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Most of the time, evening dress and an award show aren’t the first things that spring to mind when you think about working in the Early Years sector. However, once a year, Early Years teams of educators, leaders, chefs, and apprentices get to swap glue sticks and glitter for glitz and glam and attend The National NMT Nursery Awards.
And we were there too. A team from Famly were lucky enough to not only attend the awards on the night, spending time with the best the Early Years sector has to offer, but we won an award too.
We’re delighted to receive the award for Technology Product of the Year and have the hard work of our teams recognised on a national level. But, while the trophy will take pride of place on the Famly mantle piece, the real joy comes from the difference we make for our customers every day.
This year, we made it easier for managers to schedule their teams, with new functions to drag, drop, build, and copy weekly schedules in seconds and track shifts being swapped back and forth. The same tool now handles everything from ratio management to attendance tracking, TOIL, overtime, staff work statuses, bulk edits, and more.
But that’s not all, our new AI-powered writing assistant Sidekick fixes grammar, spelling, and tone on observations, assessments, posts, and messages in Famly. Staff can focus on getting those magic moments recorded and forget the stress that comes with literacy challenges.
Of course, we’ve kept collaboration at the heart of everything we do. In 2024 we launched Village, an online Early Years community to connect educators across the entire UK. We want our amazing customers (who you can read more about below) to share their knowledge and expertise with one another, across settings, groups, and across the country.
Supporting the sector to collaborate better is so important to us, that all Famly customers have access to this resource for free, regardless of their package or role.
Of all the awards presented, over half of the winners are groups or settings we’re privileged to work with every day. And, while we’re delighted our hard work’s been recognised, we couldn't keep developing and improving our Early Childhood Platform without our incredible customers. With that in mind, it’s time to celebrate the dedication poured into the sector by the wider Famly family.
Winner: Bo Forster of Rafa Kidz
Winner: Hungry Caterpillar Day Nursery, High Wycombe
Winner: Kirsty Bennison, The Little Learners Montessori
Winner: kinderzimmer UK
Winner: Sherralyn Egan of Bright Horizons
Winner: Kindred Nurseries
Winner: Dave Sinclair of MiChild
Winner: Grandir UK
Winner: Daisy Searle of Little Adventures
Winner: Montessori Minds
Winner: Muddy Boots Nurseries.
Winner: Storal
Winner: Neil Leitch of Early Years Alliance
Huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists.
Guidance from the Danish Health Ministry, translated in full to English.
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The full recommendations from a working group of over 70 nursery chains in the UK.
Please note: here at Famly we love sharing creative activities for you to try with the children at your setting, but you know them best. Take the time to consider adaptions you might need to make so these activities are accessible and developmentally appropriate for the children you work with. Just as you ordinarily would, conduct risk assessments for your children and your setting before undertaking new activities, and ensure you and your staff are following your own health and safety guidelines.
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