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Nursery World Awards 2009: Individuals - Nursery Practitioner of the Year

WINNER: SARAH BREINGAN, FORBES NURSERY, EDINBURGH

Sarah Breingan joined Forbes Nursery three years ago. Before that, shecompleted a degree in Design Futures and has used many of her designskills in the nursery, including developing a snack board so childrencan choose snacks for the week, and a planting board so they can keeptrack of what to plant and when. She has also designed exploratory packsfor the children with a cushion, water bottle and pack with a magnifyingglass and notebook.

Nursery director Therese Duriez describes her as 'outstanding with thechildren, dealing with them always in a calm, relaxed manner' and 'veryproactive'.

She 'has a remarkably natural ability in her dealings with children andnever appears forced, always looking to get the best from every child,no matter what age'.

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