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TEL: 01234 843905 ADVERTISING: advertising@biggleswadebulletin.co.uk BIGGLESWADE BULLETIN SEPTEMBER 2011 15Toybox Day Nursery – Early Years GraduatesAS PART of Toybox’s commitmentto the Early Years, we havebeen developing a programme forgraduates to join us as part of thegovernment’s commitment toNurseries. We have gained greatbenefit as a group from the impactHannah Street has been able tomake since she achieved her EarlyYears Professional Status (EYP) in2010. The results are clear withour excellent Ofsted results andindustry recognition.Thanks to the success of thenurseries over the past year we arenow able to bring in three morestaff who will look to completetheir EYPS over the next 18 or somonths, this is the equivalent tobeing a QTS – but specifically forthe Under Fives. The three, allgraduates, with Early Years backgroundswill work directly withHannah to ensure we deliver realquality in every age range in everynursery. The three are not replacementsfor our managers who havea very different role to play in oursuccess.To illustrate what we are lookingfor our EYPS to achieve, wehave copied visions from governmentdocuments about this role,and then added our own interpretationto reflect the uniqueness ofToybox.Early Years ProfessionalStatusGovernment’s view:We all want the best for ourchildren. That’s why we need thebest people to help them developand why we and our partners havecreated Early Years ProfessionalStatus (EYPS). EYPS enablespeople working with childrenunder the age of five to demonstratethe excellence of their personalpractice and their ability tolead the practice of others.EarlyYears Professional Status(EYPS) is the gold standard forthose working with children underthe age of five.Having a highly skilled workforceis vital to all early yearschildcare. In fact, research hasshown that the development ofyoung children is directly linked tothe qualifications held by the earlyyear’s workers around them.An EYP will: Take responsibilityfor leading and managing play,care and learning.Develop, introduce, lead andsupervise development work.Act as a team leader /coach andinspire others.Possess up-to-date knowledgePEN PORTRAIT OF OUR NEW EARLY YEARS GRADUATESJennifer Blezard – Jennifer has adegree in Early ChildhoodStudies from Anglian RuskinUniversity. During her time inCambridge she worked in a localpre-school where she influencedthe planning and implementationof best practice. She moves to thewith Triple Distinction (NorthHerts College).Kayleigh since graduating inJuly has been working in a localsupermarket, she list her interestsas reading autobiographies aboutpeoples childhoods, swimmingand Zumba.area from Preston.Jennifer considers herself tobe outgoing and very approachableand lists her interests asReading, Sports – Netball,Football, Running, Scuba Divingand Snow Boarding, Music –Saxophone & Clarinet and alsofilms and danceKayleigh Gilbert – Kayleigh hasa degree in Psychology fromNottingham Trent University,where she specialised in areassuch as Infant Development,Emily Hearth – Emily has aPGCE in Primary Education fromUniversity of Bedfordshire and adegree in Psychology fromAnglian Ruskin. She also holds aBTEC National Diploma in EarlyYears with Triple Distinction(North Herts College).Emily’s most recent job wasas a teacher in the Foundationstage at a local school, she alsohas undertaken courses inAutism. Emily wants to beLanguage and Literacy considered as a fun, energetic,Development in Children andEducational Support Needs andInclusion. She also holds a BTECNational Diploma in Early Yearscaring and a dedicated personwho is well organised and a goodteam player, she lists her interestsas art/painting and netballand understanding of early yearspractices.Help colleagues to develop andimprove their practice.Toybox’s ViewOur three new EYPs andHannah Street in her dual role willmentor and coach the staff in ourgroup of nurseries to ensure thatquality is delivered every day toevery child. They will be focusedsolely on this area; they will not beable to help with invoice queries,extra sessions or any general management.We want our excellentteam of managers to continue tosupport our parents in all generalquestions and the day to day runningof our settings. The manager’swill retain the overall responsibilityof the nurseries and theEYPs will work for them to ensureeach nursery is outstanding inwww.toyboxdaynurseries.co.ukeverything they do. The managerswill check progress of the qualityteam (EYPs) by continuing to bein the rooms to see for themselveswhat is actually being achievedand the benefits to each child.The Role out of theProgramme: To ensure the newstaff settle in as quickly as possiblewe have spread out the start datesover a four week period. Jenniferstarted with us on Monday 8thAugust, Kayleigh on Monday22nd and Emily 5th September.By doing this it ensures each of thegraduates gets time to read andunderstand our policies and procedurescomplete a full personalinduction and get to know thestaff.We anticipate that fromMonday 19th September the teamof EYPs will be have completedtheir personal inductions and beready to start reviewing our practice,we will be able to give furtherdetails of how the team will operateand give best value to the children.It is important to make clear wedo not believe we have failed inour practice to date, far from it aswe have said earlier, but we dowant to live up to the Outstandinggrades we have achieved all day,every day. The aim of these newroles is to ensure that we can confidentlyexpect all our nurseries tobe viewed by everyone as the bestin its location. We believe there isContinued on page 18SANDYToybox Day Nursery7 Medusa Way, Sandy SG19 1TH01767 683602BIGGLESWADEToybox Day Nursery, The Saxon Centre,Kingsfield Road, Biggleswade SG18 8AT01767 313139STOTFOLDToybox Day Nursery70 High Street, Stotfold, SG5 4LD01462 734306