The Nursery World Awards 2005 truly celebrated excellence across the early years education and childcare sector, as you can see in our eight-page special pull-out in the centre of this week's magazine. Winners ranged from students starting their careers to experienced practitioners and top-quality settings, equipment suppliers and company websites. We were especially thrilled with the results of our first-ever Nursery of the Year Award, sponsored by Morton Michel, with prizes from Community Playthings. The entries, which required a lot of reflection and hard work from participating nurseries, were of a really high overall standard, and our four winners displayed some exceptional practice in building and supporting dedicated staff teams, creating a wonderful atmosphere, working with parents, and, most importantly, putting children at the centre of all they do.
The Nursery World Awards 2005 truly celebrated excellence across the early years education and childcare sector, as you can see in our eight-page special pull-out in the centre of this week's magazine. Winners ranged from students starting their careers to experienced practitioners and top-quality settings, equipment suppliers and company websites.
We were especially thrilled with the results of our first-ever Nursery of the Year Award, sponsored by Morton Michel, with prizes from Community Playthings. The entries, which required a lot of reflection and hard work from participating nurseries, were of a really high overall standard, and our four winners displayed some exceptional practice in building and supporting dedicated staff teams, creating a wonderful atmosphere, working with parents, and, most importantly, putting children at the centre of all they do.
they show that best practice can be achieved whether a setting is in the state or the private sector and across a variety of physical environments and circumstances. Congratulations to all the winners, who will be an inspiration to everyone providing full daycare.
We hope that even more of our readers will be encouraged to enter the Awards next year, which we're sure will build on the success of this first occasion.
