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Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, February 18, 2004
    • | Nursery World
The vital need for early years practitioners to know about child development and to use that knowledge in their day to day practice with young children is acknowledged in some quarters but countered by the lack of this element in much teacher training. So we're really pleased to begin a new child development series this week which takes an in-depth look at schemas as a means of understanding how young children develop and learn. The series, which is written by the Pen Green team who have been carrying out exciting work on schemas, will alternate with Professor Tricia David's articles on leading theorists to provide some thought-provoking information.

On course

    News
  • Thursday, August 9, 2007
    • | Nursery World
21 AUGUST - Early Years Foundation Stage. An introduction to the EYFS, examining the main aspects of the new curriculum and how it includes Birth to Three Matters and the Foundation Stage, and how to implement the EYFS. London. Cost: 50. Call PSD Children's Centre 020 8807 4888.

Editor's view

    News
  • Thursday, August 9, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Summer may finally be struggling to come through, but Nursery World isn't taking a break in providing you with the essential guide to the new Early Years Foundation Stage pack. September will be here all too quickly, and the countdown to the implementation of the new framework will begin in earnest.

Editor's view

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, November 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Whose job should it be to shore up the creaking children's centre system?

On course

    News
  • Wednesday, July 19, 2006
    • | Nursery World
8 September European Enhancement of Early Years Management Skills

Media Watch

    News
  • Tuesday, March 1, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Breast is best at an ice-cream parlour in London serving a new product called Baby Gaga - a blend of breast milk, Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest, said the Daily Mail.

Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, August 28, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Unfortunately, it seems that often it takes a tragedy to prompt action over problems that have been brewing for some time. And so the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have now led to emergency measures to clear the huge backlog of staff checks through the Criminal Records Bureau that has for several months now left so many schools and nurseries frustrated and angry (see News, pages 4 and 5). Nursery World has been publishing news about the situation and your comments about the delays since the CRB started. Our readers have been warning how serious the situation is for a long time, and it is a great shame that more rigorous action was not taken sooner. Now, with the new school term just around the corner, an air of panic has set in about the prospect of uncleared staff working with children. No system is infallible, but this one must perform to the best standards any system possibly can.

Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, September 21, 2005
    • | Nursery World
The joy and success of Sure Start has been the individual nature of its programmes, with services springing from each community, tailored to meet the needs of the families within the area. What helps Bangladeshi mothers in London's Tower Hamlets, for example, can be very different to what helps children in a poor rural ward in Devon. It is this approach that many involved in children's services have warned could be lost as the local programmes are transferred into the children's centre roll-out. And the row over the forthcoming national evaluation of Sure Start, due to show few or no improvements on a range of targets as a result of the initiative, makes this even more likely (see News, page 4, and To the Point, page 9).

Media watch

    News
  • Wednesday, June 28, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The emergence of empathy and basic social skills takes place within the first year of life, according to Swedish research reported in the Daily Telegraph, which said babies as young as one can predict the outcome of another person's actions as well as an adult can. A music therapist from the University of Miami claims that babies much prefer their mother's attempts to hold a tune to recorded music, said the Daily Mail. Singing to a child establishes a bond and they will be comforted by a familiar voice and different tones.

Noticeboard

    News
  • Thursday, December 13, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Do you have a story to tell? Share it with us at news.nw@haymarket.com. The best photo of the week will win 40 worth of children's books.

Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, August 21, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The increasingly high profile of the nursery business means that the mainly female entrepreneurs who run them are also getting more recognition. In our news section this week (page 9) you can read about two women who are celebrating their achievements in different ways. Heather Gilchrist, founder of the Happitots chain in Edinburgh, is one of ten finalists in the Women Mean Business awards to be given out next month.

On course

    News
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
8 November Beyond listening - young children's perspectives on early childhood Listening to children is high on the policy and practice agenda today; this conference will look at how we can listen, and the risks and benefits it involves.

On course

    News
  • Wednesday, October 19, 2005
    • | Nursery World
10 November Working with babies: emotional, social and learning needs of babies in daycare

Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, September 28, 2005
    • | Nursery World
This issue of Nursery Business takes a hard look at what is needed to ensure success in a competitive market that will face further challenges in the future as Government initiatives roll out. Quality is, of course, crucial, and much of this issue is dedicated to exploring different aspects of running a quality service.

Case study

    News
  • Wednesday, August 14, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Sighthill, a deprived inner-city district of Glasgow, gained unwelcome national attention last summer, when a decision to house asylum seekers there led to violence culminating in a murder of one asylum seeker that was said to be racially motivated. There are now more than 30 different nationalities represented on the estate. Senior play development worker Yvonne Smillie of the North Glasgow Mobile Childcare Service, who took part in the SINA programme, first came into contact with the young children of asylum seekers when she was working in Sighthill a year ago.

Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, September 3, 2003
    • | Nursery World
As yet another review of childcare policy looms, early years experts are still calling for the divide between education and care to be abolished as part of a radical rethink about what we want for children and families in the UK. Professor Peter Moss of the Thomas Coram Research Unit sets out his thoughts in our Special Report this week ('Far and wide', pages 10-11). One of Professor Moss's conclusions is that the spending review should look abroad to stimulate critical questions, and policymakers would do well to start by reading our eight-page pull-out on early education and care across the world on pages 15-22. Dr Helen Penn provides some fascinating snapshots of provision for young children in a wide range of countries, finding that the quality of what is offered is not necessarily determined by a country's wealth or social equality. See how the UK measures up.

TV and radio

    News
  • Wednesday, January 14, 2004
    • | Nursery World
17 January Between the Ears - Kindertotenlied: Song on the Death of Children

Editor's view

    News
  • Wednesday, June 6, 2007
    • | Nursery World
For past five years, we have been overwhelmed with entries each time we run the Outdoor Challenge competition with Learning Through Landscapes. This year was no exception, and you can find out who won on page 9. Obviously, the 13,000 of prizes generously donated by Keep it Kool, NES Arnold and LTL are a big draw. But what also shines through is a real understanding of just how important outdoor play is for young children's learning and development, and a strong desire to provide high-quality experiences. Many entrants have obviously used the Outdoor Challenge as inspiration and motivation to move forward with plans for improvement.

Media watch

    News
  • Wednesday, March 16, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Ofsted's plan to canvass pupils' views for inspecttions, as well as parents', sparked criticism last week. BBCNews quoted head teachers' leader David Hart as saying it would give pupils 'ammunition' against teachers and could pose a threat to discipline. Supermums are out, stay-at-home-mums are in, according to the Daily Mail. A new survey found one in four women don't want to have it all and are quitting their careers to raise children.

Media Watch

    News
  • Monday, July 25, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Bored children cry out 'Are we nearly there yet?' just 31 minutes into a family car journey, according to a poll of 2,000 British parents commissioned by Peugeot, reported in the Daily Mail.

Courses and conferences

    News
  • Wednesday, July 14, 2004
    • | Nursery World
20 August Revisiting the vision: services and policies for young children in the European Union

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