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Help Dora Help

Oct 232012

I have to tell you about Help Dora Help. This is a voting ‘campaign’ and one of them is in Preston. I live in Preston so if there isn’t one in your area then please vote for Oakmount Day Nursery, Preston. I have voted! To find out more and vote then please visit:

http://www.nickjr.co.uk/shows/dora/helpdorahelp/about.aspx

Press Release:

FINALISTS SELECTED FOR HELP DORA HELP

Public to Decide Which Entry will Receive £20,000 Award

Five nurseries selected from submissions from across The UK have been chosen as the finalists for Nick Jr.’s Help Dora HelpCampaign. The initiative is supported by The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts and is designed to support nurseries, preschools and children’s centres in their educational curriculum. Almost 300 nurseries and preschools submitted an entry to this year’s campaign with applicants from Cumbria, Derbyshire, London and Lancashire elected as finalists. The winner will be decided by members of the public that vote at nickjr.co.uk/helpdorahelp.

“The quality of entries for Help Dora Help was extraordinary and gave a great picture of the areas of educational interest across UK preschools,” said Helena Dowling, Nick Jr., presenter and Help Dora Help judge. “With funding required for things such buying a minibus to creating a mini beast learning zone, the finalists each demonstrate a desire to offer more educational opportunities for their pupils. I am looking forward to seeing which entry the public chooses to receive the award.”

Voting is now open to decide which of the finalist will receive the award. Voting is open to anyone within the UK and voters can take a look at all five finalists and learn more about their submission atnickjr.co.uk/helpdorahelp. Voting is open until 2nd November with the winner of the award announced on19th November.

Inspired by the adventurous spirit of Dora, Help Dora Help seeks to encourage support education, development and exploration in the pre-school environment. The five finalists for this year’s campaign are:

Greystoke Under 5’s, Greystoke, Cumbria - The rural volunteer playgroup would use the award to revamp their outdoor play area as well as their kitchen.

Oakmount Day Nursery, Preston, Lancashire - The nursery would use the award to purchase a minibus, ideally equipped with exploratory items such as a metal detector and telescope.

The Old Forge Day Nursery, Findern, Derbyshire – The nursery would use the award to build a log cabin with sensory room, a library and dance studio.

Parkfield Children’s Centre, West Hendon, London – The Children’s Centre would develop their Early Years playground to reflect various countries, cultures, seasons and festivals.

Walton Lane Nursery School & Children’s Centre, Nelson, Lancashire – The Centre would create a bug hotel so that children could increase their knowledge of mini beasts.

An expert panel led by Nick Jr.’s Wake Up World Helena Dowling, alongside Nick Jr. representatives and partners including The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts, Dora Magazine and Chad Valley chose the five finalists with each finalist awarded discovery and learning equipment from Chad Valley as well as a classroom visit from Dora the Explorer.

Nick Jr., with its sister channel Nick Jr. 2, it is the most popular commercial pre-school entertainment brand in cable and satellite homes. Launched in 1999 as the world’s first channel dedicated to pre-school children, Nick Jr. broadcasts hit shows including Dora the Explorer, Peppa Pig, Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom, Bubble Guppies and Olive the Ostrich. In 2009 Nick Jr. won BAFTA Children’s Channel of the Year. More information on programming as well as clips, games and exclusive downloadable content is available at nickjr.co.uk. Nick Jr. is available on Sky 615, Virgin 715, through BT Vision and TalkTalk channel 318.

Launched in 1993, Nickelodeon UK comprises seven dedicated award-winning entertainment channels for kids aged 2-12 and is a joint venture between MTV and BSkyB Networks. The Nickelodeon Network is a top performing commercial kids TV network in the UK and the Nickelodeon channels are available in over 14 million cable and satellite homes.

About The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts:

The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts is an educational charity which champions the power of the arts to transform and enrich the lives of disadvantaged children across the UK. The charity’s projects have helped to create long-term partnerships between arts organisations and their local schools. Two core programmes, Start and Quests both highlight the potential of learning outside the classroom, enabling children to visit their local cultural venue to work with professional artists, and then developing this experience through class-based projects and activities. Since 2006 the charity has worked with over 100,000 children and hopes to substantially increase this figure in the next few years. For more info please visit www.childrenandarts.org.uk

http://www.nickjr.co.uk/shows/dora/helpdorahelp/

Note: I am not getting paid to post this but Miss A is getting a Dora goody bag.

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Dora The Explorer Live! Search For The City Of Lost Toys review

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Aug 302012

At the weekend, we made our way to Blackpool to watch Dora the Explorer Live! We were given three tickets to see the show and three tickets to Nick Jr Land. We were supposed to be given tickets to the rest of Blackpool Pleasure Beach but that didn’t happen as it wasn’t on the form that the PR person filled in, nor was the tickets to see Dora, apparently. Anyway that is another blog post and nothing to do with the show, I don’t think. This issue was caused by Blackpool Pleasure Beach itself and I will be blogging about this in another blog post. To the PR of Blackpool Pleasure Beach..don’t worry my review won’t be all bad.

The Globe Theatre was the place where the show was held, which is part of Blackpool Pleasure Beach. We got there just as soon as it started but luckily we didn’t miss much of it.

The show was absolutely fantastic. Miss A doesn’t watch much of Dora the Explorer as we don’t have Sky (unfortunately, I wish we did!) But this show has made Miss A into a Dora fan. I am going to have to buy some DVD’s aren’t I?

From the press release:

Everyone’s favourite explorer is embarking on a LIVE musical adventure in London’s West End! In Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer LIVE! Search for the City of Lost Toys, Dora has lost her teddy bear Osito, and the search is on to retrieve him!

With the help of the audience, Map, Backpack, Boots, Diego and their courageous friends, Dora uses her map-reading, counting, musical and language skills to successfully pass through the number pyramid and the mixed-up jungle to reach the City of Lost Toys. But watch out – you never know what that sneaky fox Swiper might be up to along the way!

I would recommend the show to anyone that has a little one. We were given stars to hold and Dora got everyone to hold their stars a few times throughout the show and there were a few other times where the audience got involved. There is also a special thing at the end, or at least there was when we saw the show. I won’t give it away but it made Miss A’s day! All the children there were having fun and the cast got a huge round of applause at the end. That just proves how good the show was!

I wasn’t allowed to take any photos during the show. So here are a few photos that I was given from the PR company:

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Dora the Explorer Live! Search for the City of Lost Toys

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Aug 132012

I would like to tell you about Dora the Explorer Live! Search for the City of Lost Toys. Watch the video to find out more and details of how to book tickets are below.

Blackpool:

Dates: 10 August – 26 August 2012
Performances: Monday – Sunday 10.30am/1.00pm
Ticket prices: £12, £14, £17 (£2 off for children)
£50 family ticket
Address: Globe Theatre, Pleasure Beach Blackpool
525 Ocean Boulevard,
Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1EZ
Box Office: 0871 222 9090
Website: www.pleasurebeachresort.com

London:

Dates: 28 August – 16 September 2012
Performances: Monday – Sunday 10.30am/1.00pm/3.30pm*
*Please see full performance schedule on the website for dates with no 3.30pm performances
Ticket prices: £12.50, £18.00, £25.00
Address: Apollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Avenue
London, W1D 7ES
Box Office: 0844 412 4658
Website: www.ticketmaster.co.uk or www.nimax.com

Note: We are being offered to go and see Dora Live! and have entry to Nick Jr Land as a gift of posting this post and reviewing the show when we go and see it.

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Nick Jr Easter entertainment

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Mar 302012

Nick Jr have some fantastic programmes on during the Easter period:

Dora’s Easter Adventure which airs Friday 30th March at 4:30pm

Hop-hop-hoppy Easter! Dora and Boots are waiting for their friend, the Hip Hop Bunny, to bring his basket filled with eggs and treats for their big Egg Hunt! But just as the Bunny arrives at the forest, Swiper swipes the basket and throws it far, far away into the Rainbow Garden where it’s headed for a waterfall! Oh no! It’s Dora and Boots to the rescue as they join the Bunny on an Easter Day Adventure.

Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Easter Adventure

Team Umizoomi – The Umi City Egg Hunt

It’s the Umi City Egg Hunt – and Mili, Geo and Bot are determined to help their friend April find the most special egg of all..The Rainbow Egg! But when the egg takes a tumble down a rabbit hole, it’s up to te tiny Team to jump in after it! They discover an amazing world of rabbits lies just below ground. But if they don;t hurry across Rabbit Town to the egg factory, the rainbow egg will be scrambled!

Team Umizoomi: The Umi City Egg Hunt

Tickety Toc Lauches Monday 23rd April at 8:15am

On the wall of an old clock shop hangs a very special clock. Every hour, on the hour, it chimes and out pop our little heroes. But what happens when they go back inside? Tickety Toc clock is the gateway into a rapid-paced, dramatic and colourful CGI world full of eccentric characters and slapstick surprises. It’s a fantastical and funny place inhabited by puppy-dog trains, hare-brained rabbits, cooking cows and weather obsessed chickens. In the eye of this chaotic comedy storm are our two heroes – the twins: Tommy and Tallulah. Each action-packed adventure challenges Tommy and Tallulah to save the day, return life to normal and keep the click ticking.

Our Easter has been made extra special thanks to Nick Jr with the delivery of this…