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Nursery Director
Registered person and overall responsibility for both sites.
Donna is the driving force behind the two nurseries and as a parent herself strives for very high quality childcare as if it were for her own children (who do regularly attend the Holiday Clubs).
She understands parents and children’s needs and is always willing to go that one step further to help them. Qualified to NVQ level 3 in Early Years and childcare, She has attended many courses in this subject including First aid, Special Educational Needs, and Food Hygiene to name but a few.
Her forte is in child protection issues and she has attended many seminars and courses on the subject, she was a volunteer for the NSPCC before she decided to look into starting the Nurseries and has recently raised £700 for the SAFE in Barrow project. Donna is always thinking of new ideas and services for the local Community and often-friendly chats to parents will get her on a mission to help others. |
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Director
Responsible for Company Finances.
Stephen is usually found in the office at either the Barrow or Whitehaven Nurseries with his head in his computer dealing with the Company Finances. Stephen worked in the Shipbuilding industry for 20 years and welcomed the thought of a career change when his wife Donna told him of her idea to open the Barrow Nursery.
As a dad, he empathised with parents who were anxious about leaving their children in the care of someone else and was instrumental behind the installation of the NurseryCam system at Both Nurseries. A big fan of new technologies he is keen to keep an eye on new developments in this area for this sector.
Stephen is also in charge of Health and Safety at both Nurseries and has attended many courses in his years in the shipbuilding industry, where Health and Safety also play a big part; he has managed to migrate the information and practices he has used before into workable solutions for the Nurseries. |
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Nursery Manager
Responsible for day-to-day running of the Nursery.
Clare has been working with children aged 0-11 years in the private and public sector for over 13 years and is qualified in NVQ Level 2 and 3 Early Years and Education. Management comes easy to Clare and is a role she thrives.
Determined as ever, Clare strives to expand on her already impressive range of childcare knowledge, developing her skills to help boost the performance of her workforce. She is dedicated to enhancing all areas of children’s development, and is particularly committed to ensuring all children are given equal chances though inclusion and guidance, thus a natural progression to their highest abilities.
Clare’s emphasis is on learning through play, maintaining safety without hindering the children’s fun. Clare is professional, gracious and welcoming and wants to promote this throughout the Nursery, facilitating an open door policy to parents and the local community through the services and information she can provide.
Her particular flair is for organisation and working to tight timescales maintaining the highest possible standards of childcare whilst still spending valuable time with the staff, children and parents. Throughout her career Clare has spent time raising money for worthwhile children’s charities and aims to raise public awareness regarding local issues. |
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Deputy Manager
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Team Leader
Claire has been working with children under 8years old for 8 years now. Claire has been qualified to work with children for 6 years and holds NVQ level 2&3 (recently gained) in early years and education, as well as these qualifications she holds a multitude of other childcare related courses.
Top of the list on Claire’s agenda for the children is learning through exploration and children’s choice, she is a great believer in heuristic play and encourages children to discover solutions for themselves. Planning is a real strong point in her work load and there is much admired imagination within the activities she provides. She strives to attend and diversify her childcare knowledge and the recent childcare theories, putting these into practice at nursery and helping parents do so at home.
Always a consistent approach towards the children she is warm and friendly and very approachable. Regardless of the situation she is cool and composed and dedicated to the children in her care. |
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