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Yoga sets pace for storytime

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  • Wednesday, February 19, 2003
    • | Nursery World
'Breathe in, breathe out... cross your hands together, stretch out and hold... concentrate on your breathing.' This could be heard at any yoga class in the country, but in this case, the instructions are being given to the pre-school children at Hilton Nursery in Aberdeen.

Harvest festival

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  • Monday, November 3, 2014
    • | Nursery World
Little Steps Day Nursery in Northamptonshire got creative with food recently to celebrate the harvest festival.

'Smack and smoke' is banned in Wales

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  • Wednesday, March 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Childminders in Wales will no longer be allowed to smack children or to smoke in their presence, unlike their counterparts in England. The national standards for daycare and childminding for under-eights in Wales being introduced on 1 April forbid childminders from using any form of physical force to punish children, as well as smoking while caring for children.

Crocus Walk

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  • Wednesday, March 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
The Crocus Early Years Centre held a 'Crocus Walk' on Mother's Day in aid of the Breakthough Breast Cancer charity, which also has the crocus as its symbol. More than 100 parents, children and staff from both of the East Anglia company's nurseries, Saffron Walden County High School and Hinxton Hall, enjoyed a walk around a park and raised more than 300. Crocus Early Years Centre director Ross Midgley said, 'The day proved a great way for parents from the two nurseries to get together, and everyone congregated after the walk for hot cross buns and coffee.'

Scottish care rules 'favour public sector'

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  • Wednesday, March 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Private nursery providers have expressed disappointment that the new national care standards for early education and childcare in Scotland have not created a true level playing field with local authority nurseries. Patricia McGinty, a director of the Scottish Independent Nurseries'

A new British standard

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  • Wednesday, December 4, 2002
    • | Nursery World
A new British standard for child-resistant packaging in medicines containing aspirin, paracetamol and iron is to be introduced by the Government. Health minister Lord Hunt said the new standard would cover non-reclosable containers, such as blister or strip packs, which the Medicines Control Agency plans to incorporate into UK law. Reclosable containers, such as bottles, are already covered by a British Standard. During a visit to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, Lord Hunt said, 'While the first line of defence must always be to keep medicines out of the sight and reach of children, child-resistant packaging represents an important additional safeguard.' He pointed out that while iron was a key component in a healthy diet, as few as six iron tablets could kill a toddler or cause delayed life-threatening injuries.

Winners have been announced in Scotland's first-ever School Awards

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  • Wednesday, March 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Winners have been announced in Scotland's first-ever School Awards, given in partnership between the Scottish Executive and the Daily Record newspaper. They include Frances Wright Pre-school in Dundee, which came runner-up in the 'Schools For All' category for demonstrating that it involved all children in school life and learning. Those acknowledged in the other nine categories include Portree Primary School, Skye, for achieving excellence, Bargeddie Primary School for helping children become confident and more ambitious, and Comrie Primary School, Perthshire, for raising standards. Sue Fraser from Kirkhope Primary School, Selkirk, and Sheena Bissett from Portree Primary School, Skye, were runners-up for inspiring their pupils.

A month in the life of Jasmine Maya

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  • Wednesday, March 20, 2002
    • | Nursery World
As she approaches ten months, Jasmine shows that she understands simple instructions such as 'No' and 'Don't touch' by shaking her head as she reaches out to touch items she shouldn't, such as flowers and plants, or books and files on a low shelf, and by looking to see if she is being watched as she hesitates prior to her actions. Her hands and fingers quiver and flex in excited anticipation as she prepares to touch surfaces that give her particular pleasure, such as patting the family pets. Her character shows her to be an increasingly mischievious and fun-loving baby who delights in play whether alone or with the adults around her. Jasmine watches older babies and toddlers with interest, but makes little response to those younger than herself.

Body Language

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  • Wednesday, December 4, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Help children to become more aware of their bodies and their interactions with others by thinking about the different factors that make up the 'dance elements' To express themselves using movement, children need to learn how to combine the components of dance in different ways. Ask yourself: which parts of the body are involved? What actions are being performed? Where, how and with whom or what is the dancer moving? These dance elements, as they are known, are present in any dance, and the form they take will give the dance its particular character.

On a grand scale

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  • Wednesday, May 16, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Thinking big - creative ideas for the great outdoors 1 In the gallery

Family tax credits: Giving credit

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  • Tuesday, February 18, 2003
    • | Nursery World

Clear up any confusion about the new streamlined tax credit system about to come into effect with our cut-out-and-photocopy guide and advice by Mary Evans

Grants provide teachers for voluntary settings

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  • Wednesday, April 4, 2007
    • | Nursery World
The provision of grants to place qualified teachers in early years settings in the Welsh voluntary sector was announced last week by education minister Jane Davidson. As part of the Welsh Foundation Phase pilot, 2.5m will be given to local authorities in Wales from April for Foundation Phase Setting Support Teachers. All LEA-funded non-maintained settings will receive at least 10 per cent of a qualified teacher's time, equivalent to one half-day every week.

Ten tips on...NVQ evidence gathering - C3

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  • Wednesday, December 4, 2002
    • | Nursery World
Follow our pointers to help you gather evidence for NVQ Level 3 Unit C3 - promoting the physical development of children. Read our advice in conjunction with Level 3 standards Early Years Care and Education. 1 As part of their physical development children need to develop confidence in movement.

A parent's guide to helping children overcome their fears

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  • Wednesday, April 4, 2007
    • | Nursery World
Sometimes we don't need to do anything to try to overcome fears. They can be healthy and developmental. Just listen to your child's stories and encourage her to tell you as much as she can. Sharing her worries may bring relief, so don't leap in too quickly with reassurances. It is important, though, to show that adults and children do feel differently about scary things, and that you yourself are not scared of monsters (or whatever it is). What causes children's fears?

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