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Help us to finger the tax fraudsters

    News
  • Wednesday, January 7, 2004
    • | Nursery World
As a nursery owner, I wholeheartedly agree with the news story 'Nurseries demand fraud money back' (11 December). We too have had parents ask us for our registration number to enable them to claim Working Tax Credit. We actively encourage our parents to claim it, and the majority of parents are sincere and pay their fees on time. But there are occasions when parents claim the money and then either leave owing huge amounts of fees or ask for the number in order to claim and then never turn up.

Project guide

    News
  • Wednesday, August 27, 2003
    • | Nursery World
This project recognises that: * settings should be constantly resourced and organised in such a way as to offer learning opportunities across all areas of the Foundation Stage curriculum

Curse of the committee

    News
  • Wednesday, August 27, 2003
    • | Nursery World
By a former playgroup leader I want to echo the sentiments expressed by Marie Donegan ('In my view', 10 July) about her experiences of running a playgroup. I too have concerns regarding committees. They are, in the main, made up of parents/carers whose children attend the group. They often move on when their child leaves, and many will have no training in childcare.

In stock. a monthly round-up of new resources

    News
  • Wednesday, August 31, 2005
    • | Nursery World
* Some children may need help learning to trust adults and extra support to become effective communicators. Strengthening the bond is a new resource from Talk to Your Baby, the National Literacy Trust's early language campaign, for parents or carers of children under three who want to support their child's social and communication skills. Download the guide at www.literacytrust.org.uk/talktoyourbaby/resources.html.

So the story goes

    News
  • Wednesday, October 31, 2001
    • | Nursery World
An imaginative approach to planning, props and follow-up activities will add to children's enjoyment of storytime When planning how to carry out storytime sessions, early years practitioners need to consider the range of stories and themes that they can use, the variety of props that can enhance their storytelling and other ways in which storytime can be developed.

Into the deep dark wood...

    News
  • Wednesday, October 24, 2001
    • | Nursery World
Sometimes the children who would most benefit from group storytelling are the ones left out of it. Jane Muir explains how to bring them in 'Poor cockerel had forgotten how to crow...' begins the afternoon story in Blackbird Leys College Day Nursery in Oxford, but that's not really the beginning. It begins with senior nursery nurse Nicola Cherry giving out the story mats, one to each child (and some made of carpet samples!).

Take twos...helping families to access provision

    Features
  • Friday, March 22, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Creating additional places for two-year-olds in some areas is proving more challenging than in others. James Hempsall describes how one centre has set up a mini-bus service to bring children in from areas where places are full.

Body language

    News
  • Tuesday, August 26, 2003
    • | Nursery World
Parents and carers interested in another way to communicate with babies before they can talk are attending baby signing classes, which has raised concerns that it may hinder speech development. But June Rozanski thinks it helped her bond closely with her son

Keep records on staff

    News
  • Wednesday, September 21, 2005
    • | Nursery World
Employing numerous staff to maintain ratios is an arduous but necessary task. It starts when a vacancy arises and you: * pay for recruitment advertising

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