Totem Pole's reputation for lively, hands-on training is now spreading beyond its native borders of Lincolnshire. In the last year it has supported 1,200 people in its training programmes and worked with 150 different organisations across the county and beyond. Founder and early years consultant Mary Barlow says that her two most popular courses - Beginning with Babies and Fun on the Floor - are constantly evolving to reflect the latest ideas in good practice and meet the needs of practitioners.
Based in the grounds of Belton Woods Hotel, near Grantham, Totem Pole provides a demonstration nursery containing a home corner and a construction area, a studio where training sessions are conducted, a marketplace selling open-ended resources and a hot drinks cafe. Its 'My World Area' was recently set up as a dinosaur swamp with a paddling pool, leaves and camouflage.
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