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Wellholme Centre in Brighouse

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
* Wellholme Centre in Brighouse, a 25-place council-run nursery in West Yorkshire, has also received a Quality Counts award. Manager Marie Reid said, 'We recently received a very good Ofsted report. But the NDNA scheme is about achieving higher than the national standards and being recognised as high quality provision for children and their families.'

Teaching young children

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Some food for thought in your professional career Teaching young children: choices in theory and practice. Glenda MacNaughton and Gillian Williams. (Open University Press, 18.99, ISBN 0 335 21106 2, 01628 770 224)

Children at Clutha Day Nursery in Kinning Park, Glasgow

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Children at Clutha Day Nursery in Kinning Park, Glasgow, learn how to look after their teeth in a scheme by Greater Glasgow NHS to tackle poor oral health in the city. The scheme promotes dental hygiene by encouraging children to cut out sugary snacks and drinks and brush their teeth at least once a day. It has proved so successful in reducing tooth decay rates in under-fives at nurseries that the pilot , which has been running for the past five years, will now be extended to nursery children across Glasgow.. Photograph by Photo Chris James

Kidsunlimited's Macintosh nursery

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
* Kidsunlimited's Macintosh nursery in Manchester city centre celebrates its first anniversary this week. The state-of-the-art nursery, based in the environmentally friendly 'green building', boasts two outdoor play areas and on-street parking for parents.

Body language

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  • Wednesday, January 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Children become aware of their bodies at an early stage, and with personal, social and emotional development at the core of the Foundation Stage, 'Our bodies' makes an excellent topic for the early years. Principles

Reader offer

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  • Wednesday, September 15, 2004
    • | Nursery World
We have 20 doll's accessory packs (Galt, 14.95) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Doll's accessories packs', to the address on page 3. Winners will be the first 20 names drawn on 30 September.

3: Body bits

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  • Wednesday, January 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
ADULT-LED Develop children's understanding of our internal organs.

Good food

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  • Wednesday, January 17, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Adult-led Explore nutrition and a balanced diet.

Go with the flow

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Babies and young children learn through play experiences in which they determine how it will develop, says Jennie Lindon A cornerstone of good early years practice is that children learn a great deal through play. This principle applies just as much to babies and very young children as it does to slightly older ones.

Music corner

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
One-to-one music and movement activities Young children enjoy moving, which is a way for them to find out more about their bodies, the world around them, their relationships with others and themselves. Adults can offer playful support, exciting variety and safe exploration.

A degree of sense

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006
    • | Nursery World
At our nursery there are three senior members of staff who have a lot of experience in a variety of settings, including all having worked in schools alongside qualified teachers. In our experience, the majority of teachers working with children under the age of seven have virtually no knowledge of child development and acknowledge this fact. But current training is beginning to address the issue.

Every Child Matters: Change for Children grants

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  • Wednesday, February 15, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Voluntary organisations working with children, young people and families to support the outcomes of the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme are to receive a 17m grant, children's minister Beverley Hughes said last week. Funds of up to 1.9m each have been awarded to 65 groups for 2006-07 under the Children, Young People and Families Grant Programme. For the full list, visit www.everychildmatters.gov.uk.

Children advise on good practice

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  • Wednesday, January 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Asking children for their views provides some startling insights into how nursery staff can improve practice, a pioneering Scottish study has found. Stirling Council has published a practical guide, Children as Partners, which advises that nursery-age children can be consulted on a range of issues such as curriculum planning, staff deployment and purchasing resources - and that nurseries must be prepared to act on what they find out.

Cross-border vetting urged

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  • Wednesday, January 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Children's charities on both sides of the Irish border have called for the vetting of all childcarers in Ireland and for tougher legislation to protect children from abuse. Last week the Northern Ireland branch of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) said they wanted to see all people who work with children be vetted because of the need to tackle child abuse on an all-Ireland basis and give all children equal protection under the law. At present childcarers are vetted only in Northern Ireland and there is no equivalent system in the south.

Primary concern

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  • Wednesday, February 15, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Are private daycare providers threatened by schools - and do schools want to compete with them? Simon Vevers tests the water When the Government gave the green light to schools to develop full daycare on site as part of a package of extended services, the schools were urged to work with local private providers and not duplicate provision.

Daycare Trust signs up new director

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  • Wednesday, April 27, 2005
    • | Nursery World
The successor to Stephen Burke as the director of the Daycare Trust was named last week as Susan Crane. Ms Crane, who will go by the title of chief executive, previously worked as an international development consultant, advising British, European and international non-government organisations (NGOs).

Eco-Friendly

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  • Monday, August 19, 2019
    • | Nursery World
Holly Grange Montessori Nursery in Lymm, Cheshire is working towards becoming an Eco-School and going fully plastic-free.

Software review

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  • Wednesday, July 9, 2003
    • | Nursery World
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