Welcome to the My Smile Award programme.
My Smile is an accreditation awarded to early years settings that implement the four steps of the award. These create a tooth friendly environment for young children, helping to protect their oral health.
The award supports daily toothbrushing on site, ensures that snacks and drinks provided are tooth friendly and encourages families to visit the dentist regularly.
Targeted settings across Bedford and Central Bedfordshire are invited to take part in the award each year and the accreditation is valid for two years.
If you have registered and are already part of the award, you will find documents to help you on the downloads page.
My Smile Children’s Centres is an accreditation awarded to Children’s Centres and Family Centres in Bedfordshire. Centres support the promotion of oral health through sharing information to families around toothbrushing, tooth friendly diets and dentist visits. Training is delivered to centre staff by the oral health team and resources are provided to help meet the steps of the award.
The accreditation is valid for two years.
If your centre would like to be part of the award, get in touch with us at ccs.oralhealthbeds@nhs.net.
You’ll find documents to help you meet the steps on the downloads page.
And introducing…Let’s Brush
Let’s Brush supports targeted early years settings with daily toothbrushing on site, which is an evidence based oral health intervention with lots of benefits:
* Improved brushing technique
* More compliance when cleaning teeth at home
* An additional brushing to the two times at at home
* Reinforcement of the habit
* It’s a fun shared activity that the children love doing!
Full training and equipment is provided to invited settings, as well as ongoing support.
If you have any queries about the My Smile Award or Let’s Brush, contact us at:
Email: ccs.oralhealthbeds@nhs.net
Address: Flitwick Health Centre, Highlands, Flitwick, MK45 1DZ
Congratulations to all those who achieved the My Smile Award 2024:
Bedfordshire settings
Fordfield Nursery Ltd
Fordfield Nursery Ltd Ruxox House
Great Ouse Primary Academy – Early Years
Hazeldene School – Nursery
Kiddi Caru Bedford
King’s Oak Primary School – Early Years
Lawnside Academy – Early Years
Little Fishes Day Nursery
Priory Parkside Pre-School
Puddleducks Nursery & Pre-School
St Lawrence C of E Primary School – Early Years
St Mary’s Catholic Primary School – Early Years
St Vincents RC Primary School – Nursery Unit
Thomas Whitehead CE Academy – Nursery
Thornhill Primary School – Nursery
Thornhill Primary School – Reception
Well done to the Bedfordshire Children’s Centres who achieved the My Smile Children’s Centres Award
Bedford Locality Children’s Centres:
Cherry Trees
Daisy Hill
Eastcotts
Goldington
Kingsbrook
Peter Pan
Pine Cones
Queens Park
Central Bedfordshire Locality Children’s Centres:
Biggleswade Children’s Centre
Dunstable North Children’s Centre
Dunstable South Children’s Centre
Flitwick and District Children’s Centre
Houghton Regis Children’s Centre Parkside
Houghton Regis Children’s Centre Tithe Farm
Sandy Children’s Centre
Congratulations to all those who achieved Let’s Brush 2024:
Caddington Pre-School
Kingsmoor Lower Pre School
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery – Bedford
Queens Park Community Nursery – Blue Orkids
St Mark’s Church Preschool
Some of our recipients 2024
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