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Child protection in the spotlight

    News
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2004
    • | Nursery World
* The independent inquiry set up in the wake of the Soham murder conviction of Ian Huntley is to hold three weeks of public hearings. The hearings, which begin in the week of 16 February, will examine how police checks into the former school caretaker's background were carried out and consider wider implications in the case. The inquiry's terms of reference are to enquire into child protection procedures in Humberside and Cambridgeshire, and 'in particular, to assess the effectiveness of the relevant intelligence-based record keeping, the vetting practices in the forces since 1995 and information sharing with other agencies'.

Ways to play

    News
  • Wednesday, January 19, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Nanny training and experience fits in well with a combination of skilled childcare jobs, as Helen Kewley hears Childcare professionals today cannot rely on a qualification that may be several years old, but need to continue their professional development and take up-to-date short courses, as delegates to last October's Professional Nanny conference unanimously agreed. At the same time, many of the nanny jobs being offered are part-time and it can be difficult to find enough work to generate a full-time income. So when I talked to Kelly Petriello I realised that her career could provide a model for today's childcarer.

Breastfeeding protects ..

    News
  • Tuesday, June 3, 2008
    • | Nursery World
premature baby girls from serious chest infections, but does little to prevent respiratory illnesses in boys, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins children's centre in Baltimore, Maryland.

Going Dutch? - The dangers of deregulation

    Features
  • Monday, April 16, 2012
    • | Nursery World
The Netherlands experiment with childminding deregulation lauded by some MPs here, has in fact led to more expensive childcare and a drop in quality, say Eva Lloyd and Anand Shukla

Management Round Table: the perils of paperwork

    Features
  • Wednesday, April 18, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Nursery World's panel of seasoned nursery managers describe their own approaches to dealing efficiently with paperwork while at the same time making sure their staff do not feel over-burdoned by it.

The 49ers

    Other
  • Monday, August 7, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Nursery leavers at Treetops Alton Manor in Derbyshire made an art installation outside the nursery building.

Adult behaviour 'can be forecast at three'

    News
  • Tuesday, September 2, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The character traits of a child at the age of three are good indicators of the type of person they will be in later life, according to researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College, London.

In a lather

    News
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Cleaning all kinds of items around the nursery is a popular and beneficial activity for the children - and, says Denise Bailey, it saves the staff a lot of work too Washing may seem a mundane and tedious activity to adults, but to young children it is enormous fun. The children in our setting love washing all sorts of things, and learn so much from the experience that we now make washing a regular activity, both indoors and outdoors.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK - Clifton Tots, Bristol

    News
  • Tuesday, March 22, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Children from Clifton Tots in Bristol became weather forecasters for the day when they visited BBC TV studios in Bristol and met local weatherman Richard Angwin.

Management focus: The Budget - how will it affect you?

    Features
  • Friday, April 1, 2011
    • | Nursery World
While the recent budget may not have made any announcements that are directly relevant to the nursery sector, it does have wider implications for nurseries as businesses and it is important that settings consider this as part of their future planning

Ofsted is happy with providers

    News
  • Wednesday, August 27, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Daycare and childminding services in England have received a broadly positive appraisal in Ofsted's first-ever national analysis of the standard of provision. Early years: the first national picture presents the outcome of Ofsted's inspections of all childminders and daycare providers over the 19-month transitional period after it took over responsibility for regulation from local authorities and for implementing new national standards from September 2001.

Nursery Equipment - PSED special

    Other
  • Tuesday, May 3, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The new edition of our annual Nursery Equipment supplement, free with this week's Nursery World, takes the theme of personal, social and emotional development.

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