Nursery practitioner Review

My role is to look after and care for nursery aged children, I teach, nurture, play with, comfort and provide food for them. I make sure they are safe and in an environment that is appropriate, supportive and respectful of them and their beliefs. I provide awe and wonder to the children that may not have the same experiences as their friends. I plan activities, take the register, carry out activities in groups and one to one, I help children to write, learn their name, get changed and use the toilet independently. I use a wide vocabulary through conversations and reading books to help the children expand their speech.

I have developed existing skills through training internally and externally for safeguarding, maths, phonics, science, policies and procedures, first aid and best practice. I have learnt new skills from training updates/refreshers and from my colleagues by asking for their advice and drawing from their experiences and work ethic to better myself.

I really enjoyed my programme, I was extremely nervous at first but once I understood what was expected of me, I calmed down and took it one step at a time to achieve each section presented to me and found it quite enjoyable to complete all the tasks, watching my progress bar move up.

I think the programme is very well organised and structured, all the staff members I came in contact with were kind, friendly, helpful and supportive, they all knew their role well and made me feel comfortable. Once I was shown how to use onefile it was easy to navigate around and do what I needed to do. Webinars that I attended were well put together and made the learning easier to understand as you are not alone jus researching, you have support from the others who attend as well as the lead plus you can take more detailed notes to help with the follow up task and your work.

I received maximum support from my employer, all meetings were agreed in advance to make sure we had staff if needed cover for my absence to either do observations or professional discussions with my tutor and discuss the next part. They would help with any information I needed regarding other job roles around the school and sent me on training courses if and when I needed them. I was encouraged and supported which made me push myself more.

I received full support from everyone I was in contact with, nothing was too big or too small. My tutor was amazing she was there for me whenever I needed her for support and clarification of terms used and the way some things are worded, she was just so kind and caring, pushing me to do my best all the time.

I think my qualification helps me perform better in my because I have researched the EYFS in detail and I am up to date with any changes made, I am more confident in how I teach the children and I am always trying to better myself and help support other colleagues in return.

There are a few things throughout the year where we all come together and have a catch up with colleagues we don’t tend to see very often because of working, we have staff BBQs, we partner up and join in with the summer fete, we go to different schools for training purposes and vise versa so each school in the trust will take it in turns to host and we all come together to show our practises and development.

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Because I have felt very cared for and supported by all who is involved, my work has been impacted for the better, I can say that this company goes the extra mile to give you the best that they can give to help you to succeed and I am grateful for that.

Give 100% always. Make sure you are committed to the job you need to do. The more notes taken the easier it is to complete your tasks. Always talk in a professional manner. Be proud of what you do. Be strong minded but admit your mistakes. Be kind and caring towards others.