Planning a birthday party for a 100-year-old is not on the average nursery practitioner’s to-do list. But for early years staff enrolled on the new CACHE-accredited qualifications in intergenerational care and education, it is just one of the fictitious tasks that they might be asked to do.
Apples and Honey Nightingale, the UK’s first intergenerational nursery, launched a set of three ‘nested qualifications’ from its new training arm which opened in January 2022. The first cohorts of the Award and Certificate have graduated, and many are now going on to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Intergenerational Practice.
‘We’ve focused on designing a vocational course for practitioners, as it’s our early years and care staff who have the skills and drive to create and deliver the highest quality of intergenerational sessions,’ explains Judith Ish-Horowicz, principal of Apples and Honey Nightingale and ambassador for AHN Education & Training. ‘They know their children and their grandfriends and what will bring the greatest benefit for them.’
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