Local Representative Nominated In National Children’s Awards Scheme

The nominees for the prestigious What’s On 4 2015 Junior Awards in association with Konfidence and Drayton Manor have just been announced – and Gemma Atkinson from My Baby Can Dance East Yorkshire has been nominated for ‘Most Outstanding Activity Leader for the Under 5s – EAST’. She is amongst the 72 people in the catagory.

This exciting awards programme, which is once again supported by babyworld.co.uk is now in its ninth year and celebrates the best activities, classes, people and places throughout the country as nominated and voted for by the experts – parents, carers and parents-to-be.

Gemma Atkinson from Beverley is a nominee who is now in the national voting stage.

This year, the awards are bigger than ever, covering 22 different categories ranging from Best Pre/ Post Natal Activity to Best After School Club. For the 3rd year in a row the awards are taking place across the globe – in Australia, Ireland and the UK – and there has once again been an increase in the number of nominees so to get this far is a great achievement.

My Baby Can Dance in a weekly session which combines movement to music with activities, singing and musical instruments, numbers, colours, phonics and shapes also looking at topics such as the world around us. Gemma bought the East Yorkshire franchise in May 2013 and it has grown from strength to strength, with classes now in Beverley, Brough, Driffield, Goole and Pocklington.

One of the biggest strengths that My Baby Can Dance aims to achieve is the learning path of its syllabus. The way the program is presented, children pick up and learn the method very quickly but mainly what they have learned within the session is taken into home and repeated. This enables the retaining and remembering in very young children which is the primary aim of the class.

Gemma Atkinson from My Baby Can Dance said:

“I cannot believe that when I took my son to this class at 10 months old in March 2013, how much it would change my life.”

“I am so overwhelmed that I am now in the running for a national award for doing a job that I love. I am so grateful to my customers for the nomination, it’s a pleasure to teach your little ones every week.”

Each and every children’s activity, party venue, entertainer and volunteer from throughout the country had the opportunity to be nominated and the number this year reflects the support from the nations’ parents for these exciting awards and their eagerness to reward the very best!

From 11th March to 1st May 2015, parents can log onto any of the award winning on-line directories – www.whatson4littleones.co.uk, www.whatson4schoolkids.co.uk and www.whatson4kidsparties.co.uk to vote for their favourites from all of the nominees which have qualified.

The winners will be announced at the live award ceremony on Friday 19th June, where last year we were joined by Paralympian Rik Waddon, silver medallist at London 2012 games, who presented our hugely deserving ‘ Most Outstanding Special Educational Activity Provider or Support Group’ Award. Everyone who votes or nominates will also be in with a chance to win 2 VIP tickets to the awards ceremony, meet the finalists, sponsors and VIP guests.

Bev O’Sullivan & Marilyn Bradshaw from What’s On 4 UK said;

“We are so excited to once again be at the very crucial voting stage of the 9th annual ‘What’s On 4 Junior Awards 2015’ in the UK.”

“These awards mean so much to the support groups, clubs, class leaders and children’s activity providers all over the country – and it’s particularly thrilling to see how hard a WO4J Award is fought for.”

“2015 looks to be an exciting year for What’s On 4 Juniors and we are already looking forward to a glittering Award Ceremony at the stunning Drayton Manor Hotel in June. We wonder who will be joining us…?”