Picnic time for teddy bears

CHILDREN, staff and families celebrated a nursery’s first birthday with a teddy bears’ picnic and a sponsored walk.

Last updated 30 June 2011
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Wanted - eduction's heroes and heroines

THE Golden Apples Awards, created last year to celebrate the best that Cumbria offers in the world of education and training, return this year with 19 categories of excellence. NATALIE CHAPPLES reports

Last updated 30 June 2011
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Last updated 27 June 2011
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Children explore the world of creepy-crawlies

WHETHER it’s spiders, beetles, or worms – creepy crawlies are welcomed with open arms at a Furness nursery.

Last updated 27 May 2011
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Experiments are a success

WOBBLY jelly and glistening ice provided the makings of exciting experiments for youngsters.

Last updated 31 March 2011
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A taste of the orient

YOUNGSTERS were transported across the globe without even leaving their classrooms as they took part in a host of oriental celebrations.

Last updated 25 February 2011
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I wanted to pass on what I have learned

HOW did you become an apprentice in the motor repairs trade?

Last updated 24 February 2011
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A pirates life for us!

SWASHBUCKLING youngsters pulled on their eye patches and ventured on to the high seas.

Last updated 30 September 2010
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The great outdoors

A TRANSFORMED outdoor space is now a haven for imaginative play.

Last updated 25 August 2010
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Imagination rules, ok

IT was the start of the summer holidays for some, but for staff at Pennington Nursery Holiday Club it was the first day of term.

Last updated 29 July 2010
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Make change bearable

A BOY, settled and comfortable at nursery school, has started getting upset as he prepares for a new life at infant school.

Last updated 29 July 2010
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Creativity can make a difference to your business

IF there is a shop that can get me feeling creative, it has to be a good old-fashioned hardware shop.

Last updated 27 July 2010
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Last updated 26 July 2010
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Cooking up a World Cup treat

THERE is a great buzz at the moment as we look to take part in the wider excitement of the World Cup.

Last updated 24 June 2010
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Football fever grips nursery

FOOTBALL mad little ones held their own World Cup event in the playground at Furness Childcare Nursery in Barrow.

Last updated 24 June 2010
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Glowing report for learing stories

THE Ofsted inspector was impressed. She was with a group of Early Years children, all eager to share their learning stories with her.

Last updated 24 June 2010
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AMONG Sue Downward’s tutors at Furness College, where Sue has just come the end of her Access to Higher Education course is Dr Richard Watson. Richard is Curriculum Manager for Access and Arts at Furness College.

Last updated 24 May 2010
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Small screen break for cheeky monkeys

CHEEKY monkeys in Barrow are set to be TV stars. The BBC’s North West Tonight team are filming the Newbarns nursery Cheeky Monkeys Childcare for a five-minute slot in May.

Last updated 29 April 2010
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Encourage Effort - celebrate success

WE were clearing out some old papers in one of the centres and I came across a poster with a picture of a small child and the heading: Encourage Effort – Celebrate Success.

Last updated 29 April 2010
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