St Thomas’ Pre-school Playgroup.

K.T

Owner/manager.

1980                  10 O Levels.

1981                  1 A level.

1987      Qualified as a Registered General Nurse from the Royal Free      

               Hospital.

1993 to 1997     Ran St Helen’s Toddlers.

1997        Started at St Thomas’ to work 1:1 with a child with Special Needs.

1997          P.L.A. Course Learning through Play.

1997 to 1998  Diploma in Child Development & Early Years Learning

                        at West Herts College.

Sept 1998    Took over as Owner/Manager of St Thomas’ Pre-school Playgroup.

June 2005  City & Guilds in Adult Education.

 

Courses attended.

Jan 2000        Mathematics in the Foundation Stage.

June 2000      Child Protection Course.

Sept 2000       Early Learning Goals Study Day/Workshop.

Nov 2000        First Aid refresher course.

May 2001        Bilingual Learners in the Foundation Stage.

Sept 2001        Top Start Training.

Nov 2001     SENCO Training up-date.

May 2002    Care Standards Workshop.

Sept 2002    Qualified Teacher Involvement Workshop.

Oct 2002        Early Years Exhibition seminars on Knowledge and Understanding of the World and Planning a Foundation Stage.

Oct 2002     National Numeracy Strategy.

Jan 2003      Making a song and dance, creativity conference.

Feb 2003     Senco cluster on Speech and Language.

March 2003 Identifying learning in children’s play.

May 2003    Basic Child Protection.

June 2003    Senco cluster Autism spectrum disorders.

October 2003        Early Years Exhibition,

seminars on –I can talk

                                                            Include me

                                                             Science and investigative play

 

Oct 2003     Pre-school funding for additional support.

October 2003        First Aid for appointed persons.

November 2003     Stepping into the Foundation Stage conference.

Dec 2003     Senco cluster writing IEPs.

Jan 2004      Supporting All Our Children, an SEN Early Years conference.

March 2004 Behaviour Problems of children with long term SEN.

March 2004 Lets keep active, an early years conference. 

May 2004    Planning in the Foundation stage

May 2004              Senco cluster

June 2004              Ofsted Inspection (Leadership & Management)

June 2004              Communication Language and Literacy.

Oct 2004               Early Years Conference,

seminars on          * Maths through dance

                                     * Outdoor play.

Nov 2004              Selling Sand

Nov 2004              Developing Independence through Play

January 2005         First Aid at Work

January 2005         Birth to three matters

February 2005       SENCO cluster

February 2005       PSE, Little Steps publication

June 2005              Shared Foundation

June 2005              SENCO cluster on Behaviour

March 2005           Parenting Conference

Feb to June 2005  City & Guilds in Adult Education.

 

 

S.M. (Deputy)

1983            1 0 level and 5 CSEs from Langleybury School.

1983 to 86   City and Guilds in Catering.

1986 to 88   Chef at the prudential.

1988 to 92   Worked at Leavesden Hospital as a carer

1991          NVQ level 3 in Health care.

July 2000 Introduction to Childcare & Education course.

September 2000 Started as a student volunteer at St Thomas’ Pre-school

June 2001 Diploma in Child Development & Early Childhood Education. Level 3.

 

Courses attended.

Dec 2002            First Aid.

May 2003            Basic Child Protection.

June 2003           Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Frequent in house training on IEPs and updates on Special Needs.

May 2003            Basic child protection.

April 2004 to January 2005 on maternity leave.

January 2005      First Aid at Work

June 2005           SENCO cluster on behaviour

 

D.H. (Deputy)

 1981-82       7 ‘0’ levels or equivalent.

1983-84                  2 ‘A’ levels in Geography and Sociology.

1984-86                  Started a teacher training course, unfinished.

1986-88                  Assistant play leader (part time) at a Playscheme.

1987                       Worked in a MIND drop in centre.

1987-88                  City and Guilds in Community Care, practice course and certificate.

1988                       Nurse training, including a child mental health placement,                   

           leading to

1992                       Mental Health Nurse Registration, which is still held.

                   Full time work until

1995                        Became a parent and started part time work in mental health.

Now a parent to three children.

Since 2000   Occasional help in Nascot Wood School and St Thomas’ Pre-school Playgroup as a parent helper.

Occasionally help out friends by looking after their children.

January 2004 Started as a Pre-school Assistant at St Thomas’ Pre-school Playgroup looking after a little girl with special needs on a 1:1 basis.

 

Courses Attended.

January 2004         Supporting all Our Children. A one day conference on inclusion for children with special needs.

 Nov 2004              Developing Independence through Play

 October 2005        Start Level 3 Diploma in Child Care

 January 2005         First Aid at Work

 

S.K

1991               8 GCSEs.at Bushey Hall School.

1992 to 1994      Receptionist/Dental Nurse.

1996               Qualified as an NNEB from West Herts College.

June 1996 to 2005 Nanny for two junior school age boys.

 

Courses attended.

Sept 98 to present           ADCE.

June 2000                        Child Protection Course.

Sept 2000                       Early Learning Goals Study Day/Workshop.

Dec 2000/Jan 2001          In House training on Observations.

Sept 2001                       First Aid at work Certificate.

Oct 2002 Early Years Exhibition

seminar on Emergent writing in the Foundation Stage.

 

March 2003                     Identifying Learning in Children’s Play.

May 2003                        Basic Child Protection.

Dec 2003                        Advanced Child Protection.

March 2004                     Lets Keep Active conference.

Oct 2004     Early Years Conference,

                                       seminar on Science and Thinking

                                      And The Nanny conference.

Non 2004              Developing Independence through Play

January 2005         First Aid at Work

June 2005             Extra training for Designated Person (Child Protection)

 

A.B.F.

1975                    5   CSEs.

1976                    2 O levels

1979                    1 A level.

1976 to 90 Clerical work.

1998 to 2000 Pre-school Assistant at Cassio Pre-school.

1998 to2005 Sunday School Assistant.

2000------Parent Helper at Knutsford JMI.

Sept 2000 Started at St Thomas’ Pre-school.

June 2001 Introduction to Childcare Course.

September 2001 to July 2002 Diploma in Child Development & Early Childhood Education, Level 3.

 

Courses attended.

June 2002                     First Aid course

May 2003                      Basic Child Protection.

June 2003                    Autistic Spectrum Disorders. 

November 2004           Selling Sand

January 2005                First Aid at work course.

 

 

S.W.(SENCO)

1997 to 1999 Bar person at Watford Ex Servicemens Club.

Currently Voluntary helper at Knutsford JMI.

Helped on Parents Rota when my children attended St Thomas’.

Mother of 4 children.

 

Courses attended.

June 2000 Child protection Course.

Sept 2000 Early Learning Goals Study Day/Workshop.

Dec 2000/ Jan 2001 In House Training on Observations.

April 2002 Completed a Disatance Learning Course in Child Day Care.

Oct 2002 Early Years Exhibition, seminar on Emergent Writing in the Foundation Stage.

Feb 2003               Speech and Language Disorders.

March 2003           Identifying Learning in Children’s Play.

May 2003              Basic Child Protection.

June 2003              Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Oct 2003               First Aid.

March 2004 to September 2004 on maternity leave.

January 2005         First Aid at work

June 2005              SENCO Cluster on Behaviour

May to July 2005   Behaviour Management of children with Special Needs

 

M.J.

Attended school in Pakistan.

1972 Moved to England.

Did not work, due to bringing up three children.

1989-present Started voluntary work in  religious community

1992 Started helping out occasionally in family computer business.

1999 to 2001 Voluntary work as a Pre-school assistant at St Thomas’ Pre-school Playgroup.

2000 Graduated from West Herts College with a level 2 Diploma in Child Development and Early Childhood Education.

2001 Six months at Longwood Nursery as an assistant.

2004 Voluntary classroom assistant at a religious Saturday class for 4 & 5 year olds.

I have looked after my nieces children on and off since their birth, they are now aged 6, 7 and 9.

Jan 2004 I look after my granddaughter for 2 days a week, she is now 19 months old.

September 2004 Started work at St Thomas’ Pre-school Playgroup as a Pre-school Assistant.

 

Courses Attended

Nov 2004              Selling Sand

Nov 2004              Developing Independence through Play

January 2005         First Aid at Work

June 2005              An introduction to the Foundation Stage

Sept 2009             Safeguarding Children

 

E.T

2006                10 GCSE's A*-C

2007                4 AS Levels

2008                3 A Levels

2008-present     Undergraduate, studying BA in Language and Communications with English Language Teaching

 

2002-present     Assistant Guider at St. Helen's Brownies

2006-present     Assistant Guider at St. Helen's Rainbows

2008                Girlguiding UK Leadership Qualification

2008-present    Guider at Watford North Senior Section

 

2006                Started to cover for staff sickness/extra help at the start of term at St. Thomas'

May 2009        Started St. Thomas' as permanent staff

 

Courses attended

April 2008           Emergency Adult and Paediatric First Aid, suitable for appointed persons and child carers

April 2009            The Mosaic Approach 

May 2009             Observing Children

June 2009             SENCO Cluster

June 2009             Mind, Body & Soul Seminar

July 2009              Development Matters

Sept 2009             Safeguarding Children

Sept 2009             SENCO Cluster

Sept 2009             Rights of the Child

 

 

    

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