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Primary pupils train to counsel peers

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Children as young as six are being trained in anger management techniques so they can act as mentors to their fellow pupils, preventing playground disputes flaring out of control or bullying. The peer-mentoring scheme was pioneered three years ago by Nesta Murray, headteacher at St Ann's Primary School in Tottenham, London. It is now operating in seven other schools in the area. Ms Murray said, 'It has been very successful and made a big difference to our school. You have to continuously update your behavioural management techniques, and we have tried many anger management techniques over the years, but they were all top down approaches.

Sensory play triggers expression

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Communication was the name of the game at a unique interactive exhibition for children last week. The Big Wide Talk, a Cambridge-based charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with speech and language difficulties, held Exhibition-Expedition, the first event of its kind, at Truman Breweries in Brick Lane, London. Groups of children, parents and practitioners took part in a series of sensory activities.

Following the SEN Code of Practice

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  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Writing an SEN policy This should cover your overall arrangements for children with SEN, including admissions, your access to specialist facilities, and any staff with specialist qualifications. Think about what resources you have; which people should be involved; who will identify and assess children, and where you will do this; how you will review your policy; and how you will deal with complaints.

Suffering in silence

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  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Too many sufferers of postnatal depression are left undiagnosed and unsupported, says a new report. Katie Simpson looks at what guidelines need to be put in place The arrival of a new baby is expected to be one of the happiest times in a woman's life. But becoming a mother has a huge physical, social and psychological impact. Hormonal changes mean that most new mothers experience the 'baby blues' in the first week after childbirth, but for 15 per cent of the 669,000 who give birth in the UK each year, this develops into postnatal depression. A shocking new report from industry analysts, Datamonitor, show that more than 75 per cent of those affected are left undiagnosed and untreated.

Welcome to the team

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  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
By Charles Clarke, the newly-appointed secretary of state for education We will rightly be judged by the opportunities we offer to children of all ages in our schools. I want children to enjoy their time at school, to be stimulated by the excitements of their time at school, and to leave school genuinely feeling confident to meet the challenges of their future life. This is what parents want too. Parents want to feel that they have done the best by their children, that they have acquired the skills and talents which they will need to make their way in a world that is changing rapidly and where those who are left behind face the danger of increased marginalisation. And I believe that is what teachers want too.

Reader offer

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  • Wednesday, July 27, 2005
    • | Nursery World
For the baby on the go needing a comfy place to sleep, the pop-up travel cot from Samsonite Baby Travel folds out from its own lightweight carry bag into a free-standing, soft, safe and clean bed that nannies can easily slip into a car or a suitcase. The cot retails at Pounds 34.99 and Professional Nanny has one to give away free. Just send your name and address on a postcard marked 'travel cot' to our address on this page by 25 August and the first entry out of the bag wins. For details of other Samsonite best buys go to www.baby-travel.com. Nursery World (TSL Education Ltd) and its associated companies may from time to time wish to process, or disclose your data to approved third party companies, in order to monitor our service and send you future promotions.

Nursery chain grows by five

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  • Wednesday, April 9, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The Just Learning nursery chain has added five new day nurseries to its portfolio in a series of three deals across England. The new nurseries will bring the number of places provided by Just Learning up to a total of 3,332. The chain was listed as the seventh-largest UK nursery group in the November 2002 issue of the Nursery World supplement Nursery Chains, and its latest acquisitions would have put it in fifth place, ahead of Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Kidsunlimited.

The Daycare Trust

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  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Daycare Trust has renewed its call for every community to have a children's centre, urging parents and organisations to sign its charter calling for 'a publicly-funded universal expansion of integrated services for all children and families'. The Trust said that the children's centres would bring together good-quality childcare with early years education, family support and health services. The charter is available from the Daycare Trust on 020 7480 3350 or on the website www.daycaretrust.org.uk.

Growing up

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  • Wednesday, April 9, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Just because your club hasn't got a garden doesn't mean you can't enjoy growing plants. With spring here, this is the time to start planting, says Gail Bushell. close your eyes and imagine: the touch and feel of soft velvety rose petals; the smell of a carpet of bluebells on a bright, early spring day; the taste of your own freshly picked bright red tomatoes; sunflowers, heads all pointing the same direction as they reach for the hot sun; the sound of water trickling through stones and gleaming as it catches the bright sunlight.

Nursery chain let sex offender work in kitchen

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  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    • | Nursery World
A manager and a deputy manager of a south London nursery owned by nursery chain CfBT Education Trust have been suspended for their failure to carry out appropriate checks, which led to a convicted paedophile being employed in the nursery kitchen.

Rightly so

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  • Wednesday, July 20, 2005
    • | Nursery World
What can settings do when a parent's wishes clash with their principles? Jane Lane advises A recent letter (Nursery World, 23 June) told of the case of a parent objecting to a male childcarer changing their child's nappy for cultural reasons, rather than child protection concerns. How, asked the nursery owner, could the setting balance respect for the parent's wishes, in terms of supporting cultural diversity, with respect for the rights of the staff member, in terms of ensuring equality?

New approaches to working with children

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  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
New approaches to working with children will be at the heart of the agenda of a conference at the London Institute of Education on 12 November organised in conjunction with the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU). The conference, which is targeted at early years practitioners, trainers, managers and policy makers, will focus on whether present reform and modernisation of children's services goes far enough. Contact Annabelle Stapleton at TCRU on 020 7882 6962.

Children from the Colourbox Montessori School

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  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Children from the Colourbox Montessori School in Exning Road, Newmarket, have raised more than 1,200 for charity by doing a sponsored toddle around the grounds of its nursery. The money is going to Barnardo's and the Romanian Orphanage Appeal. Susie Norman, Colourbox founder, said, 'Within the nursery we are committed to expanding the children's understanding of the wider world and the fact that not all children lead such happy lives. With this in mind our pupils have helped raise an additional 600 for charity by holding fundraising events and working with the Suffolk Shoebox organisation, filling shoeboxes with clothes for children in Romanian orphanages.'

Catering for vegetarians

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  • Wednesday, July 20, 2005
    • | Nursery World
by Rosalyn Spencer, primary school teacher and chair of the Louth Vegetarian Group As a small child, having just heard the story of the Three Little Pigs, I was horrified to discover the reality of where my pork sausages came from.

Fun for all in Parents' Week

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  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Beach parties, music days and craft sessions were held to celebrate last week's Parents' Week (21-27 October) amid revelations that Posh and Becks are out and parents are in as the role models for most children. At the start of Parents' Week, organised by the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI), the sun shone for children from Bridlington South Sure Start in East Yorkshire having fun at their beach hut. Sure Start administrator Leone Pavlidou said, 'We had a lovely day and it was very sunny as we played games, made sandcastles and collected shells on the beach.

Bill for children's champion passes

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  • Wednesday, April 2, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Scotland came a step closer to giving children their own human rights champion after a Bill to establish a Commissioner for Children and Young People was passed last week. The commissioner, expected to be in post by the start of 2004, will act as an independent 'voice' promoting and safeguarding the interests of children and making recommendations directly to the Scottish Parliament.

Advertising Standards Authority

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  • Wednesday, April 2, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A nursery that claimed in the local Essex press, 'We have just been voted the number one childcare provider', has been asked to remove this wording from advertisements after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint about it. The Sunshine Day Nursery in Westcliff-on-Sea based its claim on a survey carried out in Sunshine Babyworld, a supermarket owned by one of its sister companies. The ASA ruled that 'the methodology of the survey was flawed' and was 'likely to mislead people into thinking the accolade had been given by an independent organisation'. The survey asked people to rate four nurseries, two of which were other Sunshine Day Nursery Schools in Essex and one that was another nursery provider.

Pressure mounts for nanny register

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  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Pressure should be exerted on the newly-constituted Better Regulation Task Force to reverse its previous recommendation to the Government and support the creation of a national register of nannies, says a leading nanny representative. Tricia Pritchard, professional officer at the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses, made the call after a Task Force spokesman said the recruitment of six new members to the 15-strong body would not alter its stance on the issue, which it set out in a report in 1998.

The Investors in People standard

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  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Investors in People standard has been awarded to the Westminster Children's Society, whose operations and training manager, June O'Sullivan, said, 'We decided to be assessed for the award because we felt having an external stimulus would keep us on our toes. In a nursery staff are crucial to the quality of service provided. Helping them to develop and improve has a direct impact on the care and education of children.' A panel of assessors visited the society to interview staff and evaluate training programmes.

Fine motor and touch development: Make contact

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  • Tuesday, April 1, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Touching and grasping not only tell children about textures; it is also how they explore the consequences of their actions, and learn about their own abilities for reaching and holding. Jennie Lindon explains the significance of such motions

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