As you may be aware, a huge part of our ethos is that we all have a love for learning, and we provide so many opportunities for our team to develop their skills and knowledge. We are therefore so grateful to have a team of early years educators that all demonstrate their commitment to our 'Love to Learn' approach.

We're so incredibly proud to share the following updates:

✨ Abbi (Tots) has successfully completed her Level 2 Apprenticeship, achieving a distinction for her knowledge test as part of her End Point Assessment! We're so proud of Abbi and everything she has achieved with us in just 18 months, and we look forward to seeing what's next!

✨ Hollimae (Smarties and SEND support), Karen (Curriculum Lead), Helena (Tots) and Ella (Babies) have all successfully completed the Elklan Speech and Language support to Level 3. This specialist training further strengthens our ability to support children's communication, ensuring every child has the best possible opportunities to develop their speech and language at the setting.

✨ We recently introduced our own Champion Awards programme which recognises not only consistently outstanding practice, but also a commitment to inspiring others as a mentor and 'champion' of different aspects of practice. There are several awards available for staff to achieve and our pilot award was 'Quality Interactions'.

We are so pleased to share that Carol is the first to complete our Champion Awards programme! As a Quality Interactions Champion, Carol will continue act as a mentor, advocate and role model, championing high-quality practice, supporting colleagues to develop their own interactions, and helping us continue to provide the very best experiences for every child.

A huge well done to you all from everyone here at Tiny Tots! We are proud to invest in our team's professional development, ensuring we continue to provide the highest quality care and education for the children and families at Tiny Tots Day Nursery.