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Ask the expert

    News
  • Wednesday, July 27, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Educational therapist Andrea Clifford Poston answers your queries about child behaviour Q At a recent 'welcome afternoon' for pupils about to start at our primary school, I was concerned about a four-year-old (June birthday) who clung to her mother all afternoon. She has attended playgroup but her mother stays there with her.

Celebrating Diversity

    News
  • Wednesday, July 27, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Africa Black Africa is often on the TV, but the images are usually of famine, poverty and war. It is important to give young children some opportunity to see other aspects of the continent. Settings can celebrate Kwanzaa, the international festival of black culture - but, as this takes place at the end of the year, it may coincide with Christmas closure. African culture can also be celebrated at other times.

A further 2.4m is to be

    News
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A further 2.4m is to be spent on training for the childcare workforce, education minister Cathy Jamieson has revealed. 'To allow for further expansion and development of the early years workforce I am making available an additional 2.4m to local authorities from 2004 onwards. I can also announce that we have exceeded our target to train 5,000 new childcare workers by 2002. More than 6,000 qualifications have been awarded since 1999. Our goal is to have all those working in the sector holding a qualification, or working towards one.' Ms Jamieson was speaking at Men in Childcare's conference 'When Men Become Carers', where she stressed that children benefit if care settings are more representative of society and have men as care workers.

Call for midwives to be based in children's centres

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2014
    • | Nursery World
The charity 4Children is calling for midwives and health visitors be based at children’s centres, after a poll revealed that a quarter of mothers-to-be found out information about pregnancy from a children’s centre.

A third of children in Scotland

    News
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A third of children in Scotland live in low-income households, according to a report published this week. Poverty in Scotland 2002 -People, places and policies, by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland, the Scottish Poverty Information Unit and the Open University, also shows that lone parents are twice as likely to be poor compared with those in couples. The report is available from CPAG, 94 White Lion Street, London N1 9PF for 10.95 plus 2.95 p&p.

Scotland hears a host of stories

    News
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2002
    • | Nursery World
With the help of a touch of magic, National Tell a Story Day introduced the joys of fairytales and fiction to children across Scotland last month. In Kirriemuir library in Angus, Mr Magic got listeners involved in the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' (above). Children from nearby Northmuir, Southmuir and Glenisla nurseries were enthralled by the story and had plenty of chances to help with the tricks and join in by singing and chanting.

Give children choices

    News
  • Wednesday, July 27, 2005
    • | Nursery World
I have, over recent months and weeks, become increasingly alarmed at the number of times I hear the words 'choice for parents'. In general, these words seem to be linked to anything connected to the Government's ten-year strategy. While I am all in favour of high-quality services to offer choice to parents, I am more in favour of the development of choice for children and the recognition of their rights.

Primary pupils train to counsel peers

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  • Wednesday, April 28, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Children as young as six are being trained in anger management techniques so they can act as mentors to their fellow pupils, preventing playground disputes flaring out of control or bullying. The peer-mentoring scheme was pioneered three years ago by Nesta Murray, headteacher at St Ann's Primary School in Tottenham, London. It is now operating in seven other schools in the area. Ms Murray said, 'It has been very successful and made a big difference to our school. You have to continuously update your behavioural management techniques, and we have tried many anger management techniques over the years, but they were all top down approaches.

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