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Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
This week's national policy seminar held by 4Children examined the childcare gains and challenges in the five years since the report by the Childcare Commission, which set out demands for investment in and development of the early years sector (see News page 5, 'To the point' page 9). Everyone agreed that much had been achieved - but also that there was a long way to go. Children's minister Beverley Hughes's comments at the seminar provided some interesting hints about future priorities. She spoke about the need to pay particular attention to the quality of interactions between children and carers, something which rarely seems to be mentioned in Government pronouncements. And in speaking of the need to raise quality and increase affordability, Ms Hughes reflected what seems to be a growing acceptance in Government that supply-side subsidies, as being piloted in the London affordability scheme, will be necessary.

I CAN in the workplace

    News
  • Wednesday, December 18, 2002
    • | Nursery World
* I CAN, the national educational charity for children with speech and language difficulties, is offering more than 30 courses that can be delivered as workplace training. The courses include 'Setting the foundations for nursery-aged children with speech and language difficulties' and 'National numeracy strategy for pupils with speech and language difficulties and special educational needs'. They are aimed at anyone involved in the provision of education, speech and language therapy to children who have speech, language and communication difficulties, including teachers and educational psychologists.

Analysis: Getting tough on non-payers

    News
  • Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    • | Nursery World
What can nurseries do to get the fees owed to them, when they are so unlike other creditor businesses? Annette Rawstrone hears solutions.

Book reviews

    News
  • Wednesday, March 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Reference points Here are two quite different books providing advice on using ICT with the under-fives. The first reinforces the use of ICT through play and popular themes, and the second links ICT closely to the six areas of learning in the Foundation Stage.

The new Wendy house at Ferniehill Primary School in Edinburgh

    News
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Four-year-old Georgia Combe (left) and three-year-old Skai Scott have fun in the new Wendy house at Ferniehill Primary School in Edinburgh. The school has received a grant to develop its outdoor play area from the Supergrounds Project, a 166,000 scheme run by the Royal Bank of Scotland in association with Edinburgh City Council. The project started in 2000 and provides primary and nursery schools with money for plants and building materials, as well as practical help with landscaping. Over the past five years, the Supergrounds project has helped 24 Edinburgh schools. Photo Rich Scott/Deadline Scotland

To the point...

    News
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell looks at a course of progress in childcare that seems to be going in two directions Take this fact: the average cost of a full-time nursery place for a child is 7,300 a year. Take another fact: the average salary of a full-time childcare worker is said to be 6,100. Add seasoning, and the mixture is a mess.

In brief...National Childminding Association's annual conference and AGM

    News
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Childminders in England and Wales can exchange ideas and information at the National Childminding Association's (NCMA) annual conference and AGM, which takes place from 17 to 18 November at the Norbeck Castle Hotel in Blackpool, Lancashire. The conference theme is 'Diversity -Childminding has so much to offer!' and a varied programme of speakers and presentations have been arranged, including Maggie Smith, director of the new Early Years Directorate at Ofsted, who will speak about the new organisation's first 75 days, and NCMA president Penelope Leach. Creche facilities will be available and an exhibition will be held on 17 November. For further information contact the NCMA on 020 8264 6164.

In brief...NCMA raises level of Public Liability Insurance Indemnity cover

    News
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The NCMA meanwhile has decided to raise its members' level of Public Liability Insurance Indemnity cover from 2m to Pounds 5m. This has been done automatically for all those who have the NCMA insurance to ensure that they are covered for any damages claims made against them. The change was made in light of a recent case where the family of a London boy who contracted E.coli while on a school trip to a farm was awarded damages of 3.5m.

Credit and choice

    News
  • Wednesday, March 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
In one respect I agree that it could be a good thing to pay the childcare tax credit direct to the care provider. However, it could cause difficulties for the parent wishing to change provider. If the money was paid direct to the childcare provider it would restrict the parents' freedom of choice, as not all childcare arrangements turn out to be satisfactory, for a variety of reasons. Parents need to be able to change to other daycare should they require it. This would then have a knock-on effect of increased administration if funds were to go directly to the provider.

Funds create 900 childcare places

    News
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Up to 900 new childcare places are to be created in one county's most disadvantaged areas with money from the Government's Neighbourhood Nurseries scheme. The Suffolk Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership is using 2.3m for its Neighbourhood Childcare Initiative to create between four and six new nurseries and 12 out-of-school clubs and lead to the recruitment of 114 more childminders. Most of the investment is aimed at deprived areas of Ipswich, Lowestoft and Haverhill.

Jean and Stewart Pickering

    News
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2001
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Jean and Stewart Pickering, the husband and wife team who founded Kids Unlimited, are looking forward to seeing the private nursery group double in size over the next few years. The expansion of its nurseries is to be backed by 12m in funding from Friends Ivory & Sime Private Equity and National Westminster Bank (News, 16 August) and is expected to create more than 1,000 new jobs.

Class of their own

    News
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
What does it mean for children and families when school is home? Rosalyn Spencer describes her family's experience and some of the issues raised A growing number of families are choosing to educate their children at home, for a variety of reasons. It might be that they don't agree with the national curriculum, an emphasis on testing or class sizes. It could be that they have concerns over moral education and want to provide a stronger religious base for their children. More often than not, it is because their children have tried school and experienced difficulties.

New mothers see improved support

    News
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A Scottish think-tank is soon to publish recommendations for ways to support women through pregnancy and the early months of infancy, based on parents' own views. The Scottish Council Foundation's Early Endowment study draws on evidence from the United States that expectant mothers on low incomes who received modest increases in income fared significantly better in mental health and well-being and had babies with higher birthweights. Another study, the Acheson Inquiry into Health Inequalities, found that tackling poverty and poor nutrition from the very beginning of a child's life is one of the most effective ways to reduce health inequalities within a generation.

After maternity leave

    News
  • Wednesday, February 1, 2006
    • | Nursery World
How are nursery owners and managers affected by staff returning to work after maternity leave? What effect has it on the children, parents and other staff? We currently have four staff on maternity leave - all seniors who are entitled to return to work in the same position and have the right to request to work the hours they choose. But sometimes staff seem to be under the impression that they are free to work whatever days or hours suit them.

Fife open meeting on meningitis

    News
  • Wednesday, March 13, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Nursery nurses, nannies and other childcarers in Fife will be able to learn more about meningitis at an open meeting organised by the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses on Thursday 21 March. The event, being held in conjunction with the National Meningitis Trust, will take place at Pathhead Primary School, Cairns Street, Kirkcaldy, from 3.45 to 5.45pm. It is part of a year-long educational pilot programme run by the Trust. For details or to register to attend, call PANN on 01332 372337.

Reader offer

    News
  • Wednesday, January 25, 2006
    • | Nursery World
We have ten copies of Baa for Beginners (Red Fox, 5.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Baa for Beginners' to the address on page 3. Winners will be the first ten names drawn on 9 February.

Nursery nurse Laura Bradley dons her cowgirl outfit and shouts 'Yee ha!'

    News
  • Wednesday, January 25, 2006
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Nursery nurse Laura Bradley dons her cowgirl outfit and shouts 'Yee-ha!' to the delight of children at Abbey Nursery in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Ms Bradley, who is a keen rider, is preparing to make tracks to the American state of Wyoming, where she will take part in a cattle drive to raise money for the International League for the Protection of Horses. She said, 'I will spend up to eight hours a day moving cattle. It will be the experience of a lifetime.' Photo Chris James

All about eczema

    Features
  • Wednesday, August 22, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Eczema is perhaps the most common skin complaint. It is especially common in young children. It is a rash or irritation of the skin caused by a genetic predisposition and exposure to substances in the environment to which the child is sensitive. These substances can either be external, or in the child's diet. There is some evidence from recently published research that eczema is more likely to occur when a child is raised in a very clean environment, which may be one reason why it seems more common in western, developed countries. Breast-fed babies are less likely to develop eczema, or they grow out of it early if they do suffer from it. Wheat, tomatoes, strawberries, citrus fruits and nuts are among the most common foodstuffs, apart from cow's milk,to provoke an allergic reaction, or cause eczema.

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