Practical Pre-School and Primary Teacher Update Awards winners revealed
The results of the annual Practical Pre-School and Primary Teacher Update 2013 Awards have been revealed at a ceremony in Birmingham today.
Award winners were chosen after months of testing by childcare professionals.
This year's winners include Golden Bear's In the Night Garden Igglepiggle and Munchkin's Splash Along Mermaid in the Toys and Games 0-3 years category, and LeapFrog's LeapPad 2 in the 3-5 years category.
Elsewhere, Gibsons topped the Classic Toys and Games category with its My Wheels puzzle set, and Flair's Skwooshi came out on top in the Creative Play section.
The winners complete list of winners can be found below.
Toys and Games 0-3 years
• Joint Overall winners
• Golden Bear – In the Night Garden Igglepiggle
• Munchkin – Splash Along Mermaid
• Gold Award Winners
• Learning Resources – Shelby’s Snack Shack Game
• Reflections on Learning – Green Rubber Toys
• Leapfrog – Rainbow Tea Party
• Wesco – Cozy Animals: Clara the Cow
Toys and Games 3-5 years
• Overall winner
• Leapfrog – Leap Pad 2
• Gold Award Winners
• Character Options – Peppa Pig Theme Park Collection
• Character Options – Fireman Sam Jupiter Drive and Steer
• Bean Bag Bazaar – BazZoo Animal Beanbags
• Hippychick – Happy Hopperz
• Mattel: Fisher-Price Thomas & Friends Take-n-Play Thomas’ Adventure Castle
Classic Toys and Games
• Overall winner
• Gibsons – My Wheels
Creative Play
• Overall winner
• Flair – Skwooshi
Outdoor Toys and Equipment
• Overall winner
• Playforce – Cork Solid Blocks
• Gold Award Winners
• First Celtic Toy and Learning – Kiddimoto Boxcart
• Mookie Toys – Garden Turtle
• ShadeMe – Baby Shade
Electronic Toys and New Technology
• Overall winner
• The Pedagogs – The Reception Teacher App
• Gold Award Winners
• Reflections on Learning – WordWand
• Vtech – Innotab2 Baby
Primary Teacher Update Toys and Games (For children 5+)
• Overall winner
• Bananagrams – Bananagrams
• Gold Award Winners
• Character Options – TEKSTA
• Green Board Games – Brainbox Horrible Histories Awful Ancients
Primary Teacher Outdoor Toys and Equipment (For children 5+)
• Overall winner
• Science Play – Play Planetarium
• Gold Award Winners
• Bananagrams – Jumbo ZIP-IT
• Bananagrams – Jumbo Bananagrams
Primary Teacher Update Creative Play (For children 5+)
• Overall winner
• Great Gizmos – 4M Glow-in-the-Dark Fairy Buttons and 4M Light Up Fairy Plaque
The award winners will all be highlighted in the official awards brochure and circulated to all subscribers of the Practical Pre-School and Primary Teacher Update Magazines.