ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Victoria House Nursery - News</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="VictoriaHouseNursery.css"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <meta content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body> <div class="leftdiv"> <table class="outlinetable" align="center" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" width="100%"> <tbody> <!-- BEGIN Common navigation and header --> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <table width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="left"> <a href="index.htm"> <img style="width: 221px; height: 150px" border="0" hspace="0" alt="The Nursery" src="Photos/TheNursery.jpg" width="300" height="200"></a>&nbsp; </td> <td align="middle" class="nurseryname"> Victoria&nbsp;&nbsp;House<br> Nursery </td> <td align="right"> <img border="0" hspace="0" src="VictoriaHouseNursery.gif"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="toplinks" bgcolor="#ff0000" colspan="2"> <p align="center"> &nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="index.htm">About Us</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="news.htm">News</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="babywing.htm">The Baby wing</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="staff.htm">The Staff</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="photos.htm">Photo Gallery</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="blog.htm">Blog</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="downloads.htm">Downloads</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="fundraising.htm">Fundraising</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a class="navblack" href="contactus.htm">Contact Us</a></p> </td> </tr> <!-- END Common navigation and header --> <tr> <td class="mainbodytext"> <h2 class="mainpageheading"> Latest news ...</h2> <p> Victoria House Nursery is now on Facebook, so the easiest way to keep up to date with all our latest news is to click on the image below, which will take you to our Facebook page.</p> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victoria-House-Nursery/190427680967296" target="_blank"> <img src="images/Facebook.jpg"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="mainbodytext"> <br /> <hr /> <a name="eco"></a> <h2 class="mainpageheading"> Victoria House Nursery gains its first international award to become the Islands First  Eco Nursery School </h2> <p> Victoria House nursery has been awarded a bronze award which recognises that the nursery school has started its sustainable journey providing a framework which is now embedded into the heart of the nursery s operation. </p> <p> Once a school is registered with the Eco schools  Keep Britain Tidy Programme they follow a simple seven step process which allows them to address a variety of environmental themes, ranging from litter and health to biodiversity. </p> <p> The nursery will now work towards gaining its second award and the prestigious Green Flag award which is assessed by  Keep Britain tidy and symbolises excellence in the field of environmental activity. As part of the framework which Victoria House nursery has put in place the children at the nursery have taken part in activities such as planting flowers and vegetables, learning about recycling and creating their own compost heap. The nursery and the children have recently been introduced to the Manx Wildlife Trust charity with a field trip to the Douglas rock pools. </p> <p> At Victoria House Nursery we are proud to have ample outdoor grounds which have enabled us to create an area with a bird table and it is here that the children have been able to not only study and feed the birds that come into the garden but they have also developed their own mix of bird food in the kitchen, Victoria House own brand of bird food. </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> </div> <div class="rightdiv"> </div> </td> </tr> <!-- Start of Common Footer--> <tr> <td class="softwaresolutionsfooter" colspan="2"> <hr /> Website design and hosting provided by Software Solutions Ltd </td> </tr> <!-- End of Common Footer--> </tbody> </table> <center> <div class="content_bottom"> </div> </center> <div> </div> </div> </body> </html>