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6 April 2006, Nursery World

It's always great to have renowned early years consultant Marion Dowling contributing to Nursery World, and we believe you'll find her eight-page guide, 'All about children's thinking', a stimulating and...

Transformation fund worries CWDC

6 April 2006, Nursery World

The question of how local authorities will manage the £250m Transformation Fund topped the agenda at last week's annual conference of the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC). With guidance on...

Phonics fears unite early educators

6 April 2006, Nursery World

Early years professionals, academics and teaching unions have united in expressing concern that following last month's final report into early reading by Jim Rose, children will be taught to read...

Say no to formal phonics before five!

6 April 2006, Nursery World

Nursery World is responding to widespread concern across the early years sector about the imposition of statutory synthetic phonics with a campaign - 'No formal phonics before five'. Already, many...

Creche staff 'will cost too much to train'

6 April 2006, Nursery World

The government of Ireland has been accused of 'belittling' the childcare profession after ruling out a requirement that creche staff be professionally trained, despite more than 300 complaints against creches...

Alice Hardcastle, Joseph Lawrence and Emily Black explore their new outdoor den at Wellesbourne Primary and Nursery School in Liverpool

6 April 2006, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Alice Hardcastle, Joseph Lawrence and Emily Black explore their new outdoor den at Wellesbourne Primary and Nursery School in Liverpool. The city council is encouraging children to spend...

Media watch

6 April 2006, Nursery World

A three-year-old boy went for a 10mph joyride in his parents' car, said The Sun. Andrew Mcdowell escaped unscathed, although he bumped into his dad, who was clinging onto the...

Free childcare on offer at 15 councils

6 April 2006, Nursery World

The Government has named the 15 local authorities in England that will pilot free childcare for two-year-olds from this month. Education secretary Ruth Kelly revealed more details of the pilots...

End child poverty by 2020

6 April 2006, Nursery World

Chancellor Gordon Brown must seize next year's spending review to get back on track to meet the Government's pledge to end child poverty by 2020, the Fabian Commission on Life...

Shortage of childcare places

6 April 2006, Nursery World

A shortage of childcare places in their local area is cited by nearly half of all parents in Wales in research carried out by NatCen for the Welsh Assembly Government....