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Childcarers approve titles for workforce

31 March 2004, Nursery World

Early years organisations across Scotland have welcomed the setting of the qualifications criteria for the registration of early education and childcare workers, announced last week by the Scottish Social Services...

Sex education

31 March 2004, Nursery World

How can early years practitioners treat boys and girls equally, yet focus on their different needs and strengths to foster learning? Helen Bilton considers the challenges

Workers could slip child protection net

31 March 2004, Nursery World

Day nurseries in Northern Ireland fear that unsuitable people could get jobs working with children despite new child protection legislation.

'Nursery staff need homes'

31 March 2004, Nursery World

Unions representing nursery nurses and other school support staff have urged the Government to think again and include them in its latest scheme to help key public sector workers get...

Meet the minder

31 March 2004, Nursery World

Childminders' services can get overlooked in a sea of nurseries. Karen Faux meets a childminder who has set up a service which helps parents find their perfect match

First Words

31 March 2004, Nursery World

In the first of a series on nurturing young children's communication skills, Opal Dunn considers how they acquire language and the vital role played by caring adults

Hard to digest

31 March 2004, Nursery World

Prevention and treatment for a common condition among younger children is outlined by doctors from Great Ormond Street Hospital in our A to Z of health

'Light touch' scheme extends tax credits

25 March 2004, Nursery World

Parents employing nannies may be able to claim some financial help with their childcare costs from the Government under a new 'light-touch' scheme to be launched next year. A Treasury...

Ten-month-old Caitlin Elms and 101-year-old Winifred Smith

25 March 2004, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Only a century separated ten-month-old Caitlin Elms and 101-year-old Winifred Smith when they met at the opening of the Nunu day nursery in Wigan. Born on 1 July...

Action call to meet child poverty goal

25 March 2004, Nursery World

Five years after its pledge to end child poverty in the UK, the Government has been praised for 'demonstrable improvements' with a warning that more policy efforts and greater redistribution...