In response to 'When an inspector calls' (Letters, 4 August), while I empathise with the situation of private nurseries, I can assure the writer that inspections in schools are no easier. I was a...
Despite hanging back on developing a Facebook page for the Old Station nursery group, managing director Sarah Steel now believes that online networking can form part of a coherent social media plan.
Histon Early Years Centre in Cambridgeshire held its official opening on 4 November. The 1m centre includes an 80-place nursery school and a separate 32-place daycare facility called Little Owls.
* We have ten copies of Harry's Box by Angela McAllister (Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 5.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked...
We have five sets of translucent buckets (Asco, Pounds 9.20) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Bucket sets', to the...
We have ten copies of Wet World by Norma Simon (Walker Books, 4.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Wet World', to the...
* We have ten copies of Mrs Mopple's Washing Line by Anita Hewett (Red Fox Books Mini Treasures, 1.25) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or...
* We have ten copies of Jack and the Dreamsack by Laurence Anholt and Ross Collins (Bloomsbury Publishing, 4.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a...
The Sure Start Unit offers acomprehensive guide to qualifications for working in early years, childcare and playwork. See www.surestart.gov.uk/_doc/ index.cfm?document=1181 or call 0845 602 2260 and...