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3 October 2002, Nursery World

This week, we are delighted to launch the Nursery World Outdoor Challenge, giving nurseries and schools the chance to win £2,500 of advice and resources to help them redevelop their...

Star rating scheme is shelved by DfES

3 October 2002, Nursery World

P lans for a star-rating scheme for daycare providers, to start from next year in England, have been dropped by the Government. The Investors in Children (IiC) scheme will not...

Cerebral palsy campaign

3 October 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Seven children aged three to five who have cerebral palsy are the centrepiece of a campaign by the disability charity Scope. Posters on the London Underground show them...

Individual childminders can qualify for quality

3 October 2002, Nursery World

Individual childminders can subscribe to a Quality Assurance scheme launched last week by the National Childminding Association. The Quality First programme, which is currently only open to childminders in England...

SPPA reaches out to toddlers

3 October 2002, Nursery World

The Scottish Pre-school Play Association (SPPA) is bidding to arrest a decline in its membership among playgroups by focusing on the under-threes. The SPPA's annual survey revealed that its membership...

Alishia O'Connor

3 October 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Alishia O'Connor was all smiles as her artistic talent won her a Gold Award in the pre-five section of the young people's annual art competition organised by the...

Guide gives childminders advice on child abuse

3 October 2002, Nursery World

How should a childminder respond if a child confides that he or she is being abused? A new guide published last week by the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) gives advice...

Charities are warned on child protection

3 October 2002, Nursery World

The Charity Commission has issued fresh child protection guidelines for all charities working with children, following its appointment of a receiver and manager to take over a Windsor-based charity after...

Quotes of the week

3 October 2002, Nursery World

'It's a cross between an MP and a princess' Catherine Ashton, early years minister for England, on what her seven-year-old daughter told her teacher when she was asked what it...

Protest on Northwold Road

3 October 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Parents and children from the Apple Tree Nursery in the London borough of Hackney took part in a protest on Northwold Road to demand a zebra crossing. Nursery...