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Trainers set for level 4 SVQ

31 October 2002, Nursery World

Several training organisations in Scotland are poised to be approved to provide the new Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ) in early years and education to Level 4, according to the Scottish...

Be my buddy at primary school

31 October 2002, Nursery World

Children in their first year at a South Lanarkshire primary school are getting a helping hand from older pupils thanks to a newly-launched buddy scheme. All 60 children in primary...

Teaching unions have expressed their hopes for the work of Charles Clarke

31 October 2002, Nursery World

Teaching unions have expressed their hopes for the work of Charles Clarke, formerly chair of the Labour party, as the new secretary of state for education and skills following the...

The first national social services recruitment campaign by the Scottish Executive

31 October 2002, Nursery World

The first national social services recruitment campaign by the Scottish Executive is aiming to address a shortage of staff, which is particularly acute in children's services. The four-week Care in...

Prospect Bank special school

31 October 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Melanie MacDonald and her friends at Prospect Bank special school in Edinburgh are getting hands-on experience of the latest learning aids. These include the use of digital photographs...

More time given to win NOF funds

31 October 2002, Nursery World

The New Opportunities Fund (NOF) has extended the deadline for applications for funding from its out-of-school hours childcare programme to enable it to allocate the full amount of £220m earmarked...

Kids' clubs extend to teens

31 October 2002, Nursery World

Tony Blair has lent his backing to a campaign launched by the charity Kids' Clubs Network this week to set up out-of-school clubs for teenagers.

Museum of Childhood

31 October 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Children from the Goodenough Nursery in Mecklenburgh Square, London, made African masks at the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, as part of Black History Month. The month's...

Wales rolls out first play policy

31 October 2002, Nursery World

* Plans for the UK's first play policy were unveiled at the Welsh Assembly last week by the minister for children, Jane Hutt. Ms Hutt said the Welsh Assembly was...

Neighbourhoods gain from NOF

31 October 2002, Nursery World

Communities across the country are to benefit from awards totalling just under £800,000 announced last week by the New Opportunities Fund to build and renovate neighbourhood nurseries. Seventy new childcare...