Nick Jr., the award-winning
pre-school channel from the Nickelodeon network, today announces the 2012 launch
Help Dora Help, the
campaign that brings
exploration to life in nurseries and pre-schools across the UK.
The campaign, supported
by The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts consists of a
free activity pack,
giving nurseries and pre-schools educational activity resources. Nurseries will
also have the opportunity to apply for an award of £20,000. 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.
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.
In 2011, Hope Nursery School in Belfast was selected. With the award
the Nursery selected to build a play area featuring numerous play structures, a
puppet theatre, garden, sand and
water area.
Tina
McCann, MD Nickelodeon UK, said: “The quality of applications in
2011’s Help Dora Help campaign were incredible. We’re delighted with the way
the award has been used at Hope Nursery and equally excited to engage with
pre-schoolers and practitioners across the country once more throughout 2012.”
Nurseries
and pre-schools can apply for the free Help Dora Help Activity Pack and Award Fund
at www.nickjr.co.uk.
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