PURPLE POST November 2021

A warm welcome to the November edition of Purple Post

We hope you are all well and are ready for the festive season!

In this month's Purple Post, we cover our very topical webinar on child poverty, we extend a warm welcome to our new Parenta colleagues, feature the many new documents uploaded to the staff intranet from across the business this month - and not forgetting a huge congratulations to Rebecca Patrick on the birth of her baby girl!

Have a read through to stay connected and to see everything going on in our Parenta family.

CPD:

Please ensure that your Mandatory CPD has been completed by 13/12/2021. If you have any questions on how to access your IHasco account, please email the People team.

Annual Leave Carryover:

You can carry over 5 days into 2022, which will need to be taken by the end of March 2022. 

Please be reminded that any annual leave that is not taken by the end of that period will be lost. If you have any questions, please speak with your line manager.

December Pay :

December pay will be paid as normal on the 1st January 2022 or the next working day.

Breathe Shutdown:

The People team will be doing their annual shutdown of Breathe from 16/12/2021. Please ensure that all annual leave is booked by then.

This month our webinar was all about childhood poverty. It is a problem that is all around us - and within childcare settings - an issue that is observed every day, unfortunately. In this session we were joined by industry heavyweight June O'Sullivan MBE who is not only a guest author of ours but also the brilliant Chief Executive of the London Early Years Foundation.

June informed us of some really shocking statistics and covered some really important messages of why and how childcare settings can address child poverty and provide extra support for the children in their care.

Click the link below to watch!

When sending documents to Marketing for branding, please ensure that the final version which has been approved and signed off by all relevant parties and line managers - including those from other teams – is sent. Please also ensure that the correct data with all the required fields is included as a CSV file.  This will avoid re-work and delay in returning the documents back to you.

Thank you!

Meet our new Parenta joiners!

See below some of our fabulous new colleagues working in our Parenta family!

Remember, if you are a new joiner or have a new colleague in your team, send over an image and bio to marketing@parenta.com for all of us to see and welcome you!

Update from the Functional Skills Team

A reminder that all Parenta resources to help ourselves, our learners and settings can be found here on our intranet, all in one handy place.

We publish additional industry expert advice, news articles and crafts in our free magazine and on our blog .

Here are this month’s How to Guides and new additions to the staff intranet:

Level 5 EYLP course guide

OTJ calculator

Functional Skills Maths Handbook

Functional Skills English Handbook

Apprenticeship Agreement

Incentive payments for employers when hiring a new apprentice

Guiance on the use of a reader

Organisaton chart

The importance of personal growth and development

Radicalisation and the Prevent Duty - all you need to know

ATSA non levy contract

Parenta enrolment form and commitment statement Level 2 EYP Part time 

Parenta enrolment form and commitment statement Level 2 EYP Full time

Parenta enrolment form and commitment statement Level 3 EYE Part time

Parenta enrolment form and commitment statement Level 3 EYE Full time

Parenta enrolment form and commitment statement Level 5 EYLP part time

Parenta enrolment form and commitment statement Level 5 EYLP Full time

This month, we caught up with Amie  who was the Kudos winner for September! Click below to watch her clip!

We have received some amazing testimonials from our Customer Experience team this month - well done everyone!

 The positive endorsements that we receive from our existing customers are not only a great way for giving praise to the individuals or teams concerned, but are used as a valuable marketing tool to attract new customers! 

Please ensure that after every positive interaction you have with a customer you ask them if they would be willing to send in a short testimonial and then follow up with the usual link https://www.parenta.com/testimonial/  

I just want to say thank you Yasmeen, really for all of your support and encouragement these past few months.
I’ve just celebrated turning 40 this weekend and it was honestly the best birthday I’ve ever experienced because I feel I’m in a stronger place and I know that has come about by speaking with you and your words of encouragement and support and so I just want to say thank you so much for the past few months and that I appreciate you and your time. 

Hayley McDonald

Thanks to all those who have been giving kudos throughout the month – please keep it going, it’s important now more than ever to give each other a deserved ‘pat on the back’. Our winner for November is Denise Harris! Congratulations Denise!

Don't forget you can start voting for our December employee of the month already. Keep that Kudos coming and please give recognition for all the hard work our colleagues are doing.

Welcome to:

• Richard Adkins – Regional Training Manager
• Edyta White – Managing Director, Parenta Training
• Hayley Brice – Early Years Tutor
• Helen Palmer – Early Years Tutor
• Kerrie Mitchell – Ross – Early Years Tutor
• Lisa Conway – Early Years Tutor
• Emma Taylor – Early Years Tutor
• Rohit Chamber – Business Administration Apprentice
• Courtney Ward – Sales Administrator

Goodbye to:

• Marianne Holmes
• Lauren Richardson
• Jena Bates
• Alex Gibson
• Kaydee Badaru

Congratulations!

5th December is 'International Volunteers Day'

In our busy lives, it is easy to forget what is most important. But on days like 'International Volunteers Day' it gives us the opportunity to reflect on how lucky we are and give something back to people who truly are in need.

By just donating items that aren't used in your home, donating some money or even taking a day to spend time with a chosen charity, you could make someone's day.

Click here to get more information of what you could do to take part.

Parenta Magazine

Our free monthly magazine is packed with news articles and advice pieces - all of which are written to help nursery managers with the efficient running of their settings and to promote the health, happiness and well-being of the children in their care. Please do read it and send the magazine link to your contacts.