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Autism Award

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  • Monday, July 24, 2017
    • | Nursery World
Mulberry Bush Montessori Nursery in Colchester has been awarded the Good Beginnings Silver Award for Autism Friendly Environments.

Childminder networks proliferating

    News
  • Wednesday, January 12, 2005
    • | Nursery World
More than nine out of ten local authorities in England have at least one formal childminder network, according to a new survey published by Sure Start. The Childminder Networks Census was carried out by BMRB Social Research to find out how childminding networks operate. Interviews were conducted with 139 of the 150 local authorities in England.

In brief...

    News
  • Wednesday, June 14, 2006
    • | Nursery World
Children as young as eight canbe prescribed the anti-depressant Prozac, the European Medicines Agency said last week. But mental health experts said that it was vital that any use of the drug in children was closely monitored.

Moray, nine, and Roseanne, 12, share a good book at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 18 August

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  • Wednesday, August 25, 2004
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Moray, nine, and Roseanne, 12, share a good book at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 18 August. The Scottish Executive's Home Reading Initiative 'Read Together' event offered guidance to the parents and carers of new readers aged five to eight and crowned eight new Reading Champions, aged between six and 12, to spread the word about how fun reading can be. For ideas and recommendations from the champions visit www.readtogether.co.uk. Photo Callum Moffat/Newsflash

New package for deaf children and babies

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  • Wednesday, August 20, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Deaf children and babies with cochlear implants could be helped to speak and communicate more clearly with a new package from implant producer Cochlear Europe. Listen Learn and Talk consists of a book and three videos - 'Babies Babble', 'Toddlers Talk' and 'Children Chatter' - and explains, in simple terms, how to develop a child's listening in a pro-active way through focused play and everyday routines. The straightforward pack can be used as a practical tool by parents, professionals and therapists. For more information see the website www.cochleareurope.com.

Language use

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  • Wednesday, July 10, 2002
    • | Nursery World
It can sometimes be hard for playworkers to know how to refer to children who have an impairment, such as cerebral palsy, autism or blindness. But the current thinking in the disability movement is that 'special needs' is too general a phrase and implies that the needs of disabled children are different to non-disabled children. 'Disabled children' is now used to refer collectively to such children and means they are more disabled by the barriers that exist in society than by any impairment they might have.

Playing with fire

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  • Wednesday, August 20, 2003
    • | Nursery World
In the first of a series based on the four elements, Mary Jackson, development officer at Learning Through Landscapes, explores outdoor activities involving fire What is your reaction when 'exploring fire' is proposed for an early years setting? 'Dangerous', 'Too many health and safety issues', 'Not something I would do' are all common responses from practitioners. But activities involving fire outdoors can be both safe and exciting.

Trunk calls

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  • Wednesday, August 20, 2003
    • | Nursery World
A project on elephants will provide a jumbo opportunity for large-scale creative and mathematical activities, writes Denise Bailey

A national minimum wage

    News
  • Wednesday, March 24, 2004
    • | Nursery World
A national minimum wage of 3 an hour is to be introduced for from October for 16-and 17-year-olds, following recommendations from the Low Pay Commission. Wages for 18-to 21-year-olds will rise to Pounds 4.10 an hour and for adults 4.85 an hour. However, apprentices under the age of 19 will remain exempt from minimum wage. Trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt said, 'We do not want to discourage employers from offering training places, which is why apprentices are excluded from the new youth rate.' But she added, 'There is a good case for improving the financial support available to apprentices and we expect to be able to make an announcement on this shortly.'

Children in five London boroughs

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  • Wednesday, March 24, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Children in five London boroughs can enjoy free swimming this Easter, thanks to the Kids Swim Free scheme in Newham, Waltham Forest, Tower Hamlets, Greenwich and Hackney, giving them free entry to local council pools. The scheme has received financial support from the mayor of London, the Department for Education and Skills, the Department of Health, and London 2012 - the company bidding to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games to London in 2012.

Racism hinders disabled pupils

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  • Wednesday, March 24, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Children from black and ethnic minority families who have disabilities face more problems at school and encounter greater prejudice in their lives than white disabled children, according to a report published this week. All our children belong, by the charity Parents for Inclusion, found that not only did most families with disabled children experience difficulties, injustice and isolation, but disabled children from black and ethnic minority (BEM) families also experienced institutionalised racism too. It said, 'Early inclusion is very important and should start at nursery.'

Green Fingers packs natural fun

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  • Wednesday, March 24, 2004
    • | Nursery World
(Photograph) - Jake Clarke from Duddington nursery in Edinburgh (above) enjoys going back to nature at the launch of Scottish National Heritages's Wee Green Fingers Fun Pack at Battleby in Perth. The pack includes a range of activities to teach young children about wildlife and the environment. They can paint trees with 'paintless water', sow their own miniature cornfield, make their own natural perfumes and potions and use paint colour strips from DIY shops to match up colours. There are games, stickers and postcards with poems by award-winning writer Linda Cracknell, and sunflower seeds for children to start growing their own garden. Bonnie Maggio, the fun pack's co-ordinator, said, 'This generation of children are more alienated from the natural world than ever before. We hope that by providing incentives like the Wee Green Fingers Fun Pack, we can inspire them to discover the wonders of nature in the same way that their parents and grandparents did.' Wee Green Fingers Fun Packs are free to anyone who works with or looks after young children. Contact Karen Smith at Scottish National Heritage on 01738 444 177. Photo: Mark Ferguson/Newsflash

Largest chain buys five sites

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  • Wednesday, June 18, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Asquith Court Schools, the UK's largest nursery chain, has acquired the London-based Rivertide Group in a move that further consolidates its position as market leader. The Rivertide Group, established in 1996, operates five nurseries in Twickenham, Eltham, Islington, Peckham Rye and Orpington. The acquisition will add a further 250 day nursery places to the 6,066 the nursery chain currently provides.

Working mothers running in circles

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  • Wednesday, June 18, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Working mothers not only do the 'school run', but also the 'pre-school nursery run', the 'childcare run' and the 'work run', according to a report by an academic at the University of York. The report, Running around in circles: Co-ordinating childcare, education and work, by Christine Skinner, explores how working mothers rely on informal help from neighbours, family and friends as well as formal support from nannies, childminders, childminders' husbands and out-of-school clubs to transport children between different settings at different times of day.

Fur play

    News
  • Wednesday, January 7, 2004
    • | Nursery World
Harry Harrington is a special teddy bear. His owner Chrissie Clark has developed a huge personality for this furry friend who helps improve standards in the classroom A small blue teddy bear with a larger-than-life personality has made a huge impact at Harrington Infant School in Workington, Cumbria. Harrington Bear was bought for the bargain price of 1.49, but he's since become invaluable to the reception class children and the star of a series of books.

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