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Ban all smacking, parliament is told

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Children's charities presented the case for a complete ban on all physical punishment of children to a Scottish Parliament committee last week. Members of the Children are Unbeatable! Alliance, which...

More resources should be made available for Gaelic-medium education

30 May 2002, Nursery World

More resources should be made available for Gaelic-medium education, according to a report drawn up by the ministerial advisory group on Gaelic. It said that educational provision would be the...

Children's Traffic Club

30 May 2002, Nursery World

The Children's Traffic Club has set off on a six-month tour of the country offering free road safety training to three-and four-year-olds. Lewis Macdonald, deputy minister for enterprise, transport and...

The Health Promoting Schools Unit

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Children's awareness of health issues is the target of a new expert unit set up by the Scottish Executive. The Health Promoting Schools Unit will be led by Margaret McGhie,...

Visual impairment

30 May 2002, Nursery World

In Nursery World Scotland last week (May 23) we reported incorrectly that a survey prepared for the Scottish Parliament's cross-party group on visual impairment had found that 80 per cent...

Duo launch new au pair agency

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Two graduates of an MSC programme at Abertay University in Dundee have set up the first au pair agency in north-east Scotland. Anna Greaves, from the Ukraine, and Sandra Beck,...

Free childcare to let teen parents study

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Teenage parents in England are to receive free childcare worth up to £120 a week so they can study for A-levels. The Government's Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is investing...

Advisors recruit under new rules

30 May 2002, Nursery World

The Association of Advisors for the Under-Eights and their Families (AAUEF) is looking to recruit new members after surviving changes in the regulation of childcare that had put its future...

The cerebral palsy charity Scope

30 May 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - The cerebral palsy charity Scope celebrated its golden anniversary last week with the publication of a book charting its first 50 years. Changing Society was researched and written...

School opens for children of travellers

30 May 2002, Nursery World

A new primary school in Belfast is taking most of its pupils from the travelling community. St Mary's Primary School in Divis Street was opened last week by Northern Ireland...