The work of early years professionals

Wednesday, June 19, 2002

The work of early years professionals was recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours last weekend. Among those to receive MBEs are Josephine Aldard, learning support assistant at St Martin's Church of England Infants School in Salisbury, Wiltshire, for services to education; Belinda Badcock, for services to childminding in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey; Ruby Burns, for services to pre-school education at Cardonald College, Glasgow; Williamina Cumming, manager of the Rocking Horse Nursery at the University of Aberdeen, for services to nursery care; Pamela Jay, nursery nurse at Victoria Special School in Birmingham, for services to special needs children; Patricia MacMaster, chair of Somerset Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership, for services to early years education; Anne Sterry, nursery nurse at Usk Primary School, for services to children with special educational needs; and Brenda Tumber, pre-school adviser at Kent Local Education Authority, for services to early education and special educational needs.