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Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Parenting and improving parents' lives should be given as much focus as children's health and development, according to new guidance for children's centres.

Yoga and French for free at Kiddi Caru

News

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Kiddi Caru Day Nurseries has launched a new range of activities available to all children for free within its inclusive fees system.

Nursery group to open training academy

News

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| Nursery World

Nursery chain Kids Allowed is opening a training academy from September to run a new apprenticeship scheme.

QuILT: Covering every aspect of quality

Features

Monday, July 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Judith Twani, independent early years consultant, trainer and early education improvement officer for Thurrock Council, explains how a modular quality assurance and improvement scheme is proving both versatile and enduring for a range of settings

Extra copies of our fantastic EYFS Guide coming soon

News

Monday, July 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Did you miss out on Nursery World's essential EYFS Guide? Do you need additional copies?

Star Photo: Happy Days Childcare

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Children who attend Happy Days Childcare in Worthing, Sussex, have reaped the benefits of growing their own crop of potatoes.

Editor's view - Can we do it like Denmark?

Opinion

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

I sometimes wonder if Denmark ever tires of the constant flow of UK early years professionals and politicians who stream into the country to marvel at its high-quality, universal, affordable childcare.

Premises, part 2: How green are you?

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Being eco-friendly need not be considered a luxury in these hard economic times. In fact it can confer major operational and financial benefits, says Matt Roper, CEO of supplier Green Buying.

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

A menagerie of pets is bringing joy and learning benefits to the children of St Edward's C of E School in Rochdale, says head teacher Lynne Coxell.

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces... Cloakroom

Features

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Anne O'Connor offers advice on creating a cloakroom space that avoids the jams which can occur when helping children get dressed to go out.

Ofsted's new inspection framework: Aiming for a two-way process

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Susan Gregory, national director education, Ofsted, maps out the changes which will encourage providers to take stronger ownership of their inspections in the future.

Children's centres recognised for supporting grandparent carers

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Four children's centres in England have been recognised as hubs of good practice for their work supporting grandparents who provide childcare, as part of a new project by the Grandparents' Association and Daycare Trust.

Acorn Childcare to take on two council nurseries

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Acorn Childcare has won the contract to take on two council nurseries and set up a not-for-profit company to run them.

Nursery World's Noticeboard - Teddy bear's picnic, Euro 2012 and much more

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

See what nurseries across the country have been up to.

Interview - Jon Cree

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Chair of the Forest School National Association steering group

Nursery scheme offers free school year for four-year-olds

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

A nursery group is offering all four-year-olds a completely free nursery place to match the hours of a school day, in a drive to keep children in an early years setting for longer.

Nursery World Awards 2012 shortlist revealed

News

Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

The excitement is building as we unveil the shortlist for the Nursery World Awards 2012 (in alphabetical order).

Grandparents and fathers the focus of National Childcare Week

News

Monday, July 2, 2012

| Nursery World

The Daycare Trust is urging early years settings to reach out to fathers and grandparents as this year's National Childcare Week gets underway (2-9 July 2012).

Report highlights barriers to outdoor learning

News

Monday, July 2, 2012

| Nursery World

A lack of understanding among early years practitioners and teachers, along with a shortage of funding, are preventing children from learning about and taking responsibility for the environment, finds a new study.

Parents pay 6,000 a year for a nursery place in the capital

News

Monday, July 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents in London pay more for childcare and are less able to rely on the support of grandparents than families in other parts of the country, according to research by the Daycare Trust.

London parents least likely to use free early education places

News

Friday, June 29, 2012

| Nursery World

Take-up of free nursery education for thee-and four-year-olds is lower in London and among South Asian parents, research carried out for the Department for Education has found.

Denmark invests to improve staff:child ratios

News

Friday, June 29, 2012

| Nursery World

As the British Government considers controversial proposals to relax staff:child ratios to reduce the cost of childcare, Denmark is investing substantial sums in improving ratios as part of its Daycare Development Programme.

Parents save one nursery from closure, but lose the battle over two others

News

Friday, June 29, 2012

| Nursery World

Two nurseries in Wakefield are to close and another is to be taken over by a group of parents, staff and members of the community, in a bid by the council to make savings of 67m.

NDNA conference 2012: Delegates debate the implications of change for their businesses

News

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Opening the NDNA's annual conference at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham last week, chief executive Purnima Tanuku outlined how rising costs across all aspects of nursery provision posed the biggest challenge to the sector.

Star Photo: Juice Nursery

News

Monday, June 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Children at Juice Nursery in Altrincham in Greater Manchester were delighted to explore their newly equipped sensory room.

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Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

Yoga and French for free at Kiddi Caru

Nursery group to open training academy

QuILT: Covering every aspect of quality

Extra copies of our fantastic EYFS Guide coming soon

Star Photo: Happy Days Childcare

Editor's view - Can we do it like Denmark?

Premises, part 2: How green are you?

Enabling Environments: Pets - Four-legged friends

Enabling Environments: Making Spaces... Cloakroom

Ofsted's new inspection framework: Aiming for a two-way process

Children's centres recognised for supporting grandparent carers

Acorn Childcare to take on two council nurseries

Nursery World's Noticeboard - Teddy bear's picnic, Euro 2012 and much more

Interview - Jon Cree

Nursery scheme offers free school year for four-year-olds

Nursery World Awards 2012 shortlist revealed

Grandparents and fathers the focus of National Childcare Week

Report highlights barriers to outdoor learning

Parents pay 6,000 a year for a nursery place in the capital

London parents least likely to use free early education places

Denmark invests to improve staff:child ratios

Parents save one nursery from closure, but lose the battle over two others

NDNA conference 2012: Delegates debate the implications of change for their businesses

Star Photo: Juice Nursery

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