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Meet the team

The staff

We are lucky to have a great team of experienced and dedicated staff at Croft Playgroup. We have a range of backgrounds and expertise which means that we have much to offer the children in our care. We strive to work together to ensure the children receive the best possible care.

Some members of staff have an area that they are responsible for (such as SENDCO, English as an Additional Language Coordinator and Fire safety officer). They will access further training to support their role. We encourage staff to develop their areas of interest and expertise so that our practise is continually developing and improving.

Most importantly, we work at Croft Playgroup because we believe in the importance of play and the early years and in providing children with a loving and enabling environment so that they can flourish and develop to their full potential.


Michelle

Michelle (Manager)

"I am passionate about the environment we provide for the children in our care, so that it is inclusive, well-resourced and consistently developed to ensure that the children are able to freely play, learn and explore in a safe and welcoming environment."

Helen

Helen (Manager)

"I am passionate about Early Childhood Development and the importance of allowing children to explore, develop and express themselves through play. I enjoy supporting children and their families emotional well-being so that they can flourish and achieve their full potential."

Anna

Anna (Finance Manager)

Jenny

Jenny (Deputy Manager)

"I believe that building partnerships with parents and carers helps to provide a warm and gentle approach in supporting children to settle into playgroup. I believe that children will learn and develop at their own pace. I enjoy storytelling."

Mel

Mel (Willow Room Leader)

"I enjoy sharing stories and teaching the children in my care basic signalong."

Jennie

Jennie (Admin)

Becki

Becki (Admin)

Jill

Jill

"I believe that every child does the best they can do in the moment and love to do research on neuro development. I believe strongly in learning through play, movement and an enabling environment, encouraging the children to take part in new experiences and building strong relationships with their peers and adults."

Jayne

Jayne (Oak Room Leader)

"I have a passion for supporting children's personal, social and emotional development not only from a key workers point of view but also as a parent. It is important to me that the children feel settled and safe at playgroup."

Phil

Phil

"I enjoy supporting children with additional needs, promoting helicopter stories and singing action songs with the children."

Jenna

Jenna

"I make circle time fun by introducing new games and leading by the children's interests!"

Carol

Carol

"I love to see children enjoy messy play particularly in the garden area. I feel it is important for children to understand how food is grown, from seeds to vegetables or fruit as this encourages healthy eating."

Ghossiya

Ghossiya

"I enjoy baking with the children, celebrating world celebrations and festivals, giving children new opportunities to be creative and explore using their senses. I have a good understanding of children with SEND and children whom speak another language."

Cerys

Cerys

"I enjoy supporting the children in their play and exploration of the world around them, following the children's individual interests."

Nea

Nea

"I enjoy lots of messy and sensory play when working with children. I enjoy seeing how each child explores their own individuality through play and helping them do so by making sure they feel safe and supported during those moments is important to me"

The Committee

Our wonderful pre-school is run by a voluntary committee of parents and carers.

The Committee is responsible for settling Pre-school's policies, managing and engaging staff, fundraising and organising social events. It is not responsible for the day-to-day operations: that responsibility lies with the staff, however the range of responsiblities that the Committee deals with has become more complex and demanding as each year has gone by.

We need as many parents as possible to join in with the committee's work, either as a full member or just by volunteering to help out at individual events (celebrations and fundraisers, for example)

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is held in the Autumn term. At the meeting our Committee is formally voted in and we review the previous year as well as discussing our priorities for the year ahead.

Please see the board in the entrance at Playgroup to see the photographs and names of our current Committee.

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