Lifetime winner
We are very proud to announce that Nick Holder, from Snapdragons Horfield, was named the Early Years Apprentice of the Year at the eighth annual Lifetime Learner Achievement Awards at a ceremony at Bristol’s We the Curious on 24th October.
We are very proud to announce that Nick Holder, from Snapdragons Horfield, was named the Early Years Apprentice of the Year at the eighth annual Lifetime Learner Achievement Awards at a ceremony at Bristol’s We the Curious on 24th October.
Lifetime is the training provider who works with us on our apprenticeship programme which offers in-work training for aspiring early years practitioners, from school leavers embarking on their careers, through to graduate apprentices working towards Early Years Teacher status. The Lifetime awards celebrate exceptional learners across every Lifetime sector, as well as inspirational employers, managers, and Regional Trainers.
“Nick showed complete focus in achieving his apprenticeship, impressing his trainer with his levels of independent study and self-drive”
Nick, who has since completed his Early Years Educator Level 3 qualification, was nominated for the award by his Lifetime trainer, who singled him out from apprentices from across the region. He was praised by the judges for his “complete focus in achieving his apprenticeship, impressing his trainer with his levels of independent study and self-drive”.
Alongside Nick, our HR Manager, Nicki Jones, was nominated for the Apprentice Champion of the Year award for her work overseeing our Snapdragons Apprentice Programme. Sadly, she wasn’t a winner this time, but it was high praise to be nominated.
Congratulating the winners, Lifetime Chief Executive Officer Alex Khan said:
“On behalf of everyone at Lifetime Training I’d like to say congratulations to all finalists and winners of the eighth annual Lifetime Learner Achievement Awards.
This is our chance to celebrate outstanding learners and their exceptional achievements and wish them every success in their careers.
The awards also recognise the employers, supervisors, mentors and trainers who champion apprenticeships and make it all possible.”
An autumn magazine
It’s already time for our new magazine as it will be hitting the shelves of your nursery in the coming days, but you lucky website readers can get in there a week early.
The latest magnificent issue includes some great stuff, including photos from our summer graduations, a look at the new Keynsham garden and a trip to our local football club.
For our main feature, we focus on ways we are trying to improve our sustainability across the nurseries, looking at how we reuse clothing and materials whilst also providing excellent care.
If that wasn’t enough, we’ve also thrown in a delicious recipe for some cleverly made ‘dippy eggs’.
So what are you waiting for? Click the button below and have a read!
Summer in the Snapdragons Forest
Our latest season of forest school has been filled with bat caves, hammer making and a sing-song in the woods, as we have fun with children across Snapdragons!
Have a quick look at what we’ve been doing and what Forest School is like at Snapdragons!
The garden is transformed at Keynsham
After weeks of hard work, the new play area at our nursery in Keynsham is finally open and the children could not wait to start exploring.
After weeks of hard work, the new play area at our nursery in Keynsham is finally open and the children could not wait to start exploring.
Designed by Earth Wrights, the playspace is completely bespoke and marks a unique and different approach to our outdoor areas at Snapdragons.
The first plans for the new garden
Breaking from the norm is always a scary prospect, but when we first saw the plans Earth Wrights had, we knew we were making the right choice. The gardens at the Keynsham nursery have always had a different look to them than the others and so we wanted something that could capture that individuality and incorporate the natural elements the garden has.
The final garden, completed.
As the children watched the garden being constructed, you could see how excited they were for it to end and they needed no encouragement to head onto the new equipment, carefully climbing across the scramble nets, up the ladders and through the tunnels.
We are delighted with the outcome of the project at Keynsham and if any of the parents would like to take a closer look, please do so - we hope you like it as much as we do!
Our summer magazine is out
We’ve just released the latest issue of the Snapdragons Magazine and, boy, it is rammed with the latest news from the past few months!
We’ve just released the latest issue of the Snapdragons Magazine and, boy, it is rammed with the latest news from the past few months!
So what do we have this time? Well, we wouldn’t want to spoil it all, but here are some of the highlights you’ll find inside the covers:
A look at our latest nursery in Redland, now finished and fully open for children
Photos from our trips to Warleigh Lodge Farm with the pre-school children
An article on one Shirehampton family’s journey to foster children
A courgette and potato cake recipe that will have everyone asking for seconds
A plant guide to summer to help you identify things on your family walks
Without further adieu, find yourself a copy, either collecting one at your child’s nursery, or having a read on our website using the little button below.