{"id":2692,"date":"2025-08-23T07:35:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2692"},"modified":"2025-08-23T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T07:39:08","slug":"september-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/september-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"September in sight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I can\u2019t quite believe it, but September is in<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>sight, so before the kids go back to school, the nights start to darken and the first mince pies are spotted in the supermarkets, it\u2019s time for a few summer shoutouts for the Brightside team:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Caroline&#8217;s karate journey continues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-1024x759.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s kick things off (pun intended!) with our incredible clinical dental technician, Caroline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years ago, she attended the TISKA Shotokan Karate Masterclass in Spain, where she earned her 1st Dan Shodan Black Belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She wasn\u2019t done though \u2013 this summer she was back in Spain, training once again at the Masterclass in preparation for her 2nd Dan \u2013 Nidan grading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This next level is intense, takes three years to train for and is by invitation only, and Caroline was invited, by one of the 200 best karatekas in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Painting party for Minal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"616\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-616x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2696\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-616x1024.jpg 616w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in July, Minal celebrated her birthday in the most creative way possible &#8211; with a painting party!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guest each took on the samew artistic challenge: painting a beautiful bird.  At the end of the session, everyone revealed their unique masterpieces, each one reflecting their individual style and flair. Happy belated birthday, Minal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minal wasn&#8217;t the only one celebrating a birthday this summer &#8211; we marked both Phoebe and Elena&#8217;s birthdays at the beginning of this month.  Happy birthday to you both &#8211; hope you had great days!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><b>C<\/b><strong>elebrating our precious Krystal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-853x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-853x1024.jpg 853w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1-768x922.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To wrap up our summer shoutouts, I\u2019m delighted to share that Krystal has been nominated as Team Member of the Quarter \u2013 a hugely deserved accolade that recognises her hard work, positive energy and dedication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a reminder, these awards are voted for by the whole team, and this reflects just how valuable we all find Krystal \u2013 thank you for all you do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>That\u2019s it for this week \u2013 back in touch next week when summer really will be almost over!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ketan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t quite believe it, but September is in&nbsp;sight, so before the kids go back to school, the nights start to darken and the first mince pies are spotted in the supermarkets, it\u2019s time for a few summer shoutouts for the Brightside team: Caroline&#8217;s karate journey continues Let\u2019s kick things off (pun intended!) with our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/september-in-sight\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">September in sight<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}