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Grants create out-of-school places

3 July 2003, Nursery World

More than 5,000 new out-of- school childcare places are being created across Scotland following the latest round of grants awarded by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF). After-school, breakfast and holiday...

Nursery nurses march for jobs

3 July 2003, Nursery World

More than 3,000 nursery nurses, from as far afield as Orkney and Dumfries and Galloway, took to the streets of Glasgow last Tuesday (24 June) in a national demonstration organised...

Nursery nurse members of Unison in West Yorkshire

3 July 2003, Nursery World

Nursery nurse members of Unison in West Yorkshire have settled a long-running pay dispute with the local authority, which puts them among the highest-paid nursery nurses in the north of...

Road safety

3 July 2003, Nursery World

All out-of-school clubs that are registered with the Scottish Out-of-school Care Network are to receive a new pack to teach children road safety. It includes resources such as board games...

Quote of the week

3 July 2003, Nursery World

'Smacking is the convenience food of discipline: it's quick, easy, you can administer it on the go, but there's nothing good in it and the toxins hang around for years.'...

Children picture the perfect school

3 July 2003, Nursery World

Winners of an art competition showed off their designs for a 'perfect' school at a prize-giving ceremony held at the Scottish Executive headquarters in Edinburghlast week.

Prize childcarers are celebrated

3 July 2003, Nursery World

The winners of this year's Excellence in Childcare Awards, organised by the Kids' Clubs Network, were announced at a gala evening last Tuesday night (24 June) at Shakespeare's Globe theatre...

Campaign for nursery learning gets real

3 July 2003, Nursery World

The National Campaign for Nursery Education has added 'Real' to its title and revamped its logo following its recent conference and annual general meeting in London last month. Vice-president and...

Provision rises and spreads

3 July 2003, Nursery World

One in five children aged under eight now have access to a registered childcare place, according to Ofsted - but increased provision has also led to falling occupancy levels in...

The Government stuck to its guns on physical punishment

3 July 2003, Nursery World

The Government stuck to its guns on physical punishment last week, when he Prime Minister's official spokesman rejected calls by the health select committee to use the forthcoming Green Paper...