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Private pay peanuts

    News
  • Wednesday, October 4, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Those in the private nursery sector are among the lowest paid and least respected employees in the UK. I am qualified to degree level and earn 5.10 an hour. I will soon retrain to teach in the 16-plus sector because the pay is better and I might get treated like the professional that I am. When will the sector realise that if you want high-quality provision and committed staff, you have to treat them like professionals and not glorified char ladies?

A jigsaw-design ribbon to be worn to promote Autism Awareness Year 2002

    News
  • Wednesday, January 16, 2002
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - A jigsaw-design ribbon to be worn to promote Autism Awareness Year 2002 was launched last week by Labour MP Linda Perham. It was a parent in her consituency with a five-year-old autistic son who founded the first Autism Awareness Year, jointly run by the Disabilities Trust and the British Institute for Brain Injured Children. During a Commons debate, health secretary Yvette Cooper said, 'It is important that we acknowledge that autism is a complex condition that affects not only the individuals but their families, parents, carers, teachers and schoolmates. It is not a simple problem with simple solutions.'

Out-of-school care shortage on agenda

    News
  • Wednesday, January 16, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The lack of out-of-school care for ten-to 14-year-olds has been thrust into the spotlight with the publication of a briefing paper from a leading childcare charity. The Daycare Trust's paper, Older and Bolder, published last week, follows in the wake of a Kids' Clubs Network conference last month that highlighted the vacuum in provision for older children (News, 13 December).

Paper chase

    News
  • Wednesday, October 4, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Popular with parents and their employers, vouchers are costing nurseries a lot of time and money, says Mary Evans Support for employer-assisted childcare is a key plank in the Government's raft of family friendly policies aimed at encouraging parents into work and enabling employers to retain high-calibre staff.

Going public

    News
  • Wednesday, January 26, 2000
    • | Nursery World
Like it or not, the nursery business is competitive, says Mary Evans , and you must sell your services

City's nurseries 'under threat of closure'

    News
  • Wednesday, June 6, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Edinburgh City Council is considering closing its nurseries in favour of integrated early years centres as part of a city-wide education review, a campaigning parent has told Nursery World. Natasha Kirby, who has been looking into allegations that state-run nurseries are under threat, said the council will announce the proposed closures by the end of June. Her daughter attends Grassmarket Nursery School, which offers specialist services.

Work matters: Finance - Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 23, 2010
    • | Nursery World
Small businesses in the UK with an annual turnover up to 25m are eligible for the Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme, which was recently extended to 2011. Ian Murchie, relationship director in the Barclays Commercial Bank Healthcare Team (ian.murchie@barclays.com) explains how it works

Outdoor Challenge 2007

    News
  • Wednesday, June 6, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Now in its fifth year, the Nursery World Outdoor Challenge proved as popular as ever in 2007, with hundreds of entries pouring in for the chance to win a share of 13,000 of prizes and advice. The message that outdoor play is of vital importance for young children has certainly been heard, and many entries demonstrated a sound understanding of good practice and imaginative ideas for providing an enabling environment. If all these settings succeed in carrying through their outdoor projects, it will enrich the experiences of many young children.

Stock up

    News
  • Wednesday, September 27, 2006
    • | Nursery World
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Think tank warns of 'nursery NEETs'

    News
  • Tuesday, March 2, 2010
    • | Nursery World
More than one in ten five-year-olds are at risk of disengaging from education when they start school, according to a new report.

In the kitchen

    News
  • Wednesday, February 28, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Preparing food can help children acquire life skills. Lena Engel sets out a recipe for good nursery practice with Birth to Three Matters Playing with kitchen equipment is an excellent way to stimulate young children's knowledge of food preparation while developing fine motor skills. It also enables them to label familiar objects and learn about the various uses that can be made of them. Use the Birth to Three Matters framework to guide your plannning and see how the simplest resources are the most effective in engaging children's attention and interest.

NSPCC joins in register calls

    News
  • Wednesday, January 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Aleading child protection charity has joined campaigners calling on the Government to introduce a national register of all childcarers, including nannies. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) has added its voice to campaigners calling for a register. The move follows two separate court cases last month involving a childminder and a nanny.

Kung Hei Fat Choy

    Other
  • Friday, February 20, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Nurseries around the UK have been celebrating Chinese New Year, welcoming in the year of the sheep.

Quote of the week

    News
  • Wednesday, January 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
'It really is an honour, but the real joy has been seeing a child with cerebral palsy go from pulling himself along the ground to joining in with all the things that young children do' Ann Douglas, former headteacher of Balham Nursery School in London, who received an OBE for services to special needs, the TES

New meets old at New Lanark

    News
  • Wednesday, January 9, 2002
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Children can explore all the colours of the rainbow at a new gallery on the site of the world's first nursery school in Scotland. New Lanark, on the banks of the River Clyde, was awarded World Heritage status at the end of last year. It became famous as a model community in the early 19th century under the management of Robert Owen, who introduced social and educational reforms for the benefit of mill workers, including a progressive school where corporal punishment was banned and young children were given the freedom to play and socialise.

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