Staff from both the Kidderminster nursery and the Stourport Nursery
Updating – Food Hygiene Awareness
March 2011
Updating – Paediatric 1st Aid
February 2011
Staff at our recent update course on Paediatric 1st Aid.
These 3 qualification are renewed every 3 years.
Updating - Safeguarding/Child Protection Certificate
February 2011
10 staff from our 20 staff workforce took part in an In-house training workshop
refreshing their knowledge on the current Safeguarding/Child Protection procedures.
50% staff further qualified in Playwork
Our Kids Klub – open every day for after school care and for all school holidays -
has the benefit of not only 100% qualified nursery nurses caring for the younger ones in the Klub,
but also half the workforce have chosen to now be qualified in Playwork,
which has given them insight into the needs and benefits of the older members of the Klub.
50% staff further qualified in 2009 EYFS Certificate
Since legislation 2009 introduced the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) into early years,
50% of our staff working throughout the age groups chose to study for the CACHE Level 3 Certificate in EYFS;
to further prepare themselves for the needs of all the age groups and
to give them the training necessary to develop long term planning sheets and daily lesson plans
to stimulate and encourage the children to explore and investigate the world around them.
