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Nothing to fear

    News
  • Wednesday, August 17, 2005
    • | Nursery World
When I read the 'Letter of the week' (4 August) I did not know whether to laugh or cry. Surely the whole point of the unannounced inspections is to raise standards and to prevent settings raising their game just for a short period of time while they feel that their inspector might call.

A month in the life of Jasmine Maya

    News
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
During this month, Jasmine went on her first holiday to the seaside with mummy. She co-operated well during a journey by train and bus, clearly enjoying looking out of the window, watching all that her mum pointed out to her. On the first morning Jasmine woke extremely early, and consequently she and her mum were on the beach by 7am! Jasmine loved the sand. She walked and ran confidently across it, enjoying sifting sand through her hands, and filling up and emptying out her dumper truck over and over again. Jasmine continues to be interested in birds, and all seagulls were referred to as ducks. She corrected her mum firmly whenever she got it wrong!

Caerau Nursery School

    News
  • Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Children from Caerau Nursery School in Cardiff wheel an apple tree into their new garden, opened last month by minister for education and lifelong learning Jane Davidson. The nursery won 5,000 from Awards for All Wales to develop the area with a pond, vegetable patch, sandpit and quiet seating area, plus a willow tunnel to come in spring.

Square steps

    News
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Share a rhyme and game to develop children's understanding of shape. Child development opportunities

The Big Picture - Penguinpig

    News
  • Monday, September 19, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Puppets are being used to tackle the complex message of internet safety in an original approach to children’s theatre.

Not to worry

    News
  • Wednesday, November 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Parents often need to be reassured that nursery staff will look after their children as carefully as they do, says Mary Evans People who are motivated to become childcarers because they want to work with children soon find that to be effective, they have to be adept at working with parents as well. One of the toughest challenges is coping with over-protective parents. While they are rare, they must not be ignored.

Take twos - parents benefit too

    Features
  • Monday, June 16, 2014
    • | Nursery World
The programme of free childcare for two-year-olds doesn't just benefit children but gives parents a new lease of life too, says James Hempsall.

Star Photo

    Other
  • Monday, July 11, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Children had butterflies as they waved goodbye to the winged friends they'd nurtured from caterpillar-hood.

Outstanding enterprise

    Other
  • Monday, July 11, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Dedication and little steps is the name of the game for Stepping Stones Pre-school in the West Midlands, which celebrated its first Outstanding grading from Ofsted.

Delivery day?

    News
  • Tuesday, November 19, 2002
    • | Nursery World

A strategy for developing childcare services has finally been revealed - but how much account does it take of the real concerns of children, parents and practitioners? Professor Helen Penn takes a long view

Reaching out

    News
  • Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Isolation in both rural and urban communities is being overcome by prize-winning Sure Start initiatives. Judith Napier reports Community isolation can be a barrier to effective early years provision. It can occur in both rural outposts and inner city areas. Now Sure Start is showing how to address these problems with programmes in Northumberland's Haltwhistle and east London's Shadwell.

Rhythm and rhyme

    News
  • Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    • | Nursery World
In the fourth part of a series on establishing a book collection for children in the Foundation Stage, Judith Stevens considers rhythmic and rhyming stories Every early years setting needs a wide variety of books which contain poetry, rhymes and rhyming and rhythmic text. Many children are familiar with nursery rhymes they have heard at home, often from CDs or television.

The magic circle

    News
  • Wednesday, May 5, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Circle time is intended to serve a highly useful function: providing a quiet, secure period when children are given the chance to sit down and discuss issues that affect them in their everyday lives Help books

Listening to families

    News
  • Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Readers may be interested in the 'Listen' event organised by Tower Hamlets Early Years Service, which is encouraging nurseries in the borough to set up workshops for parents on communicating with their children through play. The George Green Children's Centre used the theme of favourite toys.

Trade places on TV

    News
  • Wednesday, August 10, 2005
    • | Nursery World
The BBC programme 'Who Rules the Roost?' is looking for working families and single parents to feature in the next series. The programme gives working mothers and fathers the opportunity to take on the role of stay-at-home parent for two weeks. For many working parents the obligations and hectic schedules of demanding careers can leave few opportunities to enjoy parenting. Collecting the children from school, a trip to the park, or an hour spent helping with homework can be a rare treat.

Correction

    News
  • Wednesday, May 5, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The telephone number for Early Years Outdoors registrations was omitted from the feature 'A special place' in last week's Nursery World. It is 01962 845811.

Phonics going on trial in 200 schools

    News
  • Wednesday, August 3, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Phonics pilot schemes will run in 200 primary schools linked to early years settings from September, schools minister Andrew Adonis announced last week. The trials will be based on the Primary National Strategy's 'Playing with Sounds' programme, additional guidance on teaching phonics in the Foundation Stage published last year.

NDNA launches childcare challenge

    News
  • Monday, June 23, 2014
    • | Nursery World
The National Day Nurseries Association's manifesto calls on the next Government to make childcare the number one priority.

New life for an old fire station

    News
  • Wednesday, May 5, 2004
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Photo Newsteam/Anita Maric A redundant Warwickshire fire station has re-opened as a village community centre and pre-school providing full-day care, breakfast and after-school clubs, and holiday play schemes. Residents of Tysoe, near Stratford-upon-Avon, clubbed together to form the Tysoe Children's Group to save the building after the fire station closed in 1998. Their ambitious programme of fundraising included fetes, murder mystery evenings, dances, a farmers' market and sponsored abseiling down the church tower.

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