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Southport Nursery
Apprentices Go For Gold in Rio Olympics Competition
LEARNERS, staff and children at Tibbi
Tots nursery in Southport are celebrating being crowned one of the winners of a
competition organised by Busy Bees Early Years Training Academy by creating
their very own scarecrow themed Olympic villages in celebration of the Rio 2016
Olympics.
A number of creations were made by the nursery staff, including Advanced Early
Years apprentice Kayleigh Griffiths and Intermediate Early Years apprentices
Nicole Johnson and Alainnah Waterworth, with athletes such as Bradley Wiggins,
Charlotte Dujardin and Greg Rutherford making an appearance in the scarecrow
village. Because of the high standard of entries, four prizes were awarded to
the talented teams of builders, with the other three recipients being Busy Bees
nurseries at Bitteswell Montessori, Guiseley and Birmingham Dartmouth Circus.
Each of the talented winners will receive a chocolate hamper to share with their
teams.
Speaking of their success, nursery manager,
Sharon Mackenzie said:- "I'm incredibly proud of the creativity displayed
by our staff and we had a fantastic day as a team working with the children to
create and build the scarecrows for the competition. The activity was truly
enjoyable and to see the hard work and dedication that our nursery staff put
into their role rewarded is so pleasing. We'd like to thank Busy Bees Training
Academy for developing a fantastic idea to help us all get into the spirit of
the Games!"
Busy Bees Early Years Training Academy, part
of the wider Busy Bees group, which provides apprenticeships and training
opportunities across the childcare, management and catering sectors for learners
both in Busy Bees and non-Busy Bees settings, regularly commissions such
competitions to inspire its learners to think on their feet and show the
importance of up and coming talent getting creative through playful activities.
Fay Gibbin, Training Manager at Busy Bees
Training, said:- "The 2016 summer Olympics in Rio are a great excuse to
hold a competition involving our learners, staff and children in nursery. We've
seen some real effort put into the scarecrow villages and the apprentices have
been especially creative with the themes; it was brilliant for the children to
get involved too.
This competition not only required the learners to put their practical and
artistic skills to the test, but the storytelling aspect of the chosen theme was
a big part in our decision to choose a winner. We wanted to give the prizes away
to people who had put a lot of thought into their villages and look at how the
appearance of their scarecrows related back to their story. Having the ability
to capture children's imaginations is a fundamental part of becoming a childcare
practitioner and this is why we place a lot of importance on storytelling in the
nurseries day to day."
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