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Moredon Children’s Centre

gets ministerial approval
Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, was
helped by two-and-a-half year old Jessica Bufton to cut the ribbon at
the offi cial opening of the new Sure Start Centre in Montrose Close.
Baby Sensory multiple award
winning learning and development
programme exclusively for babies
aged 0-13 months
Classes start January 2010 in
the Swindon & Cirencester area.
Free demos during December 09.
For more details please phone
Alison Randall 01285 862355
www.BabySensory.com
Jessica Bufton gets encouragement from minister Ed Balls, South Swindon MP Anne
Snelgrove, centre manager Kay White and Moredon Primary School headteacher
Lauren Conner
Centre manager Kay White had in the past it was diffi cult to track
invited the minister to make a visit down the right services and sup-
when she was one of 75 managers port for your child’s all-important
invited to 10 Downing Street in early years. With Sure Start many
May to celebrate 3,000 children’s of those services are under one roof
centres opened across Britain. She with experts often on hand to give
said, “other centre managers speak parents that additional help.”
very highly of Ed Balls so we were Moredon’s centre offers toddler
delighted when he agreed to come and baby groups, parenting sup-
to Moredon.” port, budget cookery courses, play
During his visit the minister therapy, baby massage and weaning
joined in with bulb planting, nurs- advice. The staff include a fathers’
ery rhymes and met centre workers. support worker and they work
“Kay has created a great atmo- closely with health visitors and
sphere at the centre,” said Mr Balls. police community safety offi cers.
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