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New study into how nurseries work best with families

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association is working with the University of Oxford to carry out a practice-based research project to indentify the innovative ways settings engage with families.

Awards celebrate young and old together

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Friday, November 18, 2011

| Nursery World

A 40-year-old community centre in North London is one of the winners of a new awards scheme that aims to highlight successful projects that bring the young and old together.

Rise in the number of pre-school children taking part in library activities

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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

| Nursery World

More children under five are visiting libraries to take part in children's events than four years ago, new research suggests.

Positive Relationships: All in a day's work - meeting the needs of two-year-olds

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Monday, October 31, 2011

| Nursery World

Accepting children from the age of two has brought many changes in our setting, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-School in Essex.

Ofsted gives parents a chance to have their say on schools

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents will be able to give their comments on their child's school whenever they like, on a new website called Parent View.

Finance - time to start thinking about your pension scheme for staff

Features

Monday, October 3, 2011

| Nursery World

A new duty on employers to provide staff pensions will have implications for the bottom line, as Mary Evans explains.

OVERVIEW: Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2010

Features

Friday, September 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The 2010 early years providers survey, carried out by the Department of Education, points to greater losses and more vacancies but many of this year's findings may be affected, in part, by changes to the sampling process. Here are some of the main findings:

Nursery World Awards 2011: Initiatives - Working with parents award

Features

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| Nursery World

WINNER: Blue Grass Purple Cow Nursery, Stockport, Cheshire - Open Doors, Open Hearts and Open Minds initiative

Parents spending nearly half their salaries on childcare

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents in Northern Ireland are spending on average 45 per cent of their weekly joint income on childcare, according to a new report launched today.

Boris Johnson lends support to parenting course in primary schools

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Friday, September 23, 2011

| Nursery World

London mayor Boris Johnson has given his backing to the expansion of a scheme which offers free parenting classes to the parents of primary school children.

Early years charities share 6.8m

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Twenty four children's charities in Scotland are to benefit from a 6.8 million fund aimed at supporting vulnerable families early on.

Breakfast club wins award from Number Ten

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Charity-run breakfast club programme Magic Breakfast has won a Prime Minister's Big Society Award in recognition of its innovative work in supporting schools to provide a free healthy breakfast.

Government considers parenting classes for all

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government has announced plans to trial the use of vouchers for parenting classes to mothers and fathers with children under the age of five.

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Sue Atkins talks to Sue Learner about parenting and discipline, in the wake of the riots that spread destruction through the streets of London and most of the major English cities.