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Let the babies be

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  • Wednesday, March 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
I agree with Peter Dixon (In My View, 12 January) - what madness to have a curriculum for babies. Is this just a ploy to keep those who dream up these absurdities in employment? Will this lead to my 16-month-old being tested at age two? Maybe I'll have to get her a tutor or she won't pass the entry exam at the school nursery when she is three and a half. There seems to be a compulsion to fit everything into a box with planning.

Wraparound care 'will cost'

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Childcare and educational establishments have welcomed the Government's commitment to the extended schools initiative, while warning that 'it can't be done on the cheap'. Speaking at 'Every Childhood Matters', a 4Children conference held in London last week, education secretary Charles Clarke outlined plans for all schools to offer wraparound childcare from 8am to 6pm for 48 weeks of the year.

A sound start

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Never mind music's effect on the brain - its value to young children is in providing a shared experience and developing personal skills, as Susan Young explains Recent years have seen a lot of interest in how music might contribute to children's overall development, such as the supposed influence on the brain from listening to Mozart.

Cap on fees could hit training

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A 175-a-week cap on the amount nurseries can charge for a full daycare place if they want to access financial support for recruitment and training through the Transformation Fund has raised fears that many settings in the south-east and London could lose out. Following the launch of the Children's Workforce Strategy last week, the DfES confirmed that only nurseries charging 175 or less would be eligible for the 3,000 incentive to recruit graduates and the quality premium of up to 5,000 to improve the qualifications of non-graduates. A DfES spokesman said the cap on fees, which applies nationally, aimed to prevent any impact on affordability.

1: Eye to Eye

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  • Wednesday, January 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Introduce the topic with a close look at appearances ADULT-LED

The topic at a glance

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
AREAS OF LEARNING Nursery Topics - Bags and boxes covers all six areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum in England, but it can be easily adapted to suit the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish early years curricula. The areas of learning are indicated as follows:

Football coach Damian Ives shows six-year-old James Bentley how to perfect his ball skills

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Football coach Damian Ives shows six-year-old James Bentley how to perfect his ball skills at a nursery course for five- and six-year-olds at Batley Sports and Tennis Centre in West Yorkshire during the half-term holiday last week. The course was open to boys and girls, and children aged from seven to ten attended a 'mini soccer' course. Children who took part each received a certificate and a football memento. Photo Roger Moody/Guzelian

Rain or shine

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Forward planning enables you to turn any weather into an exciting and sensory learning experience The benefits of outdoor learning are well documented and access to an outdoor area should be a choice open to children on a daily basis. Where an adjacent area is accessible and continuously available, the quality and frequency of children's outdoor learning experiences largely depend on practitioners' commitment to outdoor play.

Off the shelf

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A round-up of toys and books to inspire imaginative and explorative learning, with a range of storage options to help keep things tidy Exploration and investigation

Nursery activities

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
All of us constantly control everyday things using information and communication technology (ICT). Just think how many we come across in the average day: washing machines, pedestrian crossings, DVD players, mobile phones, photocopiers - all examples of control technology. Adults are aware of technology - we remember a time before some of it existed - but young children have never known a time without it. New technology that wows adults is as normal as paper and pencil to a child.

Body parts

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  • Wednesday, January 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Get the most out of the learning opportunities provided by 'Our bodies' with these resources Dolls

Alien World

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  • Wednesday, January 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Extend the learning opportunities provided by our pullout story, Alien Numbers

Multi-purpose nativity

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  • Wednesday, September 8, 2004
    • | Nursery World
It'll be that time of year again before you know it, and the Complete Nativity Set from Holz could make a useful addition to your store of props. The set includes the stable, Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus and manger, the Angel Gabriel and a kneeling angel, three kings, two camels, a shepherd boy, a sheep, ram, cow, calf and donkey. The set is made from handcrafted wood sourced from indigenous European managed forests, rather than from a single species, and the paints are non-toxic. This set is designed to be handled and played with by the children and can be used all year round as a farm. A set of farm animals and people is also available, which includes a man, woman and two children, a shepherd boy, a ram, two sheep, three lambs, a horse and foal, two pigs and two piglets, a cow and calf and a goat and kid. The Nativity Set is priced 195 and the farm animals and people set is priced 125.

What's on the database?

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  • Tuesday, August 25, 2009
    • | Nursery World
The CWDC says the audit tool will create 'the first accurate picture of the early years workforce' and is an easy way for settings to hold details of qualifications and training, check staff qualifications meet the minimum qualification requirements for the EYFS and plan appropriate training.

First-hand glimpse of sleep aiding child development

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  • Wednesday, February 15, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The role of sleep in child development is the focus of a new interactive exhibition for parents and professionals that will be touring major UK cities over the next three months. The Sleep Like a Baby experience, which was launched by nappy manufacturers Pampers in London last week, aims to help visitors to experience a 12-hour sleep journey through the eyes of a baby.

Outside planning

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  • Wednesday, September 8, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Autumn is the best time for getting any work done on the playground, with the children outside less often but the weather still good enough to allow you to make any additions to the equipment you have. The new Adventure Tower from Hout-Land has a 'square cut' timber play house at its core that includes a bench seat and steering wheel, plus a ladder, climbing wall, rope ladder, climbing net, polymer slide and fireman's pole. The tower is made from smooth, sanded spruce timber, with ground anchors and thick beams and supports to provide stability. Measurements are 3 x 5.3m wide and the modular design means that a whole range of additions, such as swings or a sandbox, can be purchased separately from the range and added on as and when you wish. The Adventure Tower is priced 1,095 and comes with a ten-year guarantee against structural failure caused by wood rot or insect infestation. The sandbox is priced 89 and a maxi swing is priced 149. Telephone 0800 197 1897 www.supertramp.co.uk

Cover up

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  • Wednesday, September 8, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Some young children worry about getting their clothes dirty and are therefore not as enthusiastic as they might be about messy play. The solution to keeping everyone's clothes clean could be the All-in-One Art Suit from Theodore Innovative Products. This is suitable for all types of messy activities, whether it's water play, finger painting or cookery. It's available in two sizes - two to three years and four to five years - and comes in red, yellow, green or blue. The suit fastens with Velcro at the waist, ankle and back, has ventilation openings under the arms and is machine washable. Price 7.99. Also available is the Little Eater's Suit (7.99) which is available in sizes to fit babies from six to 24 months. Telephone 01582 458822

Early years and playworkers join forces

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  • Wednesday, March 13, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Organisations representing playwork and early years in Gloucestershire are working together to benefit out-of-school clubs. 'In the past few months we have been busy exploring ways of developing the service we offer our members,' explained Becky Hopkins, management committee representative from the Gloucestershire Association of Playwork. 'Discussions with Gloucestershire Playgroup and Toddler Association (PATA) have led to a new initiative called GAP and PATA - Working Together.' Both groups are keen supporters of Gloucestershire's Early Years Childcare and Development Partnership.

Part of school

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  • Wednesday, March 13, 2002
    • | Nursery World
By Anne Longfield, chief executive of Kids' Clubs Network The development of out-of-school clubs is undoubtedly one of this Government's success stories to date - the rate of growth since 1997 has been so fast we are predicting a fourfold increase in the number of clubs by 2004 - yet there is still much to be achieved for school-age childcare, in particular a further increase of new places and more help to sustain clubs in areas of disadvantage.

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