Gemma Cole
Owner/Manager
Qualified teacher (QTS)
Pre-school teacher and Key worker alongside Miss Smith
Curriculum and Assessment manager
SENDCO and deputy DSL
Gemma left her full time teaching and management post earlier in 2017 to take on this new challenge. Gemma is a fully qualified teacher with over 20 years of experience teaching and managing in mainstream reception and pre-school classes.
Gemma has a proven history of providing young children with the very best care and education. She is highly passionate about her teaching and is enjoying bringing this passion in to her new venture. Gemma has won both regional and national teaching awards. She has been graded as outstanding by OFSTED for both management and teaching on more than one occasion. She has been trained as a mentor for training students and newly qualified teachers. In previous posts she was also a leading maths and phonics teacher and an advance skills teacher for early years. Gemma works full time in the nursery.
Emma Smith
Owner/ Manager
Trained Early Years Teacher (EYT)
Pre-School Teacher and Key Worker alongside Mrs Cole
DSL (safeguarding lead) and deputy SENDCO
Well-Being
Health and Safety
Emma has been a qualified early years professional since completing a BA Honours degree in 2011. Since her degree she has gained and given a wealth of knowledge and insight into the expectations of the early year’s sector. After graduating she worked in a primary school and local community centre working alongside early years professionals, parents and their children. Over the past four years Emma has been leading the wrap around care within a large primary school having responsibility for planning, preparing and delivering inclusive activities for over thirty children aged between four and eleven. Emma has been working as one to one teaching assistant supporting children specifically with numeracy and literacy, and most recently she has been working with intervention groups for children highlighted as needing extra support in the Reception class.
Emma’s experience of working with a range of ages has demonstrated the need to create an environment that is fun, child focused and stimulating first whilst being age appropriate. This is something she will always be implementing as an ethos within the nursery. Emma works full time in the nursery.
Beth Constable
Key Worker to the Explorers (2 year olds)
Beth is almost at the end of her level 3 apprenticeship to gain an early educator qualification. Beth has worked with preschool and is now working alongside Chloe in the two year olds room. Outside of nursery Beth has a degree in archaeology and runs her own Brownie troop.
Elizabeth Veal
Elizabeth Veal
Key Worker to the younger 3 Year olds (Preschool Adventurers)
Elizabeth joined us in January 2021 initially for the preparation of food. She quickly showed us her passion for working with young children and so we interviewed her for a more permanent role working directly with the children. Elizabeth is a trained tennis coach and provides tennis sessions for the children. She is key worker to the Adventurers alongside and Mrs Rimmel
Amy Jenkins
Amy Jenkins
Preschool Key Worker
Forest School Leader
Leader of outdoor experiences
Amy is a fully qualified forest school leader and also has a degree in Early Childhood Studies. She previously worked as the preschool leader at another nursery . Amy has since left that role to raise her young son and is now working with us on a a full day every Friday. Amy's role focuses on the outdoor environment and looking at ways we can incorporate the outdoors as often as possible. She has recently completing hygge in the early years training so that we can continue to use elements of the curiosity approach within the indoor and outdoor learning areas.
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Claire Rimell
Qualified Level 3
Key Worker to Younger 3 Year Olds (Preschool Adventurers)
Claire job shares her key worker role with Miss Veal as a key worker to the younger 3 year olds. Claire is a trained level 3 childcare assistant and has also experienced the nursery as a parent. Claire has been part of our nursery since 2018 after joining us from another local nursery. Claire supports children during the main teaching sessions and 1 to 1 to ensure that they are always learning and moving forward.
Chloe Fisher
Room Lead for Explorers (2 year olds)
Level 3 Early Years Educator
Chloe has recently completed her level 3 apprenticeship and is now leading the two year old room. Chloe joined us when the nursery opened and has always worked with our youngest children. Chloe creates a safe and stimulating environment for teh two year olds to play safely together and to learn how to socialise.
Holly Harry
Level 2 Apprentice
Key Worker to Preschool
Holly is joining us this year (Sept 2024) to train as a level 2 nursery assistant. Both of Hollys children have been through our nursery so she knows how we work and we are delighted that she now wants to work with us.
Emma Milner
1 to 1 Support for children with SEND
Emma is joining us this year (Sept 2024) to work as a 1 to 1 support for our SEND children with a high level of need. Emma will support these children through every activity and opportunity they have at nursery and will ensure that they meet their full potential while they are with us.