Well, its that time of the year again, when Nick Jr are offering the chance for a pre-school or nursery to win £20,000 worth of equipment!
Last year, Hope Nursery, Belfast won and look at what they spent their money on:
Every nursery/ pre-school can apply for the activity pack, giving them educational activity resources.The pack follows the Early Years Foundation Stage development goals and contains six activity session plans that provide stimulating learning opportunities with the theme of Dora the Explorer’s adventures. The themes for this year’s pack are: Cooking, Sports Day, Fairy Tales, Animals, Seaside and Music.
Once the pack has been received, they then have the opportunity to apply for the £20,000 award.
Registration is now open at nickjr.co.uk/helpdorahelp for
nurseries to apply for a pack. They have until 22nd July to work through the activities
with their pre-schoolers and put together their application for the £20,000 award.
Once this year’s applications have been submitted,
an expert panel led by Nick Jr.’s Wake
Up World Helena Dowling, alongside Nick Jr. representatives and partners including The Prince’s
Foundation, Dora Magazine and Chad Valley will choose five finalists. The
public will then be able to vote for their favourite application and decide who
is awarded the £20,000.
Each of the five finalists
will be awarded discovery and learning equipment from Chad as well as a
classroom visit from Dora the Explorer and all five finalists’ award bids will
be filmed and aired on Nick. Jr.
Nurseries
and pre-schools can apply for the free Help Dora Help Activity Pack and Award Fund
at www.nickjr.co.uk.
For more info please visit www.childrenandarts.org.uk