Nurseries give head start in three Rs
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Sending children to nursery school gives them a major head start in the three Rs, research reveals today. The government-backed study will be welcomed by working parents who spend up to Â£900 a month on nurseries and playgroups.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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England's openers warmed up for the third Ashes Test with substantial knocks against Western Australia in the tour match at the WACA Ground here.
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By ALAN MacDERMID  A GROUP of schoolchildren yesterday set in motion a challenge to fellow pupils throughout Glasgow to plant 1000 fruit trees in the city this winter.
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Children make more progress in England's grammar schools than in comprehensives, figures show.
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HELSINKI, Sep 21 (IPS) - It was a new kind of dawn for some children around  the world Tuesday.
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British store Sainsburyâs today pledged to recruit 3,000 shop floor staff as part of a strategy aimed at growing sales by Â£2.5bn (â¬3.
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By Anna Lognonn  AN agricultural charity has appointed two new officers to help farming families in need in the North of England.
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Ten trainee construction workers are to start work at the first of the government's employer-led skills academies.
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A school playground, an eco-therapy unit and a council's twin- bin recycling scheme are among those shortlisted for an award for ecological innovation.   The County Durham Environment Award winners will be announced tomorrow with the successful projects receiving cash prizes.
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Matthew Hoggard and Andrew Flintoff claimed three wickets apiece as England took the advantage on the first day of the first Test against South Africa at St George's Park.
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Plans to boost the educational chances of children in care are to be outlined in a White Paper.
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A primary school says it is the first to open a baby care unit which is not run by a private firm.
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Two babies have been left in a controversial &quot;baby hatch&quot; for unwanted newborns at a Japanese hospital over the past week, bringing to three the number of children left there since it opened in May, media said on Sunday.
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Children starting primary and secondary schools will receive free books to help raise reading levels,  Chancellor Gordon Brown says.
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Secondary schools in England and Wales find it easier to recruit heads - but primaries still struggle.
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