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Student Spotlight: Learning by doing

This month we caught up with Mollie Bowen, who was joint winner of the Early Years Apprentice of the Year awards at the Nursery World Awards 2024. She discusses her education journey and what inspires her to create enriching experiences for children for the EYE supplement

I am completing my Early Years Educator Level 3 apprenticeship course with Busy Bees Education and Training. I started this in September 2022 after I finished my A-Levels, while working in a Busy Bees nursery full-time (due to finish in February 2025).

I applied through the Busy Bees website and was invited for an interview at the setting, where I was offered a job alongside my apprenticeship. I was contacted by a development coach via email who has stayed with me throughout my whole apprenticeship; an induction meeting was soon arranged using Teams to talk to each other. During this meeting I was asked to complete a maths and English assessment to check where my skills level was currently at, as well as a Cognassist assessment which allows my assessor to see how I process information in order to set my assignments to my abilities, due to my dyslexia.

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