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In response to 'Vouchers bring growth hopes for companies' (News, 22 September), I would like to draw Nursery World readers' attention to the problems we face with the sheer scale of this scheme....
The relentlessly determined effort to keep the children's centre roll-out on track has seen the programme expand to the point where it is now reaching one million children and their families. Some 500...
Perhaps we should all stop waving our qualifications about on the pages of Nursery World and wake up and smell the coffee. And a very bitter brew it is. Despite the powerful 'Stop the Drop' campaign,...
More reassuring noises came from the Government in the past week about its continuing commitment to expanding childcare, as trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt took to the stage at the...
Most of us would say that involving children in making decisions about things that affect them is a great idea. But it's easier said than done, and too often early years staff pay only lip service to...
The children will love making these tactile puppets and learning some French at the same time. Each set contains two fabric faces measuring 22cm in diameter, ten Velcro facial features and six labels...
The current climate is not proving too comfortable for the private nursery sector. A recent survey has shown occupancy in nurseries continuing to fall, with dangerously low levels in some parts of the...
A Swedish woman of 104 received a letter, addressed to her 'guardian', inviting her to apply for nursery school in the Autumn. Authorities had assumed Lisa Heuren was born in 2002 and not 1902,...
The protests about the introduction of the nursery education grant Code of Practice are gathering force, particularly in Kent, where nursery and pre-school owners are holding meetings, alerting the...
The joy and success of Sure Start has been the individual nature of its programmes, with services springing from each community, tailored to meet the needs of the families within the area. What helps...