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Problems with obtaining childcare this summer

18 July 2002, Nursery World

The Kids' Club Network has warned that parents are likely to face problems getting childcare this summer, as most out-of-school clubs are fully booked. Chief executive Anne Longfield said, 'Every...

Vegetables will be joining the fruit in schoolchildren's morning break

18 July 2002, Nursery World

Vegetables will be joining the fruit in schoolchildren's morning break in a move welcomed by the National Farmers' Union. Tomatoes and carrots supplied by British growers are to be offered...

Major early years conference in Nottingham

18 July 2002, Nursery World

Themes including the recruitment and retention of early years staff, listening and talking to children and supporting young children's learning are on the agenda of a major early years conference...

Foundation profile meets some doubts

18 July 2002, Nursery World

The new Foundation Stage Profile has received a mixed response from early years professionals. The profile is the new statutory assessment for children reaching the end of the Foundation Stage...

Heads welcome assistants' role

18 July 2002, Nursery World

Primary school headteachers in England are backing the drive to enhance the role of teaching assistants, according to a Government survey. But a leading academic warned that heads are 'trading...

Hamilton Anstead, chair of the nursery chain

18 July 2002, Nursery World

Hamilton Anstead, chair of the nursery chain Just Learning (right), presents a cheque for £1,000 to help establish pre-school childcare facilities in east Africa to John Armstrong, project co-ordinator for...

Cereal thrillers

18 July 2002, Nursery World

The effects of breakfast clubs are giving educators food for thought, says Radhika Holmstrom, but no one has yet devised a sure way to keep them going Coming to school...

Gift of the gab

18 July 2002, Nursery World

Children's speech development is like a journey with the same destination whatever language they are using, says Penny Tassoni - but success depends on their guides The journey of how...

Nature or nurture?

18 July 2002, Nursery World

* One of the questions that linguists have been studying is whether babies learn about language from imitating and copying adults or whether language is somehow instinctive. Like many of...

A month in the life of Jasmine Maya

18 July 2002, Nursery World

Jasmine is walking more confidently each day, holding up her arms to aid her balance. She walks best on firm surfaces and clearly finds grass very strange, becoming less sure...