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Egg collection

    Other
  • Monday, May 4, 2015
    • | Nursery World
Daisy Day nursery in Cardiff had an Easter Egg collection to raise money for charity.

Fun for all in Parents' Week

    News
  • Wednesday, October 30, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Beach parties, music days and craft sessions were held to celebrate last week's Parents' Week (21-27 October) amid revelations that Posh and Becks are out and parents are in as the role models for most children. At the start of Parents' Week, organised by the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI), the sun shone for children from Bridlington South Sure Start in East Yorkshire having fun at their beach hut. Sure Start administrator Leone Pavlidou said, 'We had a lovely day and it was very sunny as we played games, made sandcastles and collected shells on the beach.

Bill for children's champion passes

    News
  • Wednesday, April 2, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Scotland came a step closer to giving children their own human rights champion after a Bill to establish a Commissioner for Children and Young People was passed last week. The commissioner, expected to be in post by the start of 2004, will act as an independent 'voice' promoting and safeguarding the interests of children and making recommendations directly to the Scottish Parliament.

Advertising Standards Authority

    News
  • Wednesday, April 2, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A nursery that claimed in the local Essex press, 'We have just been voted the number one childcare provider', has been asked to remove this wording from advertisements after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint about it. The Sunshine Day Nursery in Westcliff-on-Sea based its claim on a survey carried out in Sunshine Babyworld, a supermarket owned by one of its sister companies. The ASA ruled that 'the methodology of the survey was flawed' and was 'likely to mislead people into thinking the accolade had been given by an independent organisation'. The survey asked people to rate four nurseries, two of which were other Sunshine Day Nursery Schools in Essex and one that was another nursery provider.

Pressure mounts for nanny register

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Pressure should be exerted on the newly-constituted Better Regulation Task Force to reverse its previous recommendation to the Government and support the creation of a national register of nannies, says a leading nanny representative. Tricia Pritchard, professional officer at the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses, made the call after a Task Force spokesman said the recruitment of six new members to the 15-strong body would not alter its stance on the issue, which it set out in a report in 1998.

The Investors in People standard

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Investors in People standard has been awarded to the Westminster Children's Society, whose operations and training manager, June O'Sullivan, said, 'We decided to be assessed for the award because we felt having an external stimulus would keep us on our toes. In a nursery staff are crucial to the quality of service provided. Helping them to develop and improve has a direct impact on the care and education of children.' A panel of assessors visited the society to interview staff and evaluate training programmes.

Fine motor and touch development: Make contact

    News
  • Tuesday, April 1, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Touching and grasping not only tell children about textures; it is also how they explore the consequences of their actions, and learn about their own abilities for reaching and holding. Jennie Lindon explains the significance of such motions

Figures of speech

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Close observation of children involved with small-world play can provide a wealth of opportunities to develop their oracy and language skills, writes Anne O'Connor Watch a child playing with small-world toys and it is likely you will hear talk of one kind or another. A very young or inexperienced child may appear to be 'babbling' - making noises as they move the farm animals around. Perhaps you will hear words and phrases as dinosaurs are made to march along in a line. You may hear complex dialogue between a parent and baby as the child is put to sleep in its cot in the doll's house. Or you may chance upon an elaborate retelling of 'The Three Bears', while plastic 'sorting'

Men at work

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
What can managers do to integrate men into the nursery workforce? Mary Evans offers solutions When men choose to work in childcare, where they are outnumbered 99-1 by women, they are hailed as good role models for the children. But are their female colleagues as welcoming and helpful as they should be to this minority group?

Doctor in the house

    News
  • Wednesday, September 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A hospital role play corner sent children off on more learning routes than staff ever anticipated, says Maureen Baker of Children's House Nursery School, Edinburgh We've all been amazed at the breadth of learning gained from setting up a hospital corner in the nursery. It all started when one of our children was admitted to hospital for a short operation. When he returned to nursery he was happy to share his experiences with the other children. They were so interested that the staff set up a basic hospital corner with a bed, some role play outfits and a doctor's bag.

Nannies are not childminders

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
I am a qualified nanny and have worked as a nanny for the past 11 years. I do not want to register as a childminder, despite what the Government has said in its proposals to introduce nationally a new category of 'home childcarers' to allow childminders to look after children in the child's home (News, 25 April). I went to college for two years to train to become a qualified nursery nurse, not for a few weeks to become a childminder. Nannies and childminders cannot be classified as being the same.

Nursery nurses carry a fuller load

    News
  • Wednesday, September 19, 2001
    • | Nursery World
In response to Tracey Knight's letter (30 August) about a nursery nurse's salary and responsibilities, I take great offence at her implication that nursery nurses do not have any responsibility for curriculum planning or children's welfare. Has she not realised that nursery nursing has moved on? Our job now incorporates care and education, which means we plan and deliver a quality curriculum. To ensure our curriculum is balanced, we also carry out regular observations to help us in our assessment of every child's needs. These findings are recorded and reported to parents and outside agencies who may be involved with the child as well as with the teachers of the primary schools which they will attend.

Give us credit

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
I am a qualified nursery nurse, working as both a teaching assistant and nursery nurse in a primary school. I studied for two years to obtain my qualification and my training included 13 visits to my placement by my college assessor, where I set up and implemented lessons, then incorporated their outcome in future planning. Eighty per cent of my child observations were marked as distinctions. In my existing job, I am involved in all areas of the teacher's job, including planning, attending parent consultations, contributing to individual education plans and so on.

DCE is NNEB, OK?

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
I am in my second year of studying the Diploma in Childcare and Education but have encountered a problem - employers don't recognise the qualification. On the many occasions I have had to explain about the Diploma, people say, 'It's a shame you're not doing the NNEB, it's a good qualification.' The Diploma has replaced the NNEB and is worth three A-levels. It is also a higher qualification than the NNEB, but it does not appear to be recognised as such, if at all.

Partnership salute

    News
  • Wednesday, May 8, 2002
    • | Nursery World
I felt compelled to write in response to the feature about Early Years Development and Childcare Partnerships ('Fingers and thumbs?', 18 April). As the owner and manager of a private day nursery for the past 15 years, I have seen a lot of changes and would like to say that my local EYDCP, the Telford and Wrekin Early Years Partnership, has made a real difference to both the quality and quantity of early years provision in our area, through staff training and by supporting providers of early years provision in this area.

Second annual Scottish Education awards

    News
  • Wednesday, March 26, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The second annual Scottish Education awards have honoured Inchyra Nursery School in Grangemouth, Falkirk, and Kirkhill Nursery at Kirkhill Primary School in Aberdeen. Inchyra was a runner-up in the 'New Ideas in Learning' category, while Kirkhill Nursery was a runner-up for 'Raising Basic Standards'. Presenting the awards this month, First Minister Jack McConnell said, 'I want every school in Scotland to be a centre of excellence. The achievements I have heard about today show that, with commitment and hard work, this can happen.'

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