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Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

    News
  • Monday, April 20, 2015
    • | Nursery World
The ongoing issue of childminders being unable to claim early education funding has come under the spotlight again, after Lancashire County Council was forced to back down on plans to stop the free entitlement for children related to nursery staff at their setting.

On course

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  • Wednesday, March 7, 2007
    • | Nursery World
23 March Look who's talking... listening and responding to young children

Two-tier nanny force created in Scotland

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
All nanny agencies in Scotland are to be regulated by the Scottish Executive from April this year, enabling parents who use their services to claim the childcare tax credit. The move will create a two-tier system, whereby nannies recruited through agencies are regulated and nannies recruited directly by parents are not.

New entry sought to train teachers

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  • Wednesday, October 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
The Scottish Executive has launched a review of routes into teacher training to open the profession up to badly-needed new recruits. The review coincides with a new series of television and newspaper adverts which encourage people to consider a teaching career, using the slogan 'Best days of your life'. The Executive aims to recruit almost 3,000 new teachers over the next five years.

PACEY launches online consultation on CPD

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  • Friday, December 6, 2013
    • | Nursery World
The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) is consulting with practitioners on the continued professional development (CPD) support they require in the future.

Public Consultation on Glasgow closures

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  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009
    • | Nursery World
A public consultation on plans by Glasgow City Council to close 12 nurseries and 13 schools ended on 18 March, marked by protests across the city.

Childminders want insurance

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
The Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA) is to lobby Health and Social Services Trusts' early years teams to make public liability insurance cover a mandatory requirement of the childminder registration process. Delegates at NICMA's annual conference voted unanimously for the resolution after Ballymena childminder Rhonda Hamill told them that evidence suggested that only just over half of childminders in Northern Ireland have appropriate insurance, putting '10,000 children and 1,800 childminders at risk'. She added, 'To protect both the childminder and the children, we believe it is essential for childminders to hold appropriate and adequate public liability insurance cover.'

Accident-prone children

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Accident-prone children are literally bringing the house down - and it's costing their parents a fortune, according to research conducted on behalf of the Zurich insurance company. The first 15 years of childhood cost parents 1,556 in household disasters, including broken furniture and stained carpets, and the ages of three to five are the most accident-prone period in a child's life. More than one in seven of the parents surveyed also reported damage caused by someone else's child. Boys were more likely than girls to have accidents, with more than 25 per cent of boys guilty of smashing windows compared with 11 per cent of girls. More than one in ten parents said they had had to redecorate after children had practised their artistic skills on the walls.

Views sought on skills EYPs need

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The core skills, knowledge and competences needed to gain Early Years Professional (EYP) status are the subject of a draft set of standards put out for consultation by the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC). It is hoped the profession will attract graduates from a wide range of backgrounds, including teachers, social workers and community nurses, as well as those with early years, childhood and play qualifications.

In brief...A group of out-of-school clubs in

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  • Wednesday, October 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
A group of out-of-school clubs inWorcester called Sneakers Childcare has won the West Midlands Employer of the Year award for its commitment to helping employees achieve a better balance between work and home life. The competition was organised by the charity Parents at Work and the Department of Trade and Industry. The judges were impressed by the group's 'innovative and comprehensive range of flexible and leave options, which have enabled them to recruit and retain qualified and dedicated staff, ensuring consistent care for children, despite rapid expansion'. Sneakers Childcare founder Karyn Maddison (below, centre) has also won a National Nestle Award for nursery care and was named Businesswoman of the Year 2000 by the Redditch Women's Enterprise Development Agency.

Found in translation

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Women from ethnic minorities are finding new ways into education and work, and a place in the local community, thanks to early years training. Guy Richards reports There cannot be many towns and cities in the UK now without at least one community of ethnic minority families. While many of the men can find jobs and integrate with the local society, it's a different matter for their wives, especially those with young children.

Literacy expert Sue Palmer for the Basic Skills Agency

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Forward-facing baby buggies have been called 'conversation killers' in a report by literacy expert Sue Palmer for the Basic Skills Agency (BSA). According to the report, the buggies reduce the amount of communication babies and toddlers have with their parents or carers pushing them and are contributing to declining verbal skills in children. The report, Talk To Me, also blamed the deterioration in verbal skills on modern lifestyles, such as the 'decline of the family meal'. The BSA urged all those working with young children to encourage families to increase time spent in conversation and improve their child's vocabulary. However, Ms Palmer acknowledged that parents were 'wary of schools interfering in their family life and resentful of any suggestion that they don't know what's best for their children'.

Opinion: In my view - Our own key person

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009
    • | Nursery World
Of course I feel sad to learn of Elinor Goldschmied's death, but it is also an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate her great contribution to early years practice, particularly work with children under three.

To the point...

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says Labour's childcare ambitions are exceeding its actions needed now Think of the number you started with and double it - that's the message from everyone in the childcare business to the Government.

Nursery activities

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
In an established garden, enjoy your broccoli harvest. First cut off the central head, then, over the next six weeks, cut the side shoots as they sprout. Cut just above outward facing buds, which in turn will grow into more sprouts. Leave one plant to flower, seed and show the full life-cycle. What to plant where

Start to finish

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  • Wednesday, April 12, 2006
    • | Nursery World
A new report outlines Government goals for the ten-year childcare strategy and plans for its implementation The vision

Parents must be on side

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  • Wednesday, October 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
By Gillian Penlington, education researcher at the Social Market Foundation The Government has recognised that it makes sense to focus on the early years. In England it has provided universal nursery provision for all four-year-olds, with a pledge that this will be extended to three-year-olds from September 2004. The Sure Start programme, which promotes the physical, intellectual and social development of young children is to be expanded to include expectant mothers. Early Excellence Centres and Neighbourhood Nurseries are to integrate early education, childcare and family support services. But the success of all these initiatives depends on getting parents involved. It is crucial that parents play an active role, for children attending settings involving their parents register higher levels of social and educational attainment throughout their lives.

Set positive boundaries

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  • Wednesday, January 8, 2003
    • | Nursery World
By Maggie Tait, a Montessori teacher trainer for Montessori Centre International, London I feel very strongly that we should be looking at smacking for discipline as just one aspect of the behaviour management of young children. One might ask whether any form of 'punishment' at all is valid when dealing with children of nursery age.

Phonics fears unite early educators

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  • Wednesday, April 5, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Early years professionals, academics and teaching unions have united in expressing concern that following last month's final report into early reading by Jim Rose, children will be taught to read exclusively by synthetic phonics. Chris Davis, chair of the 10,000-strong National Primary Headteachers'

Courses and conferences

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  • Wednesday, October 10, 2001
    • | Nursery World
16 October Developing an early years unit - integrating provision for nursery and reception-aged children Topics in this Institute of Education course include the principles involved in the development of integrated provision for the Foundation Stage, and the issues and challenges faced by practitioners.

Asquith Outstanding

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  • Monday, February 8, 2016
    • | Nursery World
Royal Earlswood Nursery in Redhill was awarded an Outstanding Ofsted rating, with the children being ‘exceedingly happy and secure’.

Free childcare on offer at 15 councils

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  • Wednesday, April 5, 2006
    • | Nursery World
The Government has named the 15 local authorities in England that will pilot free childcare for two-year-olds from this month. Education secretary Ruth Kelly revealed more details of the pilots on Tuesday as part of the ten-year childcare strategy implementation plan. Ms Kelly also confirmed that there are now more than 800 designated Sure Start children's centres.

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