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Room at the top

    News
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A pioneering nursery in a council tower block in Edinburgh is still going strong, as Barbara Millar climbs the stairs When Edinburgh Corporation built Westfield Court in 1951, the development was immediately hailed in the press as a 'showpiece'. The eight-storey block of 88 'labour-saving' homes, at an average rent of 38 shillings and seven pence, was then - at 90 feet - the tallest block of flats to be built in Scotland. It boasted gas-operated incinerators in each apartment, to reduce refuse to ash, 'sun-trap' balconies overlooking a bowling green, constant hot water and a small, self-operated lift. To cap it all - literally - on the top floor of the building, a purpose-built nursery was opened in 1953.

MBE for Wilma Cumming

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  • Wednesday, November 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Wilma Cumming, manager of the University of Aberdeen's Rocking Horse Nursery, was presented with an MBE by Prince Charles at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace. She was nominated for the award by nursery parents in recognition of her services to childcare for over 40 years and particularly the support she has given parents during her 13 years at Rocking Horse. Photo: Donald Stewart

Editor's view

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  • Wednesday, March 14, 2007
    • | Nursery World
In this issue of Nursery Management we bring you up to date with progress on the ten-year childcare strategy and provide essential information to help you prepare for the next wave of change, including the introduction of the Early Years Foundation Stage. To succeed, the new framework will need a better trained workforce to deliver it. For too long, quantity of places has taken priority over quality of provision. Too often, courses have been found lacking and funding has been in short supply. And there is little sign that real progress is being made.

Settling in to a new job

    News
  • Wednesday, March 14, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Starting a new job can be extremely stressful, but your employer should have an effective induction programme in place to address your anxieties about understanding new procedures, getting to know colleagues and taking on any new responsibilities. The length and format of your induction process will depend on the complexity of your new job and your background, so newcomers to the sector and senior managers, for example, can expect to undergo a more detailed induction process.

Bearded saviours

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  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
I am writing regarding the recent coverage editorially and on the Letters page of Nursery World of two subjects - Halloween and Santa Claus. I was outraged at the number of practitioners who said they welcome Halloween as 'harmless fun'. Really? As a nursery nurse, university student, Christian and future mother I am very alarmed at the lack of care shown here. Encouraging interest in magic, ghosts and ghouls does not benefit children psychologically or emotionally. As a Christian I would never allow my children to be exposed to this nonsense, and I would point out to them the obvious dangers of 'trick or treat'. In this day and age, what parent in their right mind would allow their children to be exposed to such potential dangers as abduction?

High failure rate for sector apprentices

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  • Tuesday, March 13, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The success rates of early years advanced NVQ apprentices are the worst in the work-based learning sector, according to a survey by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI).

It's a new year

    News
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
By Anne Longfield, chief executive of Kids' Clubs Network. 2002 was a successful year. We saw the publication of the Government's major inter-departmental review of childcare, the first financial commitment to the growth of children's centres, the introduction of the new Child Tax Credit and the Education Act giving schools the power to run community services such as childcare.

Lift the lid

    News
  • Wednesday, January 15, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A box that tells the main events of a child's life, and reveals his hopes and dreams when opened, is precious indeed, says Miranda Walker This unusual activity has great appeal to children of all ages. It's creative, requires the children to reflect on their lives, and to think about their aspirations for the future. The children are unlikely to have done anything like it before, so why not give it a try?

Victor Ubogu

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  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Former England rugby player Victor Ubogu enjoyed finger painting with children at Babyface Nursery in Bath when he swapped his day job running a hospitality business for a shift as an early years practitioner in support of the Department for Education and Skills' early years and childcare recruitment campaign. Photo Rebecca Harley

Childminders honoured

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Childminders who have provided a total of 535 years of services for thousands of children in England and Wales were honoured by the National Childminding Association chair Lynn Daley (centre) and other members at the NCMA's conference and annual general meeting in Eastbourne, West Sussex. Certificates were presented to the NCMA members attending the conference who had worked as childminders for more than 25 years.

NUT helps teachers plan for play

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  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The largest teachers' union has developed a policy on the role of play in teaching all age groups from the Foundation Stage upwards. At its first play conference, in London last week, the National Union of Teachers launched the policy and called for an independent review of the national curriculum that would provide more opportunities for play in schools. The NUT also called for local authorities to be encouraged to establish individual play policies, with a national audit of play facilities.

Review strategy, Government told

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  • Wednesday, October 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A leading childcare charity has renewed its call to the Government to undertake a fundamental review of the National Childcare Strategy. In its annual review published today (Thursday), the Daycare Trust said that the Government's pledge to end child poverty would only succeed if it delivered childcare for all children and parents.

Keep to the time

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  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I am pleased that Jenny Mosley and Ross Grogan ('Doing good', 22 February) address helping young children to learn moral values. But I am concerned about the consequences of their advice being applied to nursery-age children. The basic two golden rules can make sense in the social world of three- to five-year-olds. However, simple words and actions close to the time best help children understand that their behaviour was an example of what adults mean by 'gentle'. Heavy use of symbolic rewards like stickers disrupts children's ability to internalise values. They do not learn to make the unpaid choice to be helpful. In contrast, children learn, 'If I'm kind, they give me badges.'

In stock a monthly round-up of new resources

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  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
* A new website for teachers and education professionals offers career advice, news of resources and articles on aspects of teaching and learning at teachingexpertise.com. * The Meningitis Research Foundation has launched a website giving information on the symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia, which is the blood poisoning form of meningitis. With written and audio information in 18 different languages including Arabic, Chinese and Albanian, www.meningitis.org offers advice for anyone affected by the disease.

Well connected

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Look into the minds of babies and toddlers as Kevin Kelman and Alice Sharp embark on an informative new series Parents have always recognised the newborn's basic need for safety, nourishment, warmth and nurturing. Now science has added stunning revelations about human development from birth to age three, confirming the critical influence of parents and other adult caregivers.

Paperword

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
It is important to keep accurate records when starting a club, but this can seem a daunting task. Miranda Walker suggests ways of keeping those papers under control while it's certainly not the administration that attracts practitioners into playwork, it has to be attended to.

Rope it in

    News
  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
From imaginative play to games and construction work, ropes are a versatile resource, says Philip Waters his laser-blaster at the ready, Josh quietly and stealthily crept around the edges of the creature's lair. The 'Slithertooth' was a snake-like creature that had been dormant for thousands of years deep within the planet's core. That was until a volcano erupted two weeks ago and sent it to the surface.

Childcare for National Health Service staff

    News
  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Childcare for National Health Service staff is the focus for a conference in London on 12 February. 'Beyond Workplace Nurseries' is the second annual NHS childcare conference organised by the Daycare Trust on behalf of the NHS. Speakers will include health minister John Hutton, Nick Tooze of the Sure Start Unit, and Daycare Trust director Stephen Burke. Workshops topics will include developing local strategy; working in partnership; and employers, tax credits and childcare. There will also be a panel discussion with Debbie Mellor of the Department of Health, Delyth Lloyd-Evans of the Pan-London Workforce Development Confederation, and Karen Jennings of Unison. For details contact Leona Walsh at Daycare Trust on 020 7840 3350 ext 204. * See special report, page 10

Chains tally profit and loss

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Kidsunlimited, the sixth-largest private nursery group in the UK and Ireland, made a loss of 1.89m after tax in the ten months to 30 April 2002, on a turnover of 9.3m. Finance director Stephen Chalmers-Morris said 372,000 of the loss had been incurred by raising funds to expand. The operating loss before interest, depreciation and exceptional items was 346,212. 'If you look at the operating loss on a cash basis, the loss is not as severe,' he said.

Comedian Tony Hawks presents National Training Award

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Comedian Tony Hawks presented Samantha Tomlin, human resource manager for ChildBase (second from right), with a National Training Award for achieving lasting excellence through training that benefits the company, its staff and the community. The Newport Pagnall-based nursery chain won the award in recognition of its on-the-job training for NVQs along with courses for management development and having its own assessment centre for work-based qualifications.

Be Inspired

    News
  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Learning about the principles and main features of the Reggio Emilia approach will help educators examine their own practice The pre-schools of Reggio Emilia, in northern Italy, came to international attention in 1991 when Newsweek magazine named one of its schools, the Diana School, one of the ten best schools in the world. Since then, interest in the Reggio approach has grown enormously. The two visits of the exhibition 'The 100 Languages of Children' to the UK in 1997 and 2000 drew audiences of more than 50,000 people. Over 300 professionals from the UK have joined study tours to Reggio Emilia to see the philosophy in practice in the region's pre-schools and infant-toddler centres.

Into practice

    News
  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Some useful contacts in England can help early setting to incorporate the ideals of Reggio Emilia The Reggio approach is entirely compatible with the principles underpinning the Foundation Stage. These principles have given early years educators an opportunity to work in ways that recognise the importance of understanding and valuing the thinking, ideas and interests of young children, and use the knowledge gained from this understanding as the key stimulus for the planning of learning and teaching.

Children's Plan to enable playgrounds to be used in Easter holidays

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  • Tuesday, March 31, 2009
    • | Nursery World
Children will be able to use 500 new or refurbished playgrounds in this Easter's holidays. The sites, part of the first roll-out of the 235m play investment announced in the Children's Plan, will be open in 63 local authorities across England. The Government has pledged to fund 3,500 play areas and 30 adventure playgrounds in England by 2011 (News, 18 December). A list of new spaces is available at www.dcsf.gov.uk/play.

Pitfall to a degree

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  • Wednesday, October 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Recently I completed my CACHE Diploma in Nursery Nursing. I feel proud and privileged to have a professional award and have decided to further my career. After arduous enquiries and being turned down by several universities, I finally managed to convince my local university of the content and depth of the course I had studied. As a result, I am now looking forward to beginning a three-year BSc degree programme to train to become a midwife.

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