Staffing Changes

As from the 23 August we are having a staff change around. I apologise for the short notice but we can assure you that the changes will not affect the children as we want to keep any disruption to their routine to a minimum. Many of the children will be moving sections too and will have new key people.

We want to say Goodbye to Gemma as she makes a career move to Woodlands. We will all miss Gemma so much as she has an amazing knowledge and understanding of the curriculum and child development, but she has been able to share this with all of us and now has the opportunity to impart her knowledge to the staff at Woodlands. We wish her lots of luck in the future and know her move will continue to strengthen our relationships with our sister nursery.

Congratulations to Aimee who will be stepping up into the team leader role in pre-school. Aimee is an enthusiastic member of our staff team who is able to motivate the children and get them excited about learning. We look forward to her new and refreshing ideas. We know she will do a great job. Aimee has been with PlayAway since 2006 with a short break away to be a nanny.

Claire will be leaving us on Friday to further her education to become a teacher. Claire has been a refreshing addition to the pre-school team and we will definitely miss her happy face and cheery smile every day. We wish her the best of luck and know there will be many happy children in future with her as their teacher. Sarah has also left us to return to her home town. As Sarah’s move happened rather quickly you would not have had the chance to say goodbye, but we wish her well in her new venture. Sarah Ponsford, who worked with us during the holidays has now also left for a long holiday to America and then to follow her teaching career. Good luck to her wherever her career may take her.

We are very excited to welcome Chloe Kendall and Kate Sturges who will be joining our baby room. Both Chloe and Kate have a level 3 qualification and have many years experience working with children of all ages. We look forward to sharing the new ideas and input they will have into our babies’ learning and development.

Sam will be leaving the baby room to move to the toddler section and Steph will be leaving toddlers to move to pre-school. I know both carers are excited about their moves and we wish them well as they learn the ropes and work with their new teams. Stuart Witham has been working for us during the holidays and as he will be returning to college in September to complete his apprenticeship he will continue to work for us at the end of the day. Stuart has already displayed a keen interest in working with children of all ages and has developed good relationships with the children.

We are very excited to be introducing the PHUNKY FOODS programme from September. This is aimed at being healthy and learning about good food, eating and living habits. There is a website that parents can access that gives advice and information about meals, weaning, quantities and exciting child friendly recipes. The address is www.phunkyfoods.co.uk. You do not need to register, but click on the strawberry that says ‘Parents Section’ and you can access their information. We would appreciate any feedback that you may have about the programme or the website.

Well Done to Carlie who is our Employee of the Month for July. Carlie has been so enthusiastic about the Tiny Talk baby signing and has created a wonderful display in the Toddler room. Keep up the good work J