People and Places
On the Road
Children at TLC Nursery, based at Milton Keynes Hospital, explored roadsafety as part of Walk to School Week last month. They learned about theGreen Cross Code and had a special visit from members from the citycouncil.
Rabbit in the garden
Peter Rabbit, or someone looking very much like him, came to visitWilmington Day Nursery in Dartford, Kent, as the winner of Asquith's'Gardening with Peter Rabbit' competition. Crofton Day Nursery inOrpington, Kent, was the runner-up in the competition, held inconjunction with Penguin Books, in which children at Asquith daynurseries and creches took part in a Peter Rabbit themed project andcreated their own book.
Happy Birthday
Staff at Little Acorns Community Day Nursery at the Chai Centre inBurnley, Lancashire, celebrated the setting's fifth anniversary thismonth with a birthday cake and party. The provision caters for childrenfrom birth to eight years old.
Tidy Up time
Children at Early Years Childcare in Lewes, East Sussex, did their bitto keep Britain tidy when they took part in The Big Tidy Up, a nationalcampaign to improve local environments. Wearing special green tabardsand armed with refuse sacks, the children got to work on the localstreets for the biggest-ever spring clean.
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Child safety dvd
To mark Child Safety Week on 22-28 June, Nursery World is giving away anaward-winning DVD, in conjunction with Child's Eye Media. 'A Child's EyeView of Keeping Healthy, Staying Safe' is endorsed by the Children'sSafety Education Foundation, Kidscape, the RNLI, Think Road Safetycampaign and the Fire Kills campaign. Five winners have a chance at afree copy of the DVD plus extensive teachers' notes linked to the EYFS.Send your name and address, quoting 'Nursery World', to Child's EyeMedia, The Old Bake House, 6 Burton Road, Manchester M20 3ED, or e-mailinfo@childseyemedia.com by 26 June.
Alien invasion
Aliens in underpants are back on a quest to save the world and protecttheir supply of pants from a gigantic meteorite in the new book, Aliensin Underpants Save the World. Thanks to publisher Simon and SchusterKids, 15 Nursery World readers can win copies of the book by answeringthe following: name the writer and illustrator of Aliens in UnderpantsSave the World. Send your answer, name, address and contact details onthe back of a postcard or envelope marked 'Aliens in Underpants' toNursery World, 174 Hammersmith Road, London, W6 7JP, before 9 July.
To help children build an interest in letters and their sounds, YellowDoor has designed Alphabet Pebbles, hand engraved pebbles made fromresin and stone painted with a lowercase letter. Designed to appeal tochildren's natural instinct to explore investigate, sort and collect,the pebbles can be used in sand, water, indoors and out. To order theAlphabet Pebbles, which include a guide with games and ideas written byEarly Years Consultant Helen Bromley visit www.yellow-door.net AlphabetPebbles cost 15.
Early years practitioners can download free lesson plans and activitiesbased on children's books in the series Eggberts Adventures. The booksaimed at children from two to four years of age are written by PaulGustafson and include Eggbert's Adventures at the Seaside, Eggbert'sAdventures at the Zoo and Eggbert's Adventures at the Fair. Visitwww.eggbertsadventures.com
Photo of the week Children from Stepping Stones Nursery in Colchester,Essex, put on authentic African dress and learned how to playtraditional instruments to re-enact the story from Eileen Browne'spopular book Handa's Surprise. In their themed project the children alsomade Handa puppets and tried to grow a pineapple.
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