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Brave new world - toys 0-6 months

24 May 2001, Nursery World

Editor's view

24 May 2001, Nursery World

Political party manifestos have been emerging left, right and centre over recent days. And as the NSPCC points out this week (see News, page 5), politicians of all persuasions have...

Labour promises for pre-school sector

24 May 2001, Nursery World

Pre-school representatives took scant notice of a Labour pledge on Neighbourhood Nurseries unveiled at their annual conference last week. Education secretary David Blunkett told delegates at the Pre-school Learning Alliance's...

Brave new world

24 May 2001, Nursery World

Babies progress rapidly from an inability to play with toys to an inexhaustible fascination with them. Jenny Benjamin shows how to keep up Most new babies are surrounded by toys...

Best buys

24 May 2001, Nursery World

* An old favourite is the Mirror Chimeabout, made by Edu-Play and available from Step by Step (0845 300 1089) at £57.95. It consists of a wooden stand hung round...

Eunice Fitzhenry, head of John Moores University Nursery

24 May 2001, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Eunice Fitzhenry, head of John Moores University Nursery in Liverpool, was counting on finger puppets from Peru at the Manchester Under-12s exhibition on 11 and 12 May. A...

MPs think like children for a day

24 May 2001, Nursery World

William Hague thinks television character Bob the Builder could fix it as an ambassador for children. The Conservative Party leader was one of nearly 200 MPs to take part in...

In brief...Registered childminders

24 May 2001, Nursery World

Registered childminders in Northern Ireland are to receive funding for out-of-school care for the first time. The award from the New Opportunities Fund will enable 109 new places across the...

In brief...Three of the five teachers

24 May 2001, Nursery World

Three of the five teachers at Wee Ones nursery school in Wandsworth, London, suspected of having tuberculosis (News, 17 May) were given the all-clear at the end of last week....

Quote of the week

24 May 2001, Nursery World

'As expected, we have already seen a flurry of photographs of politicians kissing babies and using children as election props. However, we believe children are citizens who deserve policies which...