Nursery World - Spotlight on... Nigel Swaby

Position: Director, Silks Farm Nursery, Somersham, Cambridgeshire

- How did it feel to get the Charter Standard School Award fromHuntingdonshire FA?

I was really pleased. We have put so much effort in, and it shows thattop-level people at the Football Association are aware of what we do. Weare the only nursery school to have the award - all the others areprimary.

- What is the Silks Strikers Programme?

It's an introduction to basic football skills for children aged threeand over. Children take part in sessions twice a week where they learnhow to pass, shoot, dribble and run with the ball.

- Who runs the sessions?

We have six nursery staff who have now qualified as FA level 1 footballcoaches. We also have two external coaches, one a level 2 coach and theother from the England five-a-side squad.

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