Recognition
Child’s Play Private Nursery are honoured to have received local and national recognition for their work in the early year’s sector.
This recognition has seen be awarded multiple accolades and awards as well as an invitation by HRH Prince Charles to the Celebrate Success awards and a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace.
2019 Finalist at the NMT Awards (Business Development)
Date: September 2019
Date: October 2019
Child’s Play Private Nursery are honoured to be named as finalists at this year’s Nursery Management Today Awards. We have been named in the Business Development Category following our expansion from one to three nurseries over the past 18 months. We are excited to visit London in November for the award Ceremony.
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2019 Finalist at the North East Employee of the Year Awards (Leadership Award)
Date: September 2019
Child’s Play Private Nursery are honoured to be named as finalists at this year’s Nursery North East Employee of the Year Awards. We have been named in the Leadership Category. Celebrating and recognising the leadership skills and qualities of our senior and management team and the positive impact it has at the nurseries. We are excited to visit Newcastle’s Crowne Plaza in November for the award Ceremony.
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Elizabeth Jarman Recognition Award
Date: August 2019
We are exceptionally proud to announce that International Early Years Consultant Elizabeth Jarman has decided to award Child’s Play Private Nursery with an INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AWARD. This comes on the back of the work she has been doing with us this year, this is the first time since 2014 she has issued this prestigious recognition award.
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2019 Child’s Play Celebration & Award Night
Date: August 2019
At Child’s Play Private Nursery our staff team are the key to our success. They are amazing early years practitioners and professionally who work exceptionally hard to deliver our pedagogy and edu-care service. We love honouring their outstanding commitment and practice. The 2019 award winners were:
Best Rising Star Award:
Winner: Danielle Moore Highly Commended: Shannon Milner
Most Improved Employee Award:
Winner: Sarah White Highly Commended:Caitlin Harker-Bennett
2019 Employee of the Year Award:
Winner: Megan Halliwell Highly Commended: Toni Paget
Best Team of the Year Award:
Winner: Ferryhill Snowdrops 0-2yrs team Highly Commended: Seaham Buttercups 2-3yrs team
Parent Choice Award:
Winner:Michelle Pooley Highly Commended:Sarah White
Leadership Award:
Winner:Abbey Leigh Briggs Highly Commended:Toni Paget
100% Attendance Award: (based on June18-19)
Winner: Kimberley Dunn, Tracy Bradwell, Chloe Birbeck, Karen Wayman, Dawn Crosby, Eve Keeling, Abbey Leigh Briggs, Julie Wallace-Edgar, Lorraine Carr
Spread the Joy Award:
Winner:Leanne Edwards Highly Commended:Michelle Pooley
2019 Manager of the Year Award:
Winner: Dawn Crosby Highly Commended: Katrina Clarke
Play Award:
Winner: Shannon LatchamHighly Commended: Jordann Smith
Special Recognition Award:
Winner: Carla Gibson Highly Commended: Megan Halliwell
2019 Nursery Site of the Year Award:
Winner: Ferryhill
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Blossomer of the Month
Date: June 2019
Child’s Play Private Nursery were named ‘Blossomer of the month’ June 2019, following our years interaction and service to our software provider Blossom Educational. We also received a £50 gift voucher which we spent on some beautiful loose parts resources for our children to explore.
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Spread the Happiness Team Awards
Date: December 2018
We are ecstatic to announce that all three of our nursery sites (Ferryhill, Seaham and Chester Le Street) have been awarded an individual ‘Spread the Happiness Team Award’. This award comes on the back of some amazing work our staff have completed with Spread the Happiness Guru and Early Years inspiratory Shonette-Bason-Wood.
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Millie’s Mark Accreditation: the gold standard for first aid
Date: November 2018
Child’s Play, Seaham and Chester Le Street. Receive the gold standard for first aid in the early years. 100% of their staff are trained and have knowledge to help protect and keep people safe and are able to act in an emergency.
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2018 Staff Celebration & Award Evening
Date: 11 August 2018
Child’s Play would not be the same without all of our employee’s dedication, EVERYONE in the company was put forward for an award which is testament to how valuable everyone is. Child’s Play’s first annual awards night recognised staff excellence. It was an evening to share and remind our employees how valuable, amazing and awesome they truly are. A full list of our winners are below:
Best Rising Star Award:
Winner: Rebecca Gasson Highly Commended: Amber Louise Crame
Best Apprentice Award:
Winner: Chloe Oliver
Most Improved Employee Award:
Winner: Kimberley Dunn Highly Commended: Shannon Latcham
2018 Employee of the Year Award:
Winner: Dawn Crosby Highly Commended: Sian Ward
Best Team of the Year Award:
Winner: Snowdrops, Ferryhill Highly Commended: Buttercups, Chester Le Street
Best Communicator Award:
Winner: Sian Ward Highly Commended: Eve Keeling
Parent Choice Award:
Winner: Lauren Wilkinson Highly Commended: Katrina Clarke
Heart of the Company Award:
Winner: Karen Wayman Highly Commended: Joanne Jackson
Leadership Award:
Winner: Jill Grieve Highly Commended: Laura Clark
2018 Nursery Manager of the Year Award:
Winner: Carla Gibson
Management Recognition Award:
Winner: Abbey Leigh Briggs Highly Commended: Noella Plummer
2018 Nursery Site of the Year Award:
Winner: Seaham, Child’s Play
A fierce determination to succeed resulted in the founder and MD of Childs Play Private Nurseries working around the clock and even answering emails while in labour.
Date: 15 May 2018
Published on the North East Chambers of commerce website, the article introduces you to Managing Director Laura Leigh Davies (click image to read the article) https://www.neechamber.co.uk/our-members/news/childs-play-private-nursery
Do you think we deserve to be crowned Nursery of the 2018?
We are so thrilled that one of our families from out Seaham Nursery has entered us into the Sunderland Echo 2018 Nursery of the Year Awards!!!
Since the take-over of Child’s Play Private Nursery in January this year the business has gone from strength to strength, which has included our Seaham site being nominated for this prestigious award.
**Want us to win? **
All you have to do is collect the Sunderland Echo between 26th March and 7th April and complete the coupon and return it! Please help us by voting! We are so very happy about this!
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Combating Depression in the elderly is Child’s Play
Date: September 2017
Published in the Chapter. Discussing how monthly care home visits is helping to battle depression in the elderly and allowing young children to make connections and understand the world around them.
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Millie’s Mark Accreditation: the gold standard for first aid
Date: June 2017
Child’s Play, Ferryhill. Receive the gold standard for first aid in the early years. 100% of their staff are trained and have the knowledge to help protect and keep people safe and are able to act in an emergency.
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