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Advice on childminding

28 March 2002, Nursery World

Advice on childminding for both parents and childminders is now available on a website launched by the Scottish Childminding Association. The site, www.childminding.org, gives advice on choosing a childminder and...

A multi-media resource pack

28 March 2002, Nursery World

A multi-media resource pack to help teachers and pre-school staff improve their observations about children's learning and ensure continuity for children aged three to seven will be distributed free to...

The first confirmed cases of measles in Scotland

28 March 2002, Nursery World

The first confirmed cases of measles in Scotland in two years have occurred in Fife in the past few weeks. One was a pre-school child who had not received the...

Playgroup has an exotic touch

28 March 2002, Nursery World

All creatures great and small, from creepy crawlies to exotic beasts, turned up at Westhill Pre-school Playgroup in Aberdeen earlier this month. Nicole Blanchflower and Jasmine Foubister (pictured) particularly enjoyed...

Nursery profits 'are hyped to investors'

28 March 2002, Nursery World

The nursery sector is in danger of being over-hyped to potential investors in the City who may have unrealistic expectations of the profits they can make, according to an analysis...

Foundation training 'over-standardised'

28 March 2002, Nursery World

Plans for a centralised, nationally-directed training programme for the Foundation Stage have prompted concerns that it will be too standardised to meet the needs of practitioners working in different settings....

A touch too light for older children

28 March 2002, Nursery World

Kids' Clubs Network has voiced concern that Government proposals for a 'light-touch' certification scheme to regulate out-of-school care for the over-sevens does not go far enough. The scheme has been...

Oliver Bevan's 'The Full Swing'

28 March 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Oliver Bevan's 'The Full Swing' is one of a series of his paintings on the theme of play currently on display at the Royal National Theatre on London's...

Moving on

28 March 2002, Nursery World

High staff turnover has been blamed on poor pay and conditions, but bad management is just as likely to make staff quit, say researchers from the Thomas Coram Research Unit....

In response

28 March 2002, Nursery World

Tricia Pritchard, PANN professional officer * As a trade union, we can back up the findings about bad management. We represent members with appalling terms and conditions of employment. Many...