RNLI

Flying Start have agreed to adopt the RNLI as our charity for 2010. We will be raising money for this worthy cause and raising awareness with our children, staff and families about beach safety. We will be planning trips to the beach and lifeboat stations and hope to be visited by lifeguards!

In 2009 we raised £5,000 for a guidedog puppy and Shadow is now growing up fast and has visited the nurseries much to the delight of the children.

Green Team Meeting

As part of our Green Team initiative to make our nurseries more environmentally friendly, and to encourage the children, staff and parents to be more aware - we will be holding our termly Green Team meeting on Monday 1 March.

As well as our normal recycling activities we are currently collecting used print cartridges and old mobile phones as part of the Support Your School. Each cartridge and phone generates a small amount of money which we will donate to our Charity of the Year - the RNLI or use for further Green initiatives. Please help with your old cartridges and phones.

Training Award

Flying Start were delighted to be awarded the Outstanding Commitment to Training Award as part of the Excellence in Business Training Awards 2010. We were congratulated on our NVQ training programme now in its third year (TLC), the large amount of ongoing professional development and our Fast Track programme for staff who wish to become graduates whilst working for us.

NVQ 2 success

We are delighted to report that Sophia has completed a Level 2 NVQ in a record time of 6 months using the paper-free system. The assesment team were particularly impressed with the standard of work and Sophia's competence in the nursery. Well Done !