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The work of a successful child development programme in Scotland

Wednesday, February 13, 2002

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(Photograph) - The work of a successful child development programme in Scotland looks set to continue thanks to a Pounds 70,000 cash injection. The Play@home activity scheme, originally set up in 1999 by Fife Council and Fife Primary Care NHS Trust, will receive 35,000 from both the council's Children's Services Committee and the NHS Fife Board. The three-step activity programme offers parents fun ways to interact with their children and stimulate co-ordination and activity from birth to nursery age. Fife's chair of children's services, councillor Helen Law said, 'Play@home is a wonderful example of what can be achieved when agencies combine their skills to provide joined-up services tailored to meeting the needs of children.'

Neighbourhood grants awarded

Wednesday, February 13, 2002

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The first New Opportunities Fund (NOF) grants towards neighbourhood nurseries were awarded last week. The Fund's Building Neighbourhood Nurseries programme has awarded grants totalling 154,094 in Herefordshire, Newcastle and Bolton to renovate and construct new neighbourhood nurseries.

National Childcare Week

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

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(Photograph) - Lauren Spence, aged four, gives her dad, Paul, a hug after winning the under-fives section of the National Childcare Week children's art competition for her picture of her male hero, singer Gareth Gates. Lauren, from First Class Nursery in Edinburgh, won a game and a Pounds 50 voucher, and her childcarer, Khatoon Shafi, won a 75 gift voucher. The entries in the competition, organised by Nursery World, the Daycare Trust and Bright Horizons Family Solutions, are on display until the end of June at London's IMAX cinema.

In a tangle

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

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There's no avoiding regulations but there are ways that nurseries can ease their way through complying with them, as Mary Evans explains Business leaders gave a sceptical welcome to last month's Budget proposals to reduce the spider's web of red tape. While Chancellor Gordon Brown accepted the recommendations of two key reports on cutting regulations, the Government itself was accused of increasing the bureaucratic burdens on business by almost 39bn in the past eight years.

On course

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

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Scotland's first internet nursery

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

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Scotland's first internet nursery has gained the Investors in People award for its commitment to staff training and development. Technotots Nursery in Dundee installed webcams last year to allow parents to watch their children 'live' online. It completed requirements for the national quality standard in only six months, ahead of the average length of assessment time of 18 months. Nursery manager Angela McGoldrick said, 'Investors in People is an excellent way of raising standards within individual organisations. Promoting and sharing of best practice in a comparable, open and honest communication forum across the industry could have a similar effect in raising standards, and thus the status of the industry.'

Healthy eating is on the menu at Teddies Nurseries

Wednesday, June 25, 2003

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Healthy eating is on the menu at Teddies Nurseries, BUPA's UK childcare business. It has joined forces with the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) to create the Healthy Nursery Menu Awards to recognise good food standards at Teddies' 36 nurseries, which care for about 2,000 children. Among the BNF's ten criteria for a good weekly menu for children are that dishes should vary so they are more likely to receive a range of nutrients; meals should include a good source of iron, for example, red meat; a source of vitamin C, such as orange juice, should be served with vegetarian meals to improve iron absorption; a calcium source such as fromage frais, yoghurt or cheese should be served daily for healthy bones and teeth; fresh fruit or a fruit-based dessert should be offered daily; and vegetables should be served every day. Ten Teddies Nurseries have won gold awards for satisfying at least eight of the standards, while others received silver and bronze awards. The chain said it plans to use the BNF recommendations to bring all its nurseries up to the gold standard.

Autism study findings

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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First-born children with older mothers and fathers have a greater risk of developing autism than later children of young parents, according to a new study. Funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, looked at the records of 240,000 children born in 1994, identifying 1,251 as having autism. Researchers said that the study provided evidence that maternal and paternal age are associated with autism. Mothers surveyed aged 35 or over had a 30 per cent increased risk of having an autistic child, while the fathers aged over 40 had a 40 per cent higher risk then fathers aged 25 to 29.

Action points: managing staff personal problems

Wednesday, February 13, 2002

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* Never ignore the problem and allow it to develop until it impacts on the other staff, children and parents. * If there are enough staff available, take the person outside for a chat. If not, say, "Take ten minutes out to settle yourself and we will talk later".'

Teach the parents

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

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I read Julian Grenier's article with interest. But I believe there are two flaws - he didn't mention the role that parents have to play in educating children on good eating habits, or how proper meals and meal times educate children to be healthy. Children need to be in an environment where there is routine. The home environment matters a lot to a child. How are we as teachers supposed to help children to learn if we do not get support from their parents or in their home life?

Shop 'til you drop

Wednesday, February 13, 2002

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Part of the early learning goal for Knowledge and Understanding of the World is to 'find out about and identify the uses of everyday technology'. A good way of doing this is to provide ICT opportunities in role play areas, for example a shop. Try some of the following ideas:

Editor's view

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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The new report for Sure Start on children's transition from the Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1, carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research, will provide welcome ammunition for those in favour of extending play-based learning (News, page 8). If action were taken on the report's recommendations it would be good news for KS1 children, who can find the move to a more formal approach to learning difficult. Many are not ready to sit still listening to a teacher for long periods and need continued opportunities for active, independent learning. It would be wonderful, too, if teachers throughout primary schools received training on the Foundation Stage curriculum and how to integrate elements of it. All too often it seems no-one outside the Foundation Stage has much idea of what it involves!

A childcare voucher scheme attracts record interest

Wednesday, February 5, 2003

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A childcare voucher scheme by Busy Bees, the UK's third largest nursery chain, has attracted record interest from employers. In the past six months the Skipton Building Society, the supermarket chain Asda and the London borough of Newham have all introduced Busy Bees childcare vouchers for their staff, while the nursery group is also the largest supplier of childcare vouchers to NHS Trusts. John Woodward, managing director of Busy Bees, said, 'It appears that companies are now waking up to the potential that vouchers offer, both for employees to make their childcare more affordable and for employers to improve staff recruitment and retention.' He said he expected that the Government's changes to the Working Families Tax Credit in April would lead to more interest.

Further action may follow Jigsaw death

Wednesday, February 5, 2003

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The inquest into the death of Thomas Egan, the five-month-old baby with a known cow's milk allergy who died at a Jigsaw nursery after being fed a cereal that contained milk protein, concluded last week with a verdict of accidental death contributed to by neglect. Following the verdict, the baby's father, Gordon Egan, said he and his wife Wendy would be pursuing further discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service regarding possible corporate manslaughter charges. He said that when Thomas started at the nursery at Browns Wood, Milton Keynes, they had given specific details of his allergy to cow's milk.

A paperless childcare voucher launched by the Grass Roots Group

Wednesday, February 5, 2003

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A paperless childcare voucher scheme has been launched by the Grass Roots Group, a provider of business services. Under the 'care-4' system, once an employer has decided to join, participating employees simply advise the scheme's administrators of the amount that they wish to pay to their carers. Approved carers are registered with care-4 and receive their agreed payments directly in their bank accounts. Employees have a personal care-4 card and PIN to authorise the cash transfers, and can make authorisations via a 24-hour automated service or the website. The scheme brings a reduction in National Insurance contributions for employers, which can be passed on to the member of staff. For details contact Julie Barker on 01442 829 385, or see the websites www.care-4.co.uk or www.grg.com.

Britain stuck on gender barriers

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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Childcare is still a 'no-go' area for men because Britain is failing to open up non-traditional employment opportunities to boys leaving school and college, says a report by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC). Free to Choose: tackling gender barriers to better jobs, the EOC's final report into sex segregation, focuses on five highly segregated professions - construction, engineering, plumbing and information and communications technology (male-dominated) and childcare (female-dominated).

Understaffed

Wednesday, February 13, 2002

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Why are childminders allowed sole charge of up to six children? A day nursery would have to provide two members of staff to care for one child, let alone six. Childminders should have to employ an assistant when caring for other people's children. This would provide a safety net for the children if the childminder should become ill or was in an unfit state to care for the children in her home.

Project to brush up dental health

Wednesday, February 5, 2003

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A new scheme aims to tackle Scotland's appalling dental health statistics by setting up a toothbrushing project in every nursery. At present, by the age of five, 55 per cent of Scottish children have dental disease and over a quarter of a million teeth are extracted from Scottish children each year. The Scottish Executive's white paper, Towards a Healthier Scotland, published in 1999, set a target of 60 per cent of five-year-olds with no experience of dental disease by 2010.

Tower Hamlets Council

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

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* Tower Hamlets Council in London has received top marks for children's services from both Ofsted and the Commission for Social Care Inspection. It was awarded four stars for children's education, four stars for children's social care and four stars for its capacity to get even better.

Audit Commission study

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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Children's trusts that were created by the Children Act in 2004 following the inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie have made little difference to children's services, an Audit Commission study has found. Trusts often lack clear direction and have made slow progress, with 'little evidence of better outcomes for children and young people', the Commission said. It said the trusts were still 'bedding down', but called for children and young people to have more say in how services are designed.

Series guide

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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To deliver the Foundation Stage curriculum effectively, practitioners need to consider three levels of planning: * long-term plans, which chart the learning opportunities that will be offered through continuous and permanent provision

Puffins Childcare Centres

Wednesday, February 5, 2003

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Puffins Childcare Centres is celebrating being re-recognised under the Investor in People scheme, which the company has held since 1996. The IiP's assessor said, 'Puffins demonstrated quite clearly and without any doubt that it continues to satisfy the national standard. Puffins' owners, Maureen Guard and Rosalind Taylor, said they were 'delighted' by this endorsement of their commitment to staff development at their nurseries in Exeter and Torbay. They added that they believe staff development to be 'the most effective way to maintain the quality of care received by the children, which provided staff with professional development opportunities'. The IiP award is based on four key principles for people development.

Appeal by 'Blue Peter' to help set up breakfast clubs

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

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A new appeal by the BBC children's programme 'Blue Peter' is aiming to help set up breakfast clubs in the UK as well as in Bangladesh, Colombia and South Africa. 'Blue Peter' editor Tim Levell said, 'We hope that Mission Nutrition will present a real opportunity for children to understand more about food - where it comes from, how to grow their own, what is healthy and what the challenges are to eating well for children around the world. We want to put two million meals on plates.' More information is available at www.missionnutrition.org.uk.

Donna Agnew, age 21, of Kilrea, Co Londonderry

Wednesday, February 6, 2002

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(Photograph) - Donna Agnew, age 21, of Kilrea, Co Londonderry, is this year's winner of the Causeway Institute of Further and Higher Education's Early Years Cup, sponsored by Nursery World. Donna, a BTec National Diploma student in childhood studies at the Institute's Ballymoney campus, achieved distinctions in all units and works as a classroom assistant in Kilrea Primary School. She celebrated with course tutor Norma McKinney (centre) and Aine Lynch, course co-ordinator and head of health, social care and catering.

Reception staff in redundancy fight

Wednesday, February 6, 2002

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Nursery nurses working in reception classes have mounted a campaign to fight their local authority's plans to make them redundant. A consultation paper sent to headteachers in the London borough of Hounslow in the last week of January put forward proposals to cut the budget for reception units by 990,000 and fund reception at the same rate as year one. In practice this would require the withdrawal of nursery nurses from early years teams and affect 97 nursery nurse jobs. The consultation period ends on 15 February.

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