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The Centre for Vocational Excellence

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  • Wednesday, June 26, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Centre for Vocational Excellence (CoVE)status has been awarded to Carshalton College in Surrey for its work in childcare and the early years. The Learning and Skills Council's CoVE initiative aims to provide the first nationally co-ordinated framework laying out how colleges and other training providers can collaborate in order to meet the needs of the workforce, employers and the economy. Carshalton College principal Dr David Watkins said, 'There are only 69 colleges in the entire country that have had CoVE status conferred. We feel tremendously excited to be such an important part of the National Childcare Strategy and look forward to working closely with partners in the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership.'

A new personal development programme offered by Sure Start Broadway

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  • Wednesday, August 11, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A new personal development programme offered by Sure Start Broadway in the London borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has boosted job prospects for local parents. Moving On encourages parents and carers to play a greater role in their community and to sharpen their writing, speaking, administration and computer skills. Out of the first 14 people to complete the course - 13 mothers and one grandmother - several have gone on to enrol in childcare courses and others are getting involved in local Sure Start programmes. Charlene Edwards, Sure Start Broadway programme manager, said, 'The course has been really successful at building the confidence and skills of the parents and carers. Several of them are moving on to further training or getting involved in helping us to deliver better services for families.'

Brick by brick

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  • Wednesday, September 24, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Put some constructive thinking behind activities with something that all children are naturally drawn to, as suggested by Sheila Ebbutt and Carole Skinner Children could watch a building site for hours. They are fascinated by all the machinery and equipment, from the mechanical diggers to the road breakers to the uniforms that builders wear.

Young people and parents are to be involved in a cross-government consultation on youth

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  • Wednesday, August 11, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Young people and parents are to be involved in a cross-government consultation on youth leading to a green paper to be published in the autumn, the DfES has revealed in its Five Year Strategy for Children and Learners. Minister for children Margaret Hodge will lead the consultation, which will include the Home Office, the Department of Health, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Social Exclusion Unit and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit.

Quote of the week

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  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
'Unison has been overwhelmed by the public support for nursery nurses. It's a shame that the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities is failing to recognise this and is not moving to end the dispute. ' Matt Smith, Unison Scottish secretary, on the ongoing action by nursery nurses as part of the union's campaign for fair pay

Moorgate Nursery School

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  • Wednesday, July 23, 2003
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Three- and four-year-old children at Moorgate Nursery School in Ormskirk, Lancashire, came face to face with a Papua New Guinea stick insect when touring 'bug man' Roger Swailes visited the setting for a lesson on minibeasts. The school's head, Jan Holmes, said, 'Parents have noticed a big change in the way the children view insects since we began our topic on minibeasts. Children have held snails and now stick insects, without feeling any terror.'

Kids Allowed

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  • Wednesday, July 13, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Childcare provider Kids Allowed will open a flagship childcare centre at Cheadle Royal Business Park in Greater Manchester in September. It will provide 150 places for children from six weeks to five years, along with out-of-school, holiday clubs and mother and toddler groups. Owner Jennie Johnson hopes to open a further nine centres across England over the next three years.

Meet the minder

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  • Wednesday, March 31, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Childminders' services can get overlooked in a sea of nurseries. Karen Faux meets a childminder who has set up a service which helps parents find their perfect match. It comes as no surprise that Sandy Weller is passionate about childminding.

LITTLE OLYMPICS

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  • Monday, August 22, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Children at Little Angels Nursery in Brighton have been participating in their own Olympics events, including football, table tennis, archery and gymnastics.

APEL keeps going

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  • Wednesday, March 31, 2004
    • | Nursery World
I qualified as an NNEB in 1983. I was advised that APEL might be the route to take to be recognised for the work and training that I have put into my chosen career. To answer Angela Beecham's letter ('Why re-qualify?', 12 February), APEL qualifications will be running for five years to enable those who need a Level 3 qualification to attain it by using their wealth of prior leaning.

EYFS REVIEW: Second consultation deadline is nearing

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  • Monday, January 9, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The early years sector has only until 19 January to respond to the Department for Education's second consultation on proposed changes to some of the learning and development requirements in the EYFS.

Then I'll begin...Activities

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  • Wednesday, November 12, 2003
    • | Nursery World
. . . as you are sitting comfortably. Miranda Walker explores how a playworker's storytelling can fire the imagination of children, improve literacy skills and build a magical bond between storyteller and audience A well-told story can be more than entertaining - it can be magical, exciting and intriguing. If you've ever watched a group of children listening to a good storyteller than you'll know just how special the experience can be. But what's the difference between telling a story and reading one, and how can playworkers give storytelling a try?

Wax works

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  • Wednesday, November 12, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Now that winter draws on, light up creative activities with the ancient craft of candle-making. Lynne Garner shows you how to get started on a pastime the children at your club could find satisfying and fun It would perhaps seem strange to those generations that relied on the humble candle as their source of light that we would turn our backs on a far more convenient source - the light bulb! However, the candle now has a special significance for many of us. For example, children expect candles to be placed upon birthday cakes to aid in the celebration of another year passing. Many of us light a candle to remember those who are no longer with us.

Software review

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  • Wednesday, November 12, 2003
    • | Nursery World
First up is PicturePoint by Logotron. Children collect their information by clicking pictures on screen representing the items being counted. Sounds indicate each time a selection is made, and the name of the item and the number of times it has been selected is spoken. PicturePoint will then create speaking bar charts, pie charts or pictograms of the data, updated as new counts are added, so that children can see the connection between their counting and the graph. The software includes configurable sound, display, printing and speaking options to help adapt to the needs of the classroom. Supported by excellent documentation, PicturePoint is also packed with a host of example files as well as being able to create your own. Topic files include Eye Colour, Music, Shapes, School Dinners, Pets, Sports, Rubbish, Family, Colours, Homes, Weather, Dice, Footwear and Journeys.

Would like to meet

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  • Wednesday, October 22, 2003
    • | Nursery World
How do you find a man if you work among women and children? Sue Hubberstey offers some advice It may make a nanny's heart sink to read the research estimate that nearly half the population now meet their future partners at work. Chance would be a fine thing of that happening to you. Of course, all it means is that, like the remaining half of the population, you will have to find other ways and means of meeting the opposite sex.

Make a splash

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  • Tuesday, November 11, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Pool your observations with the staff team for effective learning through water play, as Jane Drake continues our series on planning in the long, medium and short terms

Friend of the family

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  • Tuesday, November 11, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A family inclusion worker is working wonders for nursery children who have special needs and their parents, reports Wendy Scott

Trainees count as nursery staff

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  • Tuesday, October 28, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Nursery operators may be allowed to count young trainees as up to half of their accredited staff, under an amendment in Ofsted's guidance to the Government's national standards for daycare in England.

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