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Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

Thursday, April 30, 2020

| Nursery World

Young children are spending an extra two hours a day in front of a screen since lockdown began, according to research from children’s reading charity BookTrust.

Health & Nutrition - Going hungry

Features

Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

With food insecurity that rose during the pandemic set to continue for many families, Meredith Jones Russell reports on the crisis and asks what help is available

Government launches consultation on tax-free childcare

News

Monday, August 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Around 2.5 million families will be able to claim up to 1,200 per child a year in tax-free childcare from 2015, under Government plans out for consultation.

Play spaces not accessible to disabled children

News

Monday, August 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Parental concerns and a lack of accessible facilities continue to prevent disabled children from playing inclusively, according to a new survey by the charity Kids.

Charity to work with deprived areas to improve children's health

News

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| Nursery World

The British Heart Foundation has committed 1.2m to help deprived areas in the UK cut children's risk of heart disease.

New Government quality mark recognises charities that help separated families

News

Thursday, August 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Relate and Family Lives are among the first charities to be awarded a new Government mark for their work in supporting separated families.

Just half of three- and four-year-olds are read to every day

News

Friday, February 23, 2018

| Nursery World

New research shows that the number of pre-school children being read to daily at home has fallen by a fifth since 2013.

Positive Relationships: Working with Parents - REAL progress

Features

Monday, August 21, 2017

| Nursery World

A home learning early literacy project in Merseyside has improved communication and language development for those children and parents in need of extra support. By Laura Gregory

Parents facing a 'postcode lottery' for 30-hour places

News

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents in England are facing a ‘postcode lottery’ for 30-hour places as new data shows huge variations in the number of codes validated per local authority, says the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

Flexible working should not be the 'preserve of those who work at a desk'

News

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

| Nursery World

Employers in every sector are being encouraged to look at ways in which they can make flexible working a possibility.

Early Intervention Foundation to work with 20 best practice areas

News

Thursday, August 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation has named the 20 'pioneering places' it will work closely with to provide 'real-life', practical answers about how to deliver early intervention to the best effect.

Almost 40,000 children bereaved each year by loss of a parent

News

Monday, November 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Never before published data suggests that last year an estimated 40,000 children and young people across the UK faced the death of a parent.

Nursery World 90th anniversary: Correspondence - The lady and the pram

Features

Monday, December 14, 2015

| Nursery World

While many nannies and mothers had happy relationships in the 1920s, correspondence in Nursery World shows how class, values and beliefs on how to raise children would often collide, says Dr Katherine Holden in a new book

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - We go to the shops...

Features

Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

LGBT people may become parents in a variety of ways, and will face challenges both unique to their situation and in common with other parents. Deborah Price and Kath Tayler reflect on the role of practitioners in supporting these families.

Home learning - A parent's guide to...Television time

Features

Monday, July 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Too much TV can have a negative impact on development, but when managed well it can actually be a valuable addition to children's everyday experiences. Penny Tassoni explains.

Low-income parents on the brink of a 'financial family crisis'

News

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents earning the minimum wage are on the 'brink of a new crisis in family finances' that will leave many stranded when meeting no-frills costs, warns a new report.

Parents of autistic children 'let down' by the new SEND reforms

News

Friday, September 4, 2015

| Nursery World

A year on from the introduction of new Special Educational Needs reforms, and parents of autistic children are still having to battle to get the right support, a charity warns.

Poverty reduction - Playing a longer game

News

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Is it possible to break the cycle of poverty through intervention in young children's health and well-being? Pat Gordon-Smith weighs up the potential of different initiatives in England, Wales and Scotland.