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Editor's view

25 January 2001, Nursery World

Until very recently, nearly all our communication with our readers happened via the post or the telephone. Now, e-mail is increasingly the channel by which we receive feedback, queries and...

Hodge points the way for nursery schools

25 January 2001, Nursery World

Margaret Hodge sent out a clear message to cash-strapped nursery schools last week that they would have to expand services in order to earn their keep. Speaking at a London...

Four-year-old Jodie Mitchell is intrigued by the sundial

25 January 2001, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Four-year-old Jodie Mitchell is intrigued by the sundial in the new garden area at Sighthill Primary School. The Edinburgh school's central courtyard has been transformed into an outdoor...

Nursery schools outshine primary

25 January 2001, Nursery World

Nursery schools outperform primary schools even though a significantly greater proportion of children in nursery school settings live in difficult socio-economic circumstances, according to a Department for Education and Employment...

In brief...Delegates from South

25 January 2001, Nursery World

Delegates from South Africa visited Northern Ireland this month for ideas on helping children deal with social conflict. They took part in a seminar entitled 'Transforming schools, transforming societies', organised...

In brief...Childcare professionals

25 January 2001, Nursery World

Childcare professionals are being asked by the National Asthma Campaign and the National Eczema Society to spend a week of the Easter holidays and the summer with 40 children on...

Quote of the week

25 January 2001, Nursery World

'Learning to read or to write one's name at three is not necessarily an indication of future academic potential. Einstein didn't learn to read until he was seven' Sue Mardel,...

Children at St Cuthbert's Primary School in Glasgow are going bananas and satsumas, grapes and apples

25 January 2001, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Children at St Cuthbert's Primary School in Glasgow are going bananas - and satsumas, grapes and apples - over healthy eating in the Fruit Plus project being piloted...

Education Action Zones 'are failing'

25 January 2001, Nursery World

Education Action Zones are failing to live up to Government expectations, a report by an influential think-tank has claimed. Zones of contention, by the left-of-centre Institute for Public Policy Research,...

National rules 'may limit rural childcare'

25 January 2001, Nursery World

National rules and regulations which have been developed with urban settings in mind may constrict the growth of childcare provision in rural areas, according to a report published by the...