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See your Child at Edith Rose
Windsor MP Opens First Internet Enabled Nursery in Berkshire
07-Mar-06, Press Release.

Adam Afriyie MP officially opened a new webcam facility at Edith Rose Nursery on Friday 3rd March, 2006. The service allows parents to view their children at the nursery via a secure internet site.

Mr Afriyie commented, “I am delighted that parents will now be able to see their children learning and playing whilst at Edith Rose.

“I commend the staff at Edith rose for their forward looking approach which will allow parents to enjoy their children’s progress whilst maintaining sometimes demanding careers.”

Contact Details: Telephone: 0207 219 8023 Email: afriyiea@parliament.uk

Editors Notes
Windsor’s premier nursery, Edith Rose, is the first in the county to have connected its cctv cameras to the internet to enable parents to log in via a secure internet connection.

Parents and guardians with access are able to see live video of their children learning and playing at the nursery. They can do this from anywhere they have access to the Internet – at home, work, abroad or through their mobile phones,

Also, if the parents are not watching when their son or daughter does something important at Nursery, such as ballet lessons, they will be able to recapture the moment by saving the continuously recorded images to DVD.

Cameras in each room of the nursery are connected to a video server which both digitally records and connects to the Internet. Parents with permission from the nursery can then view live video from the rooms their child is in via a secure, encrypted Internet connection.

The service is provided to Edith Rose by Teletoddler. George Bathurst, Managing Director, said: “The system means that, rather than worrying about their children, working parents can focus better on their careers.”

Mr Bathurst added: “Our company has been founded by people who have an understanding not only of new technology but also of running early years facilities and looking after children. Our aim is to bring educators, parents and children closer by facilitating better communication.”

Teletoddler has seen strongly increased demand for places at nurseries and day nurseries which have this service.