At Cornwall College, Upper preschool have been having a focus on our oral hygiene and the teaching behind it. Alongside our daily teeth brushing sessions, we have also been exploring different ways we can protect our teeth as well as looking at all the different layers our teeth contain all in aid of dental hygiene month.
As well as exploring the many layers of our teeth, we looked at the different kinds of food that we can eat or avoid to help try and keep our teeth clean. We also practised painting some teeth to help develop the muscles needed in our wrists to ensure that our teeth are cleaned thoroughly.
This week we had a visit from our Registered Dental Nurse at The Big Brush Club who carried out our Quality Assurance Check – She was SO pleased with us that we had NO recommendations and passed with Flying (start) Colours! Huge thank you, as always to the team and Tammy who led the visit and smashed it!
Flying Start’s annual Staff Training Day was a huge success 🌟
Our day started with a company wide catch up with our 90 staff focusing in on the success of the past year and our focus as a company to be keeping healthy, always learning and more sustainable in the year ahead!
Then we had lots of hands on learning, focused on the age groups the practitioners work with and developing certain parts of our curriculum. It was a very creative day!
Even the Managing Director got stuck in to large outdoor squiggle art!
We enjoyed an amazing lunch from The Spitting Pig, the food was delicious!
Followed by some more afternoon workshops where our teams had time to make resources to take back and use with their key children.
Finishing with our awards ceremony, where we celebrated so many efforts of our incredible Flying Start teams, who we know do such a fab job day in day out!
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We have received some LOVELY feedback from parents in recent weeks and we felt the need to share it for ALL to see – It’s always great to receive positive feedback and we are sure to share it for our teams to see!
Please see below some examples that have been sent in by our wonderful customers!
‘We have been part of the Flying Start family for 9 years, our eldest attended Flying Start Redruth then Penryn then Cornwall College . All of the different locations were brilliant, the childcare you get is great at Flying Start, extremely consistent. My eldest had lots of fun whilst at nursery and now my younger two are at Redruth with the brilliant team having the same fun. They love the outdoor space, the staff are caring and really get invested in their growth. I am always happy to recommend Flying Start as a nursery because they are so good!’ Melanie, Parent at Flying Start Nurseries from 2012-present
‘I couldn’t recommend Flying Start more, the quality of care is amazing. The opportunities both of my children have had have been brilliant, they have learnt so much at nursery and become such social little people as a result. Flying Start truly gave them the best start and a fantastic transition to school with so much support for us at home to help get them ready. Throughout lockdown we had different activity ideas and support every week for them both, it was such an amazing service! I can’t thank you all enough, you really do the best for each and every child.’ Jamie, Parent at Flying Start Nurseries from 2017-2021
‘There is so much to say, but really the most important thing to say is that without you I honestly don’t think my little boy would be the confident, caring (but still boisterous!) child he is today. You supported him from his first week with you 3 years ago, now he has amazing individual support and you have taught us how to communicate effectively with him using visuals and signs, and he is starting to pick up some key words from your amazing support. We really don’t think other nurseries would have gone above and beyond like you all did, we are so grateful.’ Sam, Parent at Flying Start Nurseries 2019-2021
Flying Start Nurseries are DELIGHTED to ACHIEVE their HEALTHY WORKPLACE GOLD again!
What an amazing achievement!
This celebrates the continual work we do to try to best support our staff.
