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Pupil premium extended to early years as tax-free childcare scheme expands

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government is to extend the Pupil Premium to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds from 2015.

New project encourages communities to work together to improve children's diets

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

| Nursery World

A pilot project designed to show how businesses and the Government can work together to fight childhood obesity and poor nutrition is to launch next week.

Home Learning: Dressing Skills - Parents

Features

Monday, March 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Learning to get dressed is a skill that children need to master. It takes time and practice. Here are some activities that not only help children learn about dressing and caring for their clothes, but also help other aspects of their development.

Breakfast clubs benefit working parents

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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| Nursery World

More than one in four parents would be forced to quit their job if they were unable to send their child to a school breakfast club,a new poll finds.

A Unique Child: Vulnerable Children: Part 1 - How do your children grow?

Features

Monday, January 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Working with vulnerable children and their families can be demanding, but the right approach will make all the difference to an individual's future. Marion Dowling looks at the barriers and solutions

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Young Dads' Council

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Monday, January 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Nurseries supporting young fathers should look to the Young Dads' Council

Two in three mums say cost of childcare is an obstacle to work

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

| Nursery World

Around two-thirds of mothers cite the cost of childcare as a barrier to taking on more employment, according to a new report.

Parents quitting jobs because of cost of childcare

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Friday, December 6, 2013

| Nursery World

More than 45 per cent of parents in Northern Ireland have reduced their working hours or left their job because of the high cost of childcare.

Children's development suffers when parents work shifts

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Pre-school children whose parents work outside normal hours are more likely to have cognitive and behavourial problems, finds new research.

Fathers will be able to share parental leave up to a year

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Friday, November 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Plans to make it easier for mothers and fathers to share paid parental leave during the first year of a child’s life have been set out today by the Deputy Prime minister.

Troubled Families programme on track to help 120,000 'high-risk' households

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Monday, November 25, 2013

| Nursery World

New figures from the Government’s Troubled Families programme show that halfway into the three-year programme, more than fifty-per-cent (62,000) of the 120,000 identified households are being worked with.

Parents given financial incentives to attend parenting classes

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Monday, November 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A new pilot scheme will see parents of primary school children in Middlesborough and Camden offered money to attend parenting academy sessions.

Charity encourages more people to adopt

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Monday, November 4, 2013

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched to highlight the need for more people to adopt one of the country’s 4,600 children that need a home.

Montessori parenting classes to start in January

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Friday, November 1, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International (MCI) is running two free six-week parenting workshops for parents of young children next year.

Poverty reduction - Playing a longer game

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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.

A Unique Child: Opening up

Features

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A staff development project has been improving support for families affected by substance misuse. Ruth Thomson takes a closer look.

Alan Milburn urges Government to tackle low pay

News

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A new report calls for a different approach to tackling in-work poverty as the number of families living below the breadline continues to rise.

New campaign raises awareness of the threat of meningitis to under-fives

News

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

| Nursery World

A new global campaign to highlight the impact of meningitis on children and their families was launched today in London.

New movement aims to reconnect children with the outdoors

News

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| Nursery World

A group of organisations concerned with outdoor play and education have come together to help children get back in touch with nature.

Clegg calls for extension to the free entitlement

News

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| Nursery World

All children from one to five years old could benefit from free hours of early education, in plans being considered by the Liberal Democrats.

Campaign 'names and shames' stores that sell junk food at the checkout

News

Monday, September 16, 2013

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched to urge supermarkets to remove unhealthy snacks from checkouts and queuing areas.

More 'high-risk' families helped under Troubled Families programme

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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| Nursery World

The latest figures from the Government's scheme show it has turned around the lives of 14,000 of England's most 'troubled' households in just 15 months.

Autism support must be tailored for child, new guidance says

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Health and social care professionals should be trained to focus on meeting the individual needs of children and young people with autism and their families, according to new clinical guidelines.

New book blames 'expense fears' for one-child families

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Friday, August 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Parents with one child are being put off expanding their family because of 'exaggerated' warnings about the costs, according to a new book published by think tank Civitas.

Cost of raising a child rises by 4 per cent in a year

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Monday, August 19, 2013

| Nursery World

New research published by the Child Poverty Action Group illustrates parents' growing struggle to provide a decent standard of living for their families in 2013.

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Pupil premium extended to early years as tax-free childcare scheme expands

New project encourages communities to work together to improve children's diets

Home Learning: Dressing Skills - Parents

Breakfast clubs benefit working parents

A Unique Child: Vulnerable Children: Part 1 - How do your children grow?

Positive Relationships: Working with parents - Young Dads' Council

Two in three mums say cost of childcare is an obstacle to work

Parents quitting jobs because of cost of childcare

Children's development suffers when parents work shifts

Fathers will be able to share parental leave up to a year

Troubled Families programme on track to help 120,000 'high-risk' households

Parents given financial incentives to attend parenting classes

Charity encourages more people to adopt

Montessori parenting classes to start in January

Poverty reduction - Playing a longer game

A Unique Child: Opening up

Alan Milburn urges Government to tackle low pay

New campaign raises awareness of the threat of meningitis to under-fives

New movement aims to reconnect children with the outdoors

Clegg calls for extension to the free entitlement

Campaign 'names and shames' stores that sell junk food at the checkout

More 'high-risk' families helped under Troubled Families programme

Autism support must be tailored for child, new guidance says

New book blames 'expense fears' for one-child families

Cost of raising a child rises by 4 per cent in a year

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