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16 September 2004, Nursery World

The role of employers in supporting and providing for their staff's childcare needs will be a major issue in the next few years. Last week's conference by the London Development...

Schools are hub of rural communities

16 September 2004, Nursery World

The development of schools as the hub of the community is fast becoming a key strand of the strategy to deliver integrated services to children and families in isolated rural...

Giants, pixies, imps and faeries

16 September 2004, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Giants, pixies, imps and faeries provided an exciting theme for nursery practitioners at 'Faeries and Scaries', a one-day conference in Glasgow. Practitioners took part in six hands-on workshops...

Tragic consequences

16 September 2004, Nursery World

Not only will the survivors of the Beslan massacre be traumatised, but children elsewhere may be distressed by the news. Andrea Clifford-Poston offers advice for understanding and responding to them...

Talk it through

16 September 2004, Nursery World

The leading theories about how young children acquire and develop language, and how early years workers can use them, are outlined by Tricia David Young children become amazingly proficient communicators...

Quote of the week

16 September 2004, Nursery World

'This is baby farming. Why not hand babies over at birth and have done with them, as our forebears used to do? Why not hang them up by the swaddling...

Private providers fear sidelining

16 September 2004, Nursery World

Private providers remain apprehensive about their future role in Government initiatives despite ministerial reassurances that they will have a part to play. Speaking at a conference last week about the...

Crathes Castle played host to a mini Highland Games

16 September 2004, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Crathes Castle played host to a mini Highland Games at which children aged three to 12 took part in traditional and not-so-traditional challenges, such as a tug of...

Schools in Scotland are being invited to take part in a new project

16 September 2004, Nursery World

Schools in Scotland are being invited to take part in a new project, Where Schools Meet Streets, run by school grounds charity Grounds for Learning. The project aims to transform...

Non-fiction books that enhance the teaching and learning curriculum for Scotland's schools

16 September 2004, Nursery World

Non-fiction books that enhance the teaching and learning curriculum for Scotland's schools could win £500 in a competition for educational publishers organised by the Saltire Society and the Times Educational...