Editor's view

Nursery World's Outdoor Challenge, run with Learning Through Landscapes, has become an incredibly popular annual event. This week we launch the 2006 competition, with a fantastic £9,000 worth of prizes including a tailor-made shade sail from Keep it Kool, lots of great NES Arnold equipment, advice from LTL and more. Awareness of how important good outdoor provision is for young children is growing, and practitioners cite lack of suitable opportunities as one of the biggest challenges in meeting curriculum objectives. We hope our competition will highlight the need to support settings in improving their facilities and practice, and for theGovernment...