Personal account Institutional account
| Register |

Search Results

Found 42,437 results for .

How to defend the value of an NNEB

    News
  • Wednesday, June 16, 2004
    • | Nursery World
I became an NNEB-qualified nursery nurse in 1982. However, recently my employers became concerned that my qualifications were no longer valid, and said that as a result I would not be able to continue in my post as deputy supervisor of a pre-school. However, I found the letter by Richard Dorrance, chief executive of the Council for Awards in Children's Care and Education (Letters, 11 March) to be very useful regarding this situation. I contacted Mr Dorrance directly to explain and he could not have been more helpful.

Who works in childcare?

    Opinion
  • Thursday, March 29, 2018
    • | Nursery World
We need working conditions in the childcare sector to improve, for both staff and the children they care for, says Professor Helen Penn

Glasgow strike ends on bitter note

    News
  • Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The long-running nursery nurses strike in Glasgow  ended bitterly last week, with strikers accusing the council of 'bullying them back to work'.

Full of surprises

    News
  • Wednesday, August 7, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Use a popular children's story to explore the delights of all kinds of fruit with these activity ideas from Sue Sheppy Adult-led activities.

Target for reducing child poverty impossible to meet

    News
  • Tuesday, May 12, 2009
    • | Nursery World
The target for reducing child poverty by half by 2010 will be almost impossible to meet, Department of Work and Pensions figures reveal, as the number of children living in poverty remains unchanged from last year, at 2.9 million.

Some staff excused from CRB checks

    News
  • Tuesday, August 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Nursery staff in England who have had police checks within the past three years do not need to apply to Ofsted for a Disclosure check by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) when starting a new job at another day nursery, according to guidance published by Ofsted last week.

Project outline

    News
  • Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    • | Nursery World
This project recognises that: * settings should be constantly resourced and organised in such a way as to offer learning opportunities across all areas of the Foundation Stage curriculum

SATs squashes soul out of teaching

    News
  • Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Having gained a degree in Early Childhood Studies and spent time in Sweden observing their educational system, I undertook a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE). I have been a Reception teacher for the past three years and although I am confident and highly principled, I still find the top down pressure from SATs frustrating and soul destroying. The PGCE was a total contradiction of my degree. It was more concerned with 'what and when' to teach as opposed to how children learn and creating an effective learning environment.

Unfair criticism

    News
  • Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    • | Nursery World
I just want to say that we teachers don't deserve the resentment of school support staff. We know that they should get paid more for the work that they do, but this is not our fault. I work more than double the hours that my colleague, a nursery nurse, does, both at home and after the nursery session. If our salaries were compared by the hourly rate, I am sure I would probably be earning less than she does.

PECS: Fair exchange

    News
  • Sunday, August 4, 2002
    • | Nursery World

Children who have communication difficulties are learning to express their needs with a deceptively simple, progressive system of picture cards. Mary Evans reports

Children afraid to play outdoors

    News
  • Wednesday, June 9, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills, Charles Clarke, last month said that the Government had 'not quite got it right' on the issue of outdoor play. Speaking at the launch of a new report, A Child's Place: why environment matters to children, Mr Clarke acknowledged that the report raises a 'whole string of issues which are complicated and difficult', in relation to children's relationship with their environment.

Tilly Lockey shows off new hands

    News
  • Wednesday, January 28, 2009
    • | Nursery World
Three-year-old Tilly Lockey from Beechdale Nursery in Consett, County Durham, shows off her new hands. Tilly contracted meningitis as a baby and had both hands and her toes amputated. Her family raised 100,000 to get her the battery-powered prosthetic hands, which allow Tilly to carry out any activity a three-year-old with real hands would do.

Council blamed in row on grants

    News
  • Wednesday, June 2, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A local authority that refused to let a private daycare provider administer the nursery education grant on the grounds that it wanted three- and four-year-olds to take up surplus places in the maintained sector has been condemned by the Government. Knowsley Council on Merseyside told Lorraine Moorcroft that the Hunts Cross facility she opened in Halewood last year would not qualify for the nursery education grant. She already operates the grant at another nursery in Knowsley and one at Huyton in Liverpool.

Child psychologist Jennie Lindon

    News
  • Wednesday, June 2, 2004
    • | Nursery World
New free leaflets from Early Education will help carers of under-fives understand child development and play an active part in children's learning. Written by child psychologist Jennie Lindon, the leaflets - Babies: Learning starts from the first day, Toddlers and very early learning, Helping children with their behaviour, and Questions and answers - are ideal to share at nurseries, playgroups and other settings. For copies send an SAE to Early Education, 136 Cavell Street, London E1 2JA (tel: 020 7539 5400). The leaflets are also available on the website www.early-education.org.uk.

One-off tax-free sum from HMRC can now be claimed by pregnant women

    News
  • Tuesday, April 7, 2009
    • | Nursery World
A one-off tax-free sum of 190 from the HMRC can now be claimed by all women who are at least 25 weeks pregnant. The Health in Pregnancy Grant, launched on Monday, is available for expectant mothers to spend as they choose when they fill out a form available from their midwife or doctor. The funding is intended to raise infant birthweights in deprived areas and help prevent diseases developing in later life (News, 13 September 2007).

© MA Education 2024. Published by MA Education Limited, St Jude's Church, Dulwich Road, Herne Hill, London SE24 0PB, a company registered in England and Wales no. 04002826. MA Education is part of the Mark Allen Group. – All Rights Reserved