Nursery World - Nursery fetes its own male hero

Anorth London nursery championed the role of men in childcare by holding a tea party for children and parents to celebrate the work of its own male hero. A picture of nursery worker Simon Collins, 38, from Highgate Children's Centre Nurseryworks, drawn by Charlotte Graham, won third prize in the under-fives category of the art competition run by the Daycare Trust, Nursery World and Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

A picture of nursery worker Simon Collins, 38, from Highgate Children's Centre Nurseryworks, drawn by Charlotte Graham, won third prize in the under-fives category of the art competition run by the Daycare Trust, Nursery World and Bright Horizons Family Solutions.

Charlotte, aged four-and-a-half, said, 'I drew Simon because I love Simon.'

Children were asked to draw or paint a picture of their male hero to mark the Daycare Trust's National Childcare Week (9-15 June) and its theme 'Men in Childcare'.

Mr Collins was also chosen by the Daycare Trust to help promote the week.

Along with the Trust's senior policy officer Megan Pacey, he was interviewed by the BBC on 7 June on Breakfast, Radio Five Live and News 24.

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