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Additional Support for Learning Bill

17 July 2003, Nursery World

Scotland's education minister Peter Peacock met with local authorities, voluntary organisations and parent associations in Edinburgh last week to discuss the Additional Support for Learning Bill, due to be introduced...

Play was top of the agenda

17 July 2003, Nursery World

Play was top of the agenda for more than 200 delegates at the 11th conference of the European Network for School-aged Childcare (ENSAC) held at the Institute of Education in...

Quote of the week

17 July 2003, Nursery World

'I love my job, and especially the contact with the children, but I do feel bitter about my profession. We are being ignored and taken for granted - undervalued, underestimated...

How devolution helps children

17 July 2003, Nursery World

Devolution in Scotland has had a positive impact on children's services, even though the approach to change has been 'fairly timid' despite some radical policy changes, according to a report...

Prize author helps refugees

17 July 2003, Nursery World

Australian writer and illustrator Bob Graham has won this year's Kate Greenaway Medal for outstanding illustration in a children's book for Jethro Byrde - Fairy Child. Judges praised the book,...

Ridge Danyers College

17 July 2003, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Tutor Katy Sykes from Ridge Danyers College in Chester celebrates the success of her students (from left) Susan Ryan, Kathryn Johnson and Karen Dewsnap. The students, who all...

New nanny register campaign

17 July 2003, Nursery World

A national working group of nanny agencies and nanny representatives is set to lobby the Government to introduce a register of nannies. The working group, whose 20 members include the...

Elizabeth Elder elected

17 July 2003, Nursery World

* REC has elected Elizabeth Elder as chair of its childcare division. She takes over from Peter Cullimore. Mrs Elder, senior director of the Childcare Solutions nanny agency for the...

'Start younger' on sex education

17 July 2003, Nursery World

Sex education should begin early at primary school, a report by an independent advisory group on teenage pregnancy has recommended. In its second annual report, published last week, the Independent...

Childcare scrutiny

17 July 2003, Nursery World

Childcare is one of three key areas being scrutinised by the Government as part of its next spending review, chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown said last week. The childcare...