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Woking nursery nurse shines with top award

 

1 April 2009

Zabida Khan, a nursery nurse at Teddies in Woking has won Most Outstanding Nursery Nurse at Bupa's annual SHINE awards.

Parents, colleagues and managers from Teddies Nursery in Woking nominated Zabida Khan for her award. Zabida, who has been with Teddies for two years, works in the Learning Centre with children aged between two and five.

Samantha Rose, manager, Teddies said: "We are not surprised that Zabida has won this top award. No one exceeds their job description more than Zabida - she is truly one of life's naturals when it comes to the care of and devotion to children."

The Teddies' SHINE awards - 'Showing How Investment Nurtures Excellence' - recognises the excellent contributions to childcare made by the people who work for the nursery chain at each of its 32 nurseries.

Zabida Khan added: "I started working as a nursery nurse when I was just 18 and being nominated for this award is definitely a highlight in my career. Being short-listed was really exciting, but when I was announced as the winner, I was so overwhelmed I could barley move! I feel honoured to have been chosen as Teddies most outstanding nursery nurse.

"I would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents and children at the nursery in Woking. I just love being a nursery nurse and look forward to creating and sharing many more happy memories there."

As one of the UK's leading providers of quality nursery care, Bupa operates Teddies Nurseries for children between three months and school age. The philosophy at Teddies is through play and learning activities; children grow in confidence, independence, social skills and enjoy learning and discovering new things.

Each Teddies nursery is registered with OFSTED, the Government office for Standards in Education, and Teddies nurseries have achieved excellent OFSTED reports.

Parents wishing to find out more about Teddies nurseries should call: 020 8744 1531 or visit: www.teddiesnurseries.co.uk.

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