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Christmas is a peak time

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  • Wednesday, December 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Christmas is a peak time for household fires and injuries. According to Government statistics published last week, in December there are twice as many candle fires in houses as in other months of the year and also 5,400 accidental domestic fires or 174 a day, resulting in more than 400 deaths and around 12,500 injuries. The Government has issued safety tips including: switch off fairy lights when you go out or go to bed; don't overload plug sockets; don't leave candles unattended; put candles in proper holders so they can't fall over; keep Christmas decorations, cards and wrapping paper away from candles, open fires and heaters; and ensure smokers put their cigarettes right out. Check that smoke alarms are working and don't be tempted to take out the batteries to use in Christmas presents instead.More information is available on the website www.firekills.gov.uk.

'Think Fathers' campaign

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  • Tuesday, May 5, 2009
    • | Nursery World
Fathers are being given the chance to step out of the shed on the 'Think Fathers' campaign, where a garden shed is touring the country with a camera crew filming dads, granddads, mothers and children reflecting on what makes a great father, for the 'Think Fathers' website. Visit www.thinkfathers.org.

Childcare settings face tight staff law

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  • Tuesday, September 25, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Childcare settings and organisations in Northern Ireland will be prosecuted if they allow anyone to work or continue to work with children whom they know has previously been disqualified from doing so or is on a new statutory register of unsuitable people.

Spread the word

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  • Wednesday, February 8, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Pre-school children are the focus of a new nationwide early intervention programme, as Kate Summerside of I CAN explains Communication - expressing yourself and understanding others - is the foundation for all children's learning and social development. Children's verbal communication skills impact on their learning and literacy, their ability to make friends and their behaviour.

Get a move on!

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  • Wednesday, February 8, 2006
    • | Nursery World
In the first part of a new series on extending your Foundation Stage book collection to support themes, Judith Stevens looks at vehicles All early years practitioners know how important it is that young children learn to read. Adults need to make reading and sharing books a pleasurable experience for all children. When children see books as exciting, interesting and fun they will choose to read for themselves and share books with others.

'The Bossy King'

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  • Wednesday, December 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Nursery and reception class pupils at the Marist Convent Preparatory School in Sunninghill, Berkshire, invited local senior citizens to their performance of 'The Bossy King', in which a king learns to be kind and helpful after visiting the baby Jesus in Bethlehem. Nursery head Kathryn McHugh said, 'Taking part in the play has built up their confidence and given the girls a sense of pride in their achievement. Being a Catholic school, it is important to tell the Nativity story in a simple form they can understand and relate to.'

Our recommended choice

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  • Wednesday, December 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Sing and Sign - video of nursery rhymes and action songs. Sasha Felix. (12.99, www.singandsign.com, 01273 550587) Reviewed by Marian Whitehead, language and early years consultant

Nursery Worlds Nursery Makeover competition

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  • Wednesday, September 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Anna Ryder-Richardson, of BBC-TV's 'Changing Rooms' fame, shared the excitement of children and staff at Barwic Parade Nursery when she opened their refurbished premises in Selby, Yorkshire. The nursery won a pounds 5,000 package of redecoration and resources, courtesy of Galt, Abingdon carpets and Logo, in Nursery Worlds Nursery Makeover competition. Head teacher Mike Cook said, 'We now have first-class facilities in the nursery to match the first-class support and teaching.' Full story, p 22-23. Photo at Barwic Parade Nursery UNP

Scots nursery chain to expand

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  • Wednesday, September 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Careshare, Scotland's largest nursery chain, is planning a 50 per cent growth over the next six months. The expansion will create 100 new jobs and more than 800 childcare places. The company, which currently has 14 nurseries across central Scotland, is to open new units in Kinross, Aberdeen, Inverness, Livingston, Dunfermline, Glasgow and the Borders.

Training subsidies for capital childcare

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  • Wednesday, September 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Childcarers in Edinburgh will have access to heavily subsidised training from this autumn as the city's programme to boost qualification levels swings into action. The local council has worked with the childcare partnership to develop the programme, which offers 1,000 free courses in areas such as first aid, food hygiene and health and safety. These are open to all childcarers, including out-of-school workers, childminders and nursery workers in the private and voluntary sector.

Shake it up

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
When choosing baby toys don't overlook the humble rattle - it can help a baby learn to follow sounds and improve instinctive grasp, as well as entertain during nappy changes Wood If you're concerned about the amount of plastic used in the nursery you might want to consider stocking up with wooden rattles. Wood has natural antiseptic properties and can be easily wiped clean after use. Wood is also a tactile substance in its own right.

Comfort zone

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The book corner should be an enticing place where children can really settle down for a good browse - and it needn't take a major overhaul to achieve this Sitting

Blame the parents

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  • Wednesday, December 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
I read the feature about giving Santa the sack ('The real thing?', 12 December) with great interest. I am a Montessori teacher in a multireligious/multicultural school and I think we put too much emphasis on Father Christmas. But then, we live in a society which, even though it is multicultural, still has Christian values. We should respect that as well as not perpetuating the lie that Father Christmas is real. If children find it difficult to face up to that fact, then it's the parents and teachers who are to blame.

Company profile

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Sweet Counter Until 1996 Chris Mayo was a full-time primary school teacher. One day she forgot to take in the straws she normally used to teach place value and, inspired, she spent her coffee break cutting out card jars and sweets to represent hundreds, boxes to represent tens, and individual sweets to represent units and tried these out on her Year 3 class. She was gratified by the response - 'Their eyes lit up as they "saw" the concept and understood the value of numbers'. She was using a currency the children could easily understand. Sweet Counter Place Value cards were quickly followed by Flip Flap fractions illustrated by pizzas, pies and puddings.

Equipment helpline

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Q Many of our parents want to leave buggies while their children are in nursery but we have nowhere to keep them safely. What do you suggest? A Unfortunately, no one seems yet to have produced a purpose-built buggy store. However, we do have the following suggestions which may work for you. Hope Educational stocks a giant, mobile trough in which buggies could be propped up (telephone 08451 202055, www.hope-educational.co.uk) and Wesco (0115 986 2126, www.wescouk.co.uk) does something similar. Although neither of these is deep enough to stand a buggy upright and close the lid, keeping them out of sight, they are easy to move around so could be put in a secure place. LFC (08458 506507, www.lfcdesptachline.co.uk) stocks bike stands to which buggies could be attached and, finally, Great Little Trading Company, has a large, outdoor chest (0870 850 6000, www.glttc.co.uk).

Toddlers bagging a book

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  • Wednesday, August 29, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Pre-school children in Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland, are being given a head start in reading and literacy skills through access to a library of story bags. Early Literacy Kids (ELK), which supplies the story bags, arose out of the Scottish Executive's early years best practice initiative, which seeks to spread innovation and excellence in the delivery of education and childcare. The ELK scheme now covers 400 children in 12 pre-school education centres between Stranraer and Newton Stewart.

ContactPoint up and running in 17 authorities

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  • Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    • | Nursery World
The controversial online database ContactPoint, holding contact details for every child in England, is up and running in 17 local authorities in the north-west, children's secretary Ed Balls has announced. Around 800 professionals from children's services and charities Barnado's and KIDS began using it from Monday. It is due to be rolled out to the rest of England by summer (News, 27 January). The 17 'early adopter' local authorities have employed trained teams to manage data in their areas and to train frontline users. Work on updating the database was halted in April after some local authorities found flaws in shielding details of vulnerable children (News, 2 April).

'Access all areas' for centres in Leeds

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  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Plans to open a children's centres in every area of Leeds have been unveiled by the city council. The first phase of the West Yorkshire city's children's centre programme, set to be completed by May, will see 23 children's centres servicing families in the city's most disadvantaged wards.

Unpaid quality

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  • Wednesday, March 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
My work colleagues and I were quite upset by the anonymous comments about qualified pay (Letters, 24 January). I am a qualified teaching assistant, having done three years at college and a lot of voluntary work, and yet I do not get paid in school holidays because I am on the supply list.

Emotional problems forum

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  • Tuesday, May 26, 2009
    • | Nursery World
A new online forum for carers and parents of young people with emotional problems follows on from the success of the YoungMinds telephone helpline and is backed by The Sun newspaper's agony aunt Deidre. The forum is at www.shareyourstory.org.uk.

Back to basics: What's important

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  • Tuesday, March 19, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Early years practitioners may feel caught between official targets and parents' anxious expectations, against their better judgement. Jennie Lindon recalls the essentials

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