'I have reassurance that my child is safe and well and looked after while I am at work. Good hours, availability and affordable fees have all meant I could work full-time and have no problems during the school holidays.' Setting up an out-of-school club offers a solution to a growing need, as more and more parents find themselves juggling work commitments with childcare arrangements, the demand for affordable quality care for children outside of school hours has never been higher. The solution, setting up an out-of-school club, is not an easy option. This book helps to take the hard work out of establishing a club by taking readers step-by-step through the whole process - from assessing needs, building a management team, writing a business plan and applying for funding to appointing and training staff. It also provides photocopiable proformas for every stage of the process, from initial survey questionnaires to the business plan itself.

Written by Lindsey Marsh, The School Fundraising Handbook: How to maximise your income from grants, sponsorship and many other sources of finance is a carefully compiled treasury of tips, tools and key contacts to help schools in the UK save money, boost their income and manage their fundraising projects. It's exciting to know that there are hundreds of grants available to schools whether they're for funds needed to raise attainment levels, purchase new equipment, run school clubs or improve buildings and outdoor spaces and these grants can range from a few pounds to thousands of pounds! Plus, in addition to financial grants, there are also lots of other means of support out there too, such as business sponsorship and employee volunteers. The School Fundraising Handbook aims to help schools become better informed about such opportunities, and to raise awareness of all the wonderful charities and organisations that are willing to support schools and other educational establishments such as nurseries, colleges, special schools and pupil referral units. Covering grants, crowdfunding, event planning, recycling schemes, corporate support and much more, this indispensable guide throws schools a lifeline by revealing the abundance of fundraising streams available to them and sharing shrewd advice on how to coordinate specific projects and initiatives successfully. Lindsey also uses her fundraising expertise to guide readers through the grant application process from start to finish, so that even the most inexperienced fundraiser can feel confident about seeing their projects through to fruition. Furthermore, she offers ideas and insights on how to fundraise through wider community involvement, reach out to business links and benefit from various other opportunities available to schools (e.g. hire schemes, guest speakers, free gifts and free site visits). An invaluable resource for school leaders, school business managers and anyone involved in fundraising in the education sector.

An edited collection, this volume covers the full range of themes and issues relevant to teaching assistants studying on a foundation degree course. The contributors explore the relationship between practical educational ideas and current academic debates to develop an overview of the issues involved.

Play is of critical importance to the well-being of children across the globe, a fact reflected in Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet existing literature on the subject is largely confined to discussing play from a developmental, educational or psychological perspective. Researching Play from a Playwork Perspective offers a new and exciting angle from which to view play, drawing on the authors’ own experience of conducting research into various aspects of this all-important and pervasive phenomenon. This innovative work will act as a compass for those looking to undertake research into different aspects of play and child welfare. Each chapter explores how the author has combined established and new research methodologies with their individual playwork approaches to arrive at emergent understandings of playwork research. The overall conclusion discusses directions for future research and develops a new model of playwork research from the four common themes that emerge from the contributions of individual authors: children’s rights, process, critical reflection, and playfulness. Examples from the United Kingdom, Nicaragua, and Sweden give this unique work international relevance. Researching Play from a Playwork Perspective will appeal to researchers and students around the world working in the fields of playwork, childcare, early years, education, psychology and children’s rights. It should also be of interest to practitioners in a wide variety of professional contexts, including childcare and therapy.

_______________ 'This book is practical, inspiring and, as all educational books should be, peppered with surprises. I shall feel less insecure in the next classroom I visit.' - Fred Sedgwick 'A real eye-opener' - The Teacher Trainer _______________ From education consultant, author and trainer Penny Tassoni comes an indispensable collection of key lists for all Early Years practitioners. The lists range from ideas for starting out, planning activities, and dealing with special educational needs to working with parents, coping with management, and staying safe.

Important reforms are taking place in children's services in the UK, with a move towards greater integration. In England, Scotland and Sweden, early childhood education and care, childcare for older children, and schools are now the responsibility of education departments. This book is the first to examine, cross-nationally, this major shift in policy. With case studies and practical examples to illustrate how changes have been implemented, this book is essential reading for practitioners, managers, politicians, trainers and researchers in children's services, including schools, early years, school-age childcare, leisure and recreation, child welfare and health.

Jolene's run away from home and ends up at her Auntie Brody's house. She goes along with Brody to the After School Club where they're running a sports week. Jolene has a natural flair for football and starts to enjoy herself. But when she spots that something strange seems to be going onwith little Brandon, she decides to investigate. And when she sees he's got bruises, she gets angry - really angry...* A major new series which is being launched in with two titles in June 2003, one more following in September, and this one coming in November* The Government's aim is that by 2003 out of school places for 865,000 children will have have been created, with the number of After School Clubs set to be around 20,000 * Helena Pielichaty is a popular and hardworking author with an enthusiastic following and growing number of fans. She has also written three Simone titles for this age range which have currently sold over 40,000 copies in the UK alone* Simone's Letters was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and Simone's Diary was chosen as a World Book Day recommended read

Children's Geographies is an overview of a rapidly expanding area of cutting edge research. Drawing on original research and extensive case studies in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, the book analyses children's experiences of playing, living and learning. The diverse case studies range from an historical analysis of gender relationss in nineteenth century North American playgrounds through to children's experiences of after school care in contemporary Britain, to street cultures amongst homeless children in Indonesia at the end of the twentieth century. Threaded through this empirical diversity, is a common engagement with current debates about the nature of childhood. The individual chapters draw on contemporary sociological understandings of children's competence as social actors. In so doing they not only illustrate the importance of such an approach to our understandings of children's geographies, they also contribute to current debates about spatiality in the social studies of childhood.