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Facts on fostering

    News
  • Wednesday, March 12, 2003
    • | Nursery World
I am dismayed at the comments made by Sue Seabrook of the Children's Society ('Home to stay', 30 January). As a local authority foster carer and registered community childminder working for social services, I am astounded that a professional within the adoption and fostering services could make such a sweeping statement about foster care. Nationally we are more than 8,000 foster carers short, meaning that many children who would be best served by living in a family environment are being denied the opportunity to experience 'normal' family life. The Fostering Network recently surveyed local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, and its figures suggest that 66 per cent of responding authorities are paying at or below the Fostering Network's minimum recommended weekly allowances. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to guess who is making up the shortfall - the foster carers!

Sing and Sign

    News
  • Wednesday, March 2, 2005
    • | Nursery World
* Sing and Sign has launched a website to make baby signing more accessible for parents and carers, illustrating more than 200 baby signs. Visit www.singandsign.com.

Partying by the book

    News
  • Wednesday, January 22, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Daunted by the task of running a children's party but keen to have fun? See our feature on organising children's parties on page 10, and then read the rest of Tommy Donbavand's new book, Quick Fixes for Kids' Parties. We've arranged a special discount for Professional Nanny readers - you can buy the book for 6 including postage, saving you over 3. * Order your copy from: How To Books, Customer Services Department, Plymbridge Distributors Ltd, Estover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PY (tel: 01752 202301). Be sure to quote reference NW1 and allow 21 days for delivery.

Win a set of the All by Myself books

    News
  • Friday, April 13, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Enter our competition for the chance to win one of five sets of the Wayland Books' series 'All By Myself', which feature four board books about getting dressed, eating independently, tidying and bath time.

Quote of the week

    News
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2003
    • | Nursery World
'I have a very real concern that the innovation and reform we need to see in our schools may be inhibited by an over-concentration on targets.' David Bell, Ofsted chief inspector.

Nursery activities

    News
  • Wednesday, April 16, 2003
    • | Nursery World
We've spent a fascinating few weeks learning about the insect world. The project began with our two- to five-year-olds heading off on a bug hunt in the nursery garden. They explored under planks of wood and around plants and used magnifying glasses to closely examine their findings. The younger children had not used magnifying glasses before and found it strange looking at the magnified objects. Staff supported them when needed and helped them to hold the creatures carefully.

Marks & Spencer is joining forces

    News
  • Wednesday, April 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Marks & Spencer is joining forces with the national educational charity I CAN to raise funds for more than 1 million children in the UK with communication difficulties. The campaign launches in all 312 M&S stores in May, when children will be invited to place their hopes and dreams for the next 50 years on to a Rainbow of Hope. For each of the first 50,000 hopes made, the retailer will donate 1 to I CAN, an officially-designated charity for the Golden Jubilee.

Nanny register is long overdue

    News
  • Wednesday, April 16, 2003
    • | Nursery World
BY Alison Dady (nee Wardley), a registered childminder who is a former Royal nanny On 3 April I sat down to watch the ITV programme 'Who's Looking After Your Child?'. What I saw confirmed a long-held opinion of mine - the overdue need for a national register of nannies.

Three little pigs

    News
  • Wednesday, April 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Switch on to ICT Besides pointing out the benefits of sound structural engineering - bricks beat straw! - these activities are a fun way to help literacy and creative development. They are based on the Pigbox kit from the Computer Kids website on www.computerkidsonline.com. The kit contains a collection of language and literacy activities linked to the story of the Three Little Pigs. Children use a story-box template to prepare - with your help - their own written version of the traditional story and colouring templates to prepare stand-up characters for oral storytelling.

Food for Malawi

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  • Friday, October 18, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Sixty under-fours from childminding groups in Leeds raised enough money to feed all 200 pupils at Kawale Primary School in Malawi for a year by taking part in sponsored toddles.

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