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Nursery has places at no charge
A 1 Moredon Primary
School has a number
of places in its brand
new nursery and par-
ents are being invited
to come and have a
Ole look round.
Children aged 4 be-
tween 1 Septermber
2006 and 31 August
2007 are eligible.
For details and to ar-
range a visit call the
• MOT TESTING school on 600444.
Right, nursery teacher Hi-
AND REPAIRS lary Poole with Macaulay
Cox and Courtney Dodson
Broadening the outlook for babies
• EXHAUST TYRES A new mother and baby weaner group is being opened by health visitor
Mary Lee at Moredon Nursery in November on Mondays 9.30am to
AND 1 1 .30am.
A parent and toddler group is also being planned. For details about
BATTERIES joining, call Mary on 342047 or Tracy McGrory on 600344.

Moredon gets wrap around childcare
n VALET Parents will have a one-stop drop off for their school age and pre-
school children in Moredon from January.
Moredon Primary School has purpose built facilities for 'wrap around
SERVICE care' so that children can be looked after from 8am to 6pm.
The Big A Club will be providing the service, where staff will take
children to and from pre-school and school in the Moredon area and
n CAR HIRE DON'T GET CAUGHT OUT look after them for the rest of the day.
BY CHILL WINDS AND Tracey Bailey of the Big said the cost is competitive because the care
service is on site and room rent is low. "It's an advantage to be able to
Free collection COLD MORNINGS go to the school that they'll attend the following year so that they can
make friends. It's the children's free time so we have fun activities; there
& delivery GET YOUR CAR READY is a structure but it's up to them what they do."
FOR WINTER NOW The Big A is holding an open week from 6 November. Families are
Free loan welcome to drop in from 8.30am to 2.45pm to have a look round and
discuss bookings. Call Tracey on 875992 or see www.thebigaclub.coni
cars (subject ,o wq
to availability)
Time to offer your children a better deal
Lift to and
Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood spoke to a group of nursery
from work WEST n ^ teachers in Swindon in September, a week after she made headlines
SWINDON ml by provoking a debate on childhood in this country.
Wash and She setout to get peo- • Eat as a family as often
pie talking by writing a as you possibly can;
vac with all T JD Make sure your child
EWKESBupy W y O letter to the Daily Tel-
servicing egrap)rwhichwassigned gets plenty of opportuni-
by 110 experts. .., ' ties to play;
Sue, right, believes "- • Establish and keep to a
FISH BROTHERS that the modern world regular. restful bedtime
is damaging our chil routine:
TO BOOK OR FIND OUT MORE PLEASE dren. She says that a Make plenty of time to
CONTACT RONI. CHRISTINE OR ANDY ON toxic lifestyle fuelled by % talk — and listen — to your
our consumer culture is the reason
01793 645510 behind the increase in behavioural child,
• Do everything you canto forge a
and emotional problems. strong family base for your child;
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"Parents need to know how • Good childcare should be the
I FISH BROTHERS modern life can interfere with chil- equivalent of a happy home;
NISSAN dreri s normal development and • Ensure your child gets a bal-
how, with small adjustments to anced primary education;
ALL MAKES their chidren's lifestyles they can • Protect your child from aggres-
improve their off-springs' well- sive marketing, celebrity culture
I SERVICING OFFER being, behaviour and success at and poor role models;
school." • Monitor and mediate all your
n NAME You don't have to recruit a su- child's screen-based activities,
per nanny to help you tune up keeping TVs and other electronic
family life. Having spent three equipment in family space;
I kit REG NO
years researching the subject, Sue Aim for 'authoritative parenting'
Valid until 31 December 2006 has the following tips for a hap- — a balance of warmth and firm-
pier and healthier childhood. ness.