Our Team

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Director

In 1997 my journey in professional childcare began, after my own family were growing up, I started my training in Childcare, which developed my passion to working with babies and young children, watching them growing up and developing new skills.
 

While training I worked in playgroups in the Ealing area, which helped me to gain experience and new skills and confidence to pursue and grow. I always thought the best way to learn anything in life is to start at the bottom and work your way up. Eventually becoming a Manager of local Playgroups as I was working with mainly age range 3 and 4 years old, I wanted to work with younger age range from 6 months up, I became Deputy Manager of a local Day Nursery, Manager of the baby and toddler rooms, were I gained more knowledge and practice in this age group.
 

With my own experience as a mother to five children, in late 2005 myself and my husband opened Bumble Bees Day Nursery, it was the start of my own journey. 

Assessment and Planning Co-ordinator

BA in Education, QTS

I began working in 2009 as a primary school teacher and have 12 years’ experience. I changed to part time teacher and joined Bumble Bees in 2019 as I developed a passion for teaching and supporting young children. As assessment and planning co-ordinator, I oversee assessment of children and support staff with accurate and reflective assessments based on their knowledge of their key children and support with transforming this knowledge into effective planned activities to promote progress. I am also implementing a literacy programme (Bee Enriched) to support early reading activities. I believe children learn best when provided with real life experiences and are given the opportunity to freely work with and learn from one another.

I speak English and Bengali.

I enjoy travelling, reading and playing basketball.

   Outdoor Learning and Forest School Leader

Level 3 Forest School

Level 3 Early Years Childcare

Level 2 Gardener (City and Guilds)

I joined early years education in 2001 after a career as a photographer. In 2018 I joined Bumble Bees Day Nursery. I love inspiring children, through nature and helping them to discover the outdoors. My passion is setting up provocations to inspire imagination, extending children’s learning by following their interests and using natural resources in all prime areas and adapting natural resources to broaden children’s experiences. I believe that children learn best through hands on experiences and finding things out for themselves and that we as educators should provide them with the opportunity to do this. I believe that my background as a gardener and photographer have cultivated my creativity which I try to set into the environment.

I speak English, Portuguese and a little French, German and Gujarati.

My hobbies are crafting, gardening and talking walks in nature.

   SENCO

SEND Leadership

SEND Core Skills

 As part of my SENCO role, I lead on all aspects pertaining to Special Educational Needs and Disability including taking an active role in initiating and being the lead person on EHAPs and making referrals to relevant services.

I work in close partnerships with families and practitioners, supporting with strategies that take into account the short and long term needs of the child.

My training includes the following courses: SEND Leadership, SEND Core Skills, Makaton, Attention Autism, Autism Awareness, Introduction to Downs Syndrome, and Early Language Development.

Toddler Room Leader

BA Education

I have worked at Bumble Bees for 12 years. I completed my BA in Education and Early Years Initial Training. My enjoyment for working with children comes from being a part of their journey as they learn, grow, explore, and develop into young independent individuals. I enjoy supporting and nurturing children to equip them to be lifelong learners. My hobby is spending time doing handy crafts and reading.

    Toddler practitioner

Level 3

I am the eldest of four siblings and always helped babysitting my siblings and other children in our neighbourhood. My initial career was accountancy, but I gravitated towards early years after having children and my mother was a huge influence to move towards teaching. I joined early years workforce in 2014 and started working at Bumble Bees in 2018. I really enjoy watching children make progress and I feel that children benefit a great deal from creative hands-on activities like cooking, play dough or painting where children can try things for themselves and experiment with tools while being safe and happy.

I speak English, Italian and French.

  Toddler Practitioner

Level 3

I started working in early years in 2009 and joined Bumble Bees in 2014. I always wanted to work in early years after my children had grown up and so I started a course in college and began my career in early years. I love seeing children express joy and learning at the same time. I feel that children learn best when we provide them with the space, the environment, and the freedom to take part and experiment.

I speak English, Farsi, Kurdish, Turkish and Azari.

I love swimming and going for long scenic walks.

Toddler Practitioner

Human Resources Management      (university student)

I realised that I love working with children when I moved to London and started working as an au-pair and later on as nanny. I joined Bumble Bees Day Nursery in 2019. I enjoy setting up sensory activities relating to touch and texture such as sand, water, corn flour, paint and shaving foam. I think children learn best while playing and have an adult to support them by modelling how to engage with resources and providing the language tools to verbalise their ideas and feelings.

I speak English and Italian.

I enjoy volleyball, hiking and swimming. I also enjoy going to art exhibitions and particularly like observing paintings, architecture and sculptures.

 Toddler Practitioner

PTC Primary Teaching

BA – English

Started working in education in 2013, working as a school teacher for 6 years in India. I then moved to the UK and joined Bumble Bees in 2019. I’ve always loved teaching and wanted to teach children. I feel like I learn lots of things from children and I have a love for being around children. I thoroughly enjoy encouraging and taking part in role play – especially as during this age children’s language and communication really start to show and flourish. I believe children learn naturally by engaging with what they see around them and choosing to take part. I believe that my main role is to be a role model and provide lots of encouragement.

My hobbies including singing and I love travelling with family.

I speak English, Gujrati and Hindi.

   Toddler Practitioner

Level 3

I joined Bumble Bees in 2018 after working as a volunteer at my daughters’ school for six years. Long before having children, I used to baby sit my brothers and sisters and I always loved spending time with younger children. Becoming a mother fulfilled this passion but as my daughter grew older and became independent, I decided to join Bumble Bees which is where my daughter attended many years ago.

Children learn best through play and adults can use these fun and enjoyable experiences to extend their knowledge. I really enjoy setting up activities where the children engage in junk modelling or craft with a range of resources – it encourages a lot of creativity and discussion.

My hobbies include cooking - I love cooking traditional Arabic food. I also enjoy sewing and crochet.

I speak Arabic and English.

Practitioner / Bank staff

NVQ level 2

I have been working in early years education since 1996 and joined Bumble Bees Day Nursery in 2008. Children learn best when they are interested and learning through play. Following children’s interests makes it fun and exciting for them. Prior to working within early years, I worked as an administrator a bank.

My hobbies are exercise and going for walks.

I speak English, Italian and Somali.