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Resources help teach citizenship

28 August 2003, Nursery World

A resource pack that provides materials to help early years practitioners encourage young children to participate in political, economic, social and cultural life has been produced by Learning and Teaching...

Education minister Peter Peacock

28 August 2003, Nursery World

Education minister Peter Peacock dropped in to visit Brackens Primary School in Dundee last week and launched a website to help parents get more involved with their children's education. The...

Sure Start family support workers

28 August 2003, Nursery World

An initiative from Sure Start family support workers in Dundee aims to show that eating healthily need not break the bank. As the new school term begins, a healthy lunchbox...

Quote of the week

28 August 2003, Nursery World

'The Scottish Executive and other public sector employers, like COSLA, should act to give all public sector workers fair pay. The NHS, schools and nurseries find it extremely difficult to...

'Design buildings for out-of-school'

28 August 2003, Nursery World

Guidance on school design published by the Scottish Executive last week has highlighted the need to consider how facilities could be used to provide out-of-school care when developing new buildings....

Writing results fall in KS1

28 August 2003, Nursery World

The proportion of seven-year-olds achieving Government targets for writing has fallen by five percentage points over the past year. The latest National Curriculum Assessment of Key Stage One pupils, published...

Meningitis alert follows death

28 August 2003, Nursery World

* A meningitis risk at a nursery in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, is being investigated after a two-year-old boy who attended it died on Sunday 17 August. A second child from the...

Childminders will get £600 grant

28 August 2003, Nursery World

A £600 start-up grant will be available for childminders in disadvantaged areas during the current financial year, the Sure StartUnit has confirmed. The Government has made £1.5m in additional funding...

The experience of starting school

28 August 2003, Nursery World

The experience of starting school could be made less daunting with the help of a new interactive website with stories, games and information to help parents and children prepare for...

'Make it a fiver, Gordon!'

28 August 2003, Nursery World

'Make it a fiver, Gordon!' is the name of a campaign launched last week by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), calling on the Chancellor to increase the child tax...