest childcare gap to be identified is among parents working unsocial hours - but they have to know that care is available before they will seek it. Simon Vevers investigates. While the Government urges employers to introduce 'family-friendly'

Award to Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantristant

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  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
An international award for services to parents and babies has been made to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantristant. Welsh health minister Jane Hutt presented staff at the hospital with the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Award in recognition of the role played by midwives in providing breastfeeding advice. In May, the Welsh Assembly appointed a breastfeeding co-ordinator to improve rates of breastfeeding by working with health professionals and voluntary groups to support mothers. The daycare setting's name, address and inspection report will be published on the Ofsted website. But if the provider has a good reason for wanting the name, address and report withheld, such as being based on a military site or in a women's refuge, Ofsted will consider doing so.

Star performers

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  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
This year's Excellence in Childcare Awards, run by Kids' Clubs Network with Nursery World and Prima magazines and sponsored by Sure Start, brings you the unsung heroes who have shaped the childcare sector with good practice, patience and perseverance. Nicole Curnow reports

Get fresh

    News
  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A project on fruit will encourage the children to explore colours, patterns and taste, as well as promoting a healthy diet, says Jean Evans Adult-led activity

PVI providers team up to influence council plans

    News
  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008
    • | Nursery World
The Daycare Trust has teamed up with the Pre-school Learning Alliance to launch a childcare assistance project in London to help PVI providers influence the strategic plans of their local councils.

Guidance on the new legal

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  • Wednesday, May 15, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Guidance on the new legal requirement for children with special educational needs to be included in mainstream education has been published by the ScottishExecutive. The new requirement, introduced as a result of the Standards in Scotland's Schools Act 2000, takes effect from 1 August 2003 and applies to all children attending school, nursery schools and classes, including non-local authority pre-school centres which receive local authority subsidy for places. The guidance urges local authorities to take account of information from pre-school and childcare staff, alongside other professionals and parents, when planning special needs provision, and clarifies the circumstances under which a mainstream setting may not be appropriate. It is available on www.scotland.gov.uk/publications.

Contenders line up for NW awards

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  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008
    • | Nursery World
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Nursery World Awards 2008, following an intensive day's judging by our panel of top experts. In alphabetical order, the shortlisted organisations are (some will have been listed for more than one category):

Literacy hour leaves 'no time for thinking'

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  • Wednesday, May 15, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The national literacy hour is not giving children opportunities to learn how to speak and think for themselves, according to an academic study. Researchers from Durham and Leicester Universities have found that teachers feel under pressure to keep up the pace of the literacy hour and are asking children questions which require only brief and unreflective answers, rather than taking an open-ended approach that allows the children to express their views at length. The study found that just one in ten of the spoken contributions children make during the literacy hour is longer than three words, with only five per cent longer than five.

Registered male teachers in nursery schools

    News
  • Wednesday, September 24, 2008
    • | Nursery World
There are no registered male teachers under the age of 25 working in nursery schools, according to an annual census published last week by the General Teaching Council.

Larger than life

    News
  • Wednesday, May 4, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Giant inflatable insects from Learning Resources could be just the thing for your science lessons or displays. A supersize ladybird, dragonfly, ant, bee and grasshopper are all realistically detailed and are suitable for children from age five. The maximum size measures 63 x 75cm. The set of five insects costs 27.95. Telephone 0845 241 0484 www.learningresources.co.uk

Light and bright

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  • Wednesday, May 4, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Urchin's new furniture is guaranteed to brighten up a dull corner of the nursery and can be moved about to where it's needed with no risk of back strain. Made from durable EVA foam, the Tarantino range is designed to be strong, light and washable and will easily take an adult's weight. Available in blue and green stripes or red and orange stripes, the table measures 44(h) x 73(w) x 54(d)cm and is priced at 89.95. The chair measures 44(h) x 36(w) x 33(d)cm and is 52.95. The stool measures 27(h) x 36(w) x 33(d)cm and is 34.95.

New nanny register campaign

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  • Wednesday, July 16, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A national working group of nanny agencies and nanny representatives is set to lobby the Government to introduce a register of nannies. The working group, whose 20 members include the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the National Children's Bureau, the Daycare Trust, the Chiltern College, the NSPCC and Nannytax, and agencies including Tinies Childcare and Nannies Abroad, was brought together by the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses (PANN).

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