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Growing up

    News
  • Wednesday, April 9, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Just because your club hasn't got a garden doesn't mean you can't enjoy growing plants. With spring here, this is the time to start planting, says Gail Bushell. close your eyes and imagine: the touch and feel of soft velvety rose petals; the smell of a carpet of bluebells on a bright, early spring day; the taste of your own freshly picked bright red tomatoes; sunflowers, heads all pointing the same direction as they reach for the hot sun; the sound of water trickling through stones and gleaming as it catches the bright sunlight.

Nursery chain let sex offender work in kitchen

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  • Tuesday, October 6, 2009
    • | Nursery World
A manager and a deputy manager of a south London nursery owned by nursery chain CfBT Education Trust have been suspended for their failure to carry out appropriate checks, which led to a convicted paedophile being employed in the nursery kitchen.

Rightly so

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  • Wednesday, July 20, 2005
    • | Nursery World
What can settings do when a parent's wishes clash with their principles? Jane Lane advises A recent letter (Nursery World, 23 June) told of the case of a parent objecting to a male childcarer changing their child's nappy for cultural reasons, rather than child protection concerns. How, asked the nursery owner, could the setting balance respect for the parent's wishes, in terms of supporting cultural diversity, with respect for the rights of the staff member, in terms of ensuring equality?

New approaches to working with children

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  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
New approaches to working with children will be at the heart of the agenda of a conference at the London Institute of Education on 12 November organised in conjunction with the Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU). The conference, which is targeted at early years practitioners, trainers, managers and policy makers, will focus on whether present reform and modernisation of children's services goes far enough. Contact Annabelle Stapleton at TCRU on 020 7882 6962.

Top grade

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  • Monday, May 4, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Children and staff at Bright Horizons Wooldale Nursery and Pre-school in Wootton, Bedfordshire have been celebrating their Ofsted grade.

Children from the Colourbox Montessori School

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  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Children from the Colourbox Montessori School in Exning Road, Newmarket, have raised more than 1,200 for charity by doing a sponsored toddle around the grounds of its nursery. The money is going to Barnardo's and the Romanian Orphanage Appeal. Susie Norman, Colourbox founder, said, 'Within the nursery we are committed to expanding the children's understanding of the wider world and the fact that not all children lead such happy lives. With this in mind our pupils have helped raise an additional 600 for charity by holding fundraising events and working with the Suffolk Shoebox organisation, filling shoeboxes with clothes for children in Romanian orphanages.'

Catering for vegetarians

    News
  • Wednesday, July 20, 2005
    • | Nursery World
by Rosalyn Spencer, primary school teacher and chair of the Louth Vegetarian Group As a small child, having just heard the story of the Three Little Pigs, I was horrified to discover the reality of where my pork sausages came from.

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