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Under one roof
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- Wednesday, August 15, 2001 | Nursery World
The new Early Years Directorate will ask for parents' views about the service when inspecting childcare providers. Alison Mercer explains what else is in store The handover to Ofsted's Early Years Directorate, which is taking over the registration and inspection of childcare for the under-eights from 3 September, has worried some practitioners. But they have been reassured that inspections are unlikely to be that different from before.
Learning & Development: Blogging - 21st century literacy
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Features
- Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | Nursery World
These days the nursery teddy bears are more likely to be writing blogs than going down to the woods, say Asma Parveen and Jackie Marsh.
Work Matters: On course
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Features
- Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | Nursery World
18 June. Making Marks - Getting it right from the start
The Environment
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- Wednesday, January 18, 2006 | Nursery World
10 steps to quality 1 Is your setting clean, well-lit, warm enough and furnished with appropriate chairs, tables and storage equipment for Foundation Stage children? Are all members of staff aware of their roles and responsibilities in maintaining the environment?
Unify funding system for children from two to 11, say MPs
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- Tuesday, March 30, 2010 | Nursery World
A cross-party group of MPs examining the Early Years Single Funding Formula has recommended that the Government consider introducing a unified funding system for all children in education from the age of two to 11.
The Scottish Care Commission Forum
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- Wednesday, June 28, 2006 | Nursery World
* The Scottish Care Commission Forum on 24 June focused on how to better assess, regulate and investigate Scotland's 6,000 registered childminders. The Commission also celebrated its new Regulation of Care Award's first graduation, with 45 Care Commission officers receiving their certificates from the deputy minister for health and community care, Lewis Macdonald.
Little rivals
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News
- Wednesday, November 21, 2001 | Nursery World
Help children respond to their feelings of jealousy towards their siblings and others with activities from Anne O'Connor Activity 1
HR Update - Employment rules update
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Features
- Monday, April 6, 2015 | Nursery World
This year, 5 April brings not only Easter eggs but changes in
employment law - in particular, the introduction of shared parental
leave. Jacqui Mann of HR4 Nurseries explains
Use of baby signing should be targeted on those at risk, say researchers
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- Tuesday, March 30, 2010 | Nursery World
Learning to sign could help babies who are at risk of language delay because of social deprivation and poorly educated parents, according to new research.
Fish oil 'better than drugs' for ADHD children
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- Wednesday, June 28, 2006 | Nursery World
A daily supplement of omega-3 fish oil can reduce hyperactivity in children more effectively than commonly prescribed drugs, new research suggests. An Australian study measured the effects of eye q, a supplement of omega-3 fish oil and omega-6 evening primrose oil, on 132 children with ADHD. For 15 weeks the children were split, with one group taking eye q and another a placebo. Then, for a further 15 weeks, all took eye q.
Holiday childcare promised 5.5m in funding
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- Tuesday, March 30, 2010 | Nursery World
The Government has pledged 5.5m in funding for summer holiday childcare pilots in 19 local authorities.
Conservatives 'pose a real threat' to Sure Start, warns Labour
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News
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 | Nursery World
Over 1,000 Sure Start centres could close if the Conservatives win the general election, the Labour party has warned.
Psychotherapy for Children with Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
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Review
- Monday, August 22, 2011 | Nursery World
By Mary A Fristad, Jill S Goldberg Arnold, Jarrod M Leffler (The Guildford Press, 25.60, ISBN 9781609182014)
Proposal to offload care is shelved
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- Wednesday, January 31, 2007 | Nursery World
Plans to privatise council nurseries have been dropped by Newcastle City Council as it apologised to parents following a bureaucratic error. As Nursery World reported last week, the local authority had interpreted the Childcare Act as a duty to manage rather than to provide existing and planned childcare services.
Childcare places at risk as charity folds
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- Wednesday, January 31, 2007 | Nursery World
Childcare staff and families marched through Glasgow city centre on Saturday calling for government intervention after the Scottish voluntary organisation One Plus went into liquidation last week, with more than 500 jobs at stake. The Scottish Executive has declined to pay out 2m to keep the charity afloat. Glasgow City Council, as One Plus's main childcare customer, has put up 700,000 to allow for a change-over of providers to take place.
Solutions sought as cost of childcare continues to rise
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- Wednesday, January 31, 2007 | Nursery World
Childcare costs in England and Wales continue to rise above the rate of inflation, according to the Daycare Trust's annual survey of what parents are paying. The average cost for a 50-hour nursery place for a child under two is now 152 per week, at a time when average weekly earnings in England were placed at 447. The increase from 144 last year represents a three percentage point rise above the current rate of inflation.
Good buys!
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- Wednesday, January 31, 2007 | Nursery World
Kit out your nursery with durable products for learning, playing or just resting, in our monthly round-up of new resources by Laura Marcus CREEPY CRAWLIES
Nannies for grannies
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News
- Wednesday, November 21, 2001 | Nursery World
Georgie Bateman, who runs the Night Nannies franchise in Hampshire and Wiltshire, is now launching an extra service called Nannies for Grannies. When grandchildren come to stay for a few days, a nanny can arrive at 9pm and deal with bathtime, bedtime and night-time requests. The idea came from Georgie's own mum, who sometimes cares for Georgie's girls Annabel and Louisa. 'Many grandparents want to give their children a weekend off, but are worried they won't know what to do,' says Georgie. 'And after spending the whole day entertaining a young child they feel exhausted.'
Footsteps
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- Wednesday, June 21, 2006 | Nursery World
A parents' membership scheme called Footsteps has been launched by the Pre-school Learning Alliance, in partnership with Bounty, to coincide with Pre-school Playweek and highlight the importance of parental involvement. Other events of the week from 17-24 June, the pre-school part of National Sure Start Month, have included open days, sponsored toddles and teddy bears' picnics.
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