Nursery World - Crowd pleasers

Around 200 stands played host to more than 9,000 visitors at the London Under 12s exhibition. Find out how the event went as you join the trail with Annette Rawstrone Hordes of eager early years practitioners and primary teachers swarmed into London's Business Design Centre for the latest Under 12s Exhibition on 5 to 7 October sponsored by Nursery World and TES Primary. They were greeted by colourful Groove and Iver from the 'Hoobs' and 200 stands laden with a huge range of resources, equipment and services.

Hordes of eager early years practitioners and primary teachers swarmed into London's Business Design Centre for the latest Under 12s Exhibition on 5 to 7 October sponsored by Nursery World and TES Primary. They were greeted by colourful Groove and Iver from the 'Hoobs' and 200 stands laden with a huge range of resources, equipment and services.

The exhibition, attended by more than 9,000 people, received a seal of approval from early years and school standards minister Catherine Ashton. 'It's been fantastic to see all these resources, but of course the most precious resources in the early years are people like you,' she said. Baroness Ashton stressed the need to recruit more people into childcare to meet the national childcare strategy, and this message was echoed by exhibitors in the Careers Zone.

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