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Letters: Handouts for Fraud

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 19, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I am concerned about the way families receive help with the cost of their childcare through Working Families Tax Credit.

In My View: Losing out to profit motive

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 19, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Purnima Tanuku's 'Profit or loss?' (13 September) makes some good points about government funding and the private sector, but unfortunately not her suggestion that 'profit' be replaced with 'surplus'. The dictionary defines surplus as, 'an amount left over when requirements have been met'. This is what the public perceive as profit, where funds spent on 'staff training, investment in resources...' and so on have already been included in budgeting and expenditure and therefore are not part of 'profit'.

Editor's view

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 19, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The debate over the place of private, voluntary and independent providers in childcare services rages on this week, following Helen Penn's launch of the International Centre for the Study of the Mixed Economy of Childcare (Nursery World, 30 August) and Purnima Tanuku of the NDNA's response about the need for profit to keep the PVI sector healthy (13 September).

Letters: Grant us freedom

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I agree with much of Marcella Cunningham's letter about the private sector (Nursery World, 30 August).

Editor's View

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The principle of early intervention to bring about change and improvement is firmly established across children's services. However, the idea of five-year-olds being warned off guns and the gang lifestyle by uniformed police officers might seem a step too far.

In my view: The roots of this violence

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The problem of violence impacts on us all. It uses our taxes in imprisoning young people and paying for their wounded victims. It's like a virus, forcing children who are protected to become more aggressive in order to survive.

Letters: How to do good food

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Like Gary Holmes (Letters, 26 July) I find it strange that there are still childcare providers who do not offer children a quality diet.

In my view: Eating organic is good for you

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 5, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Last year, sales of organic baby foods in the UK increased by 7 per cent and sales of organic finger foods, including rice cakes, rusks and biscuits, leapt up 48 per cent.

Letters: Under-threes surpass 'modern art' masters

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 5, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I am not usually one to complain, but please, please, please no more 'art' posters! I used to really look forward to discussing and displaying the lovely, bright, interesting posters that depicted various topic-related subjects, eg at the hospital, on the beach, farm animals, but now find myself dreading issues that mention 'art' poster!

How much more must I give?

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 5, 2007
    • | Nursery World
I left school and qualified as an NNEB from Cornwall Tech in 1981 and have stayed in childcare. I have nannied and worked in day nurseries - social services, private, charity-run and local authority. I have worked with children on the at-risk register, and for eight years in a school with children aged from four to 19 years, with moderate to severe learning difficulties.

Editor's view

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 5, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Here on Nursery World, we certainly don't hold with the view that 21 billion of Government money has been wasted on early years education and childcare, though to read many of the national newspapers over the past week, you might be forgiven for thinking that was the case (see News, page 4).

Does Ofsted get the full picture?

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, September 5, 2007
    • | Nursery World
After a recent inspection, I feel there are inconsistencies in the Ofsted evaluation process. We were told by the inspector that she does not give an outstanding grade to anyone, as there is always room for improvement.

Letters: Give and take

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Well done, Conservative MP Anne McIntosh ('MPs argue over private nursery viability', 12 July). I believe the Government certainly is opposed to the private sector.

Letters: Deserving students?

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007
    • | Nursery World
While I understand from Louise Masterson's own admission that she does not come from a childcare background, I was still taken aback at her comments that her fellow students are on placement at a children's centre ('Study days', 9/16 August).

In my view: Believing and achieving

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007
    • | Nursery World
For most families, the approaching new school year is all about fresh starts and the hope for a bright and successful future. But what about those children who have already been written off by the time they reach secondary school?

Editor's view

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The report by Which? on the use of cartoon characters in food marketing and packaging releases a cry for help from parents trying to feed their children a healthy diet (see News, page 6).

Letters: 'Free nursery education'

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 29, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Regarding the matter of 'free' nursery education for three- and four-year-olds, in our area children aged three qualify for a 'free' place in an LEA nursery immediately after their third birthday. However, if the child is attending a private day nursery they do not receive the entitlement until the term following the third birthday.

Letters: Shall we network?

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Recently I offered other daycare settings a booklet we had written on the subject of treasure baskets and heuristic play (Letters, 12 July). Our nursery has been inundated with requests for copies, with many letters and e-mails commenting on how rare it is to share material between nurseries.

Letters: Global solutions

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Two articles in the 19 July issue of Nursery World caught my eye. The problem of global warming affects us all, but I believe the direction advocated by John Guillebaud in Youthquake ('"Keep families small" warning') is misdirected.

In My View: Letting children play their way

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2007
    • | Nursery World
After decades in the backwaters, children's play is moving closer to the mainstream of public policy debate. The centre-left thinktank Compass has launched a 'Charter for Childhood' that rightly joins the dots between the ever-growing commercialisation of children's lives and their loss of play opportunities.

Editor's view

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2007
    • | Nursery World
What do you get if you cross a frog with a bee? Well, the UK early years sector is about to find out, and the resulting creature will be the largest in the nursery garden.

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