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Nursery Equipment: Planning - Be inspired

    Features
  • Wednesday, May 20, 2015
    • | Nursery World
To create effective 'enabling environments', we must be open to ideas from a range of sources, including educational pioneers, overseas settings and children themselves, says Nicole Weinstein.

In brief...Deaf and blind children at Carnbooth School in Glasgow

    News
  • Wednesday, December 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Deaf and blind children at Carnbooth School in Glasgow will be able to enjoy the texture and smell of plants in a specially landscaped garden thanks to a 5,000 cheque from the Abbey National and a bright idea from garden designer Ann McNair, who started the garden with a few scented pot plants that she thought the children would enjoy.

Good practice

    News
  • Wednesday, May 3, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Small-world play needs to reflect the interests of the children in the setting. Listening carefully to children and talking to them about their current interests and concerns can support and enhance planning. Sensitive educators will respond to current interests and enthusiasms brought into the setting by the children, as well as planning to offer a range of small worlds based on themes that they feel are important.

Tax credits 'need reform'

    News
  • Wednesday, June 7, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Children's charities called for an overhaul of the tax credit system last week as the Government confirmed that just under two million families were overpaid 1.8bn in the past year. The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) said it was concerned about the number of families forced to hand back money when overpayments are made.

Pay tax credits to care providers, says NDNA

    News
  • Wednesday, May 3, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The National Day Nurseries Association is calling for tax credits to be paid directly to childcare providers, after the Government admitted last week that for the second year running families had received 'gigantic' overpayments. The Public Accounts Committee report said that Revenue & Customs tried to recover an estimated 2.2bn in 2004/05.

Child-friendly policy 'overlooks families'

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  • Wednesday, May 3, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Parents would feel more comfortable leaving their children in childcare if the Every Child Matters framework contained more family-friendly policies, the author of a report by a leading think-tank has told Nursery World. The Other Glass Ceiling: The domestic politics of parenting, by Demos, recommends that a new inspection and assessment framework should be developed for providers, from childminders to extended schools, focusing on public values.

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