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Reaching out

29 November 2001, Nursery World

Three settings around the country that have just become centres of early excellence tell Annette Rawstrone about what it means to them Becoming an early excellence centre is like embarking...

Out of breath

29 November 2001, Nursery World

A child suffering from an asthma attack needs immediate attention. Maggie Jones shows how to deal with an asthmatic child and looks at the likely triggers for an attack Fiona...

What is asthma?

29 November 2001, Nursery World

Asthma is an inflammatory condition of the lungs in which the airways swell up, the muscles around them contract, a sticky mucus is secreted, and air is prevented from being...

What to do in an asthma attack

29 November 2001, Nursery World

Sometimes symptoms are mild and all that is needed is a puff or two of a reliever inhaler (see below for how to use a spacer which makes this easier...

Tropical splendour

29 November 2001, Nursery World

Nursery practice has been transported fruitfully from rural Wales to an east African village, as Nick Waller discovers Flic Eden's arrival at the village of Karagwe, in the tropical rainforest...

Nursery nurses surprised beyond description

29 November 2001, Nursery World

Nursery nurses in Leicestershire have worked with the public services union Unison for the past four years devising a new job description that reflected our role in the classroom and...

Low rating for IQ tests

29 November 2001, Nursery World

By Allison Hedley, a nursery nurse and first-year Early Childhood Studies degree student at Sunderland University The term 'intelligence' implies the ability to form concepts, reason abstractly, and notice complex...

Read it again

29 November 2001, Nursery World

What a muddle you have got into with the news story on Ofsted's report on literacy and numeracy in reception classes ('Ofsted inspections flawed, say experts', 8 November). Pat Wills,...

Age discrimination

29 November 2001, Nursery World

You report that Pat Wills of Early Education said that some of her organisation's members 'had reported that some inspectors are aged over 65 and have never worked in early...

Wait for it

29 November 2001, Nursery World

I was heartened to read the letter by an Ofsted inspector ('Nothing to fear', 15 November), particularly the reassurance that if the provider's senior staff were not available at the...