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ICT contracts signed for primary schools in Northern Ireland

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Primary schools in Northern Ireland came a step nearer to having their own computers and back-up support services last week with the signing of two contracts worth £42.6m. The contracts,...

Children in deprived areas in England to be offered free swimming

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Children in deprived areas in England are to be offered free swimming as one of nine pilot community schemes aimed at increasing access to physical activity and sport in low-income...

Almost six in ten child deaths from epilepsy 'potentially or probably avoidable'

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Almost six in ten child deaths from epilepsy in the UK were 'potentially or probably avoidable', an audit by Epilepsy Bereaved and funded by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence...

Teaching assistants need personal touch

30 May 2002, Nursery World

A teaching assistant's personal qualities are even more important than training in determining whether he or she contributes effectively to children's learning, according to research carried out by a team...

Advice for carers on family reading

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Childcarers can find advice on how to encourage parents to read with their young children in a new guide by the National Literacy Trust. Nursery World was among the organisations...

Turning the tables

30 May 2002, Nursery World

A chorus of disapproval is growing towards testing children at age seven. Mary Evans hears from those who want to scrap the SATs Thousands of seven-year-olds across England took their...

Hop to it!

30 May 2002, Nursery World

There are many ways for young children to learn respect and appreciation for animals without keeping live ones in their school or nursery, as Marie Charlton explains Rabbits will hopping...

Reader offer

30 May 2002, Nursery World

* RSPCA Education is offering all Nursery World readers a copy of 'Animal Focus: Pets', containing two posters, A4 photographs of pets as well as activity ideas and worksheets. Send...

Once upon a time...

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Children at Astley Grange Norwood House Nursery in Edinburgh have been letting their imaginations run wild by writing their own books Children sometimes love a story so much they hate...

Cheese and onion pasties

30 May 2002, Nursery World

Ingredients * 1 small onion * 50g margarine * 50g plain flour * 250ml full fat milk * 75g grated cheddar cheese * packet ready-made puff pastry * pinch of...