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Stop making the children targets

23 December 2004, Nursery World

By Vicki Shotbolt, communications director, National Family and Parenting Institute Marketers are after our children, and Christmas brings even more pressure. Evidence suggests that marketers and advertising agencies target children...

Striking nursery nurses in Scotland

23 December 2004, Nursery World

For too long we have just sat back and taken what has been dished out to us. So good for the Scottish nursery nurses in their ongoing strike action for...

Striking nursery nurses in Scotland

23 December 2004, Nursery World

The treatment I have received from colleagues has ranged from being ignored, to conversations stopping as I walked in the room. I have also been handed Unison forms and 'asked'...

Striking nursery nurses in Scotland

23 December 2004, Nursery World

I think all nursery nurses in Scotland should be on the same national salary. Unison should not have allowed local deals to take place, for then we would all be...

Learning through play

23 December 2004, Nursery World

Children should have more time to enjoy play-based learning. When children have the whole world to explore, we childcare workers should be encouraging them to ask questions and try out...

Low pay

23 December 2004, Nursery World

Nursery nurses definitely deserve more pay. But all the income to run a private day nursery comes solely from the children's parents. The Government wants good quality, affordable childcare. Yet...

Low pay

23 December 2004, Nursery World

At first sight Nursery World's pay survey for the early years workforce looks like good news. Pay has risen by a third in five years, hooray! Then you look closer...

Nurseries Undercover

23 December 2004, Nursery World

I watched 'Nurseries Undercover' and cried. I've trained and worked with children for nearly 13 years. I feel betrayed by these people and disgusted by their actions, which were against...

Nurseries Undercover

23 December 2004, Nursery World

I feel 'Nurseries Undercover' was one-sided and sensationalised. Yes, the footage was appalling and the staff in question should not be working with children. However, our job is hard enough...

Nurseries Undercover

23 December 2004, Nursery World

The only way to judge a childcare setting is for Ofsted to arrive unannounced for inspections. It may be inconvenient for settings, but we have a duty to children in...