Shalfleet Little Explorers Staff Team
Sadie Gooding – Preschool Supervisor
Molly Churchward – SENCO
Nancy Taylor – Curious Squirrels Room Lead
Niki Beesley – Wise Owls Room Lead
Bella Phillips – Administrator
EARLY YEARS PRACTIONERS
Jenny Clarke
Karen Ingram
Martha Obbard
Ellie-May Gamble
Sadie Gooding
Preschool Supervisor
Nancy Taylor
Curious Squirrels Room Lead
Niki Beesley
Wise Owls Room Lead
Molly Churchward
SENCO
Bella Phillips
Administrator
Karen Ingram
Early Years Practitioner
Charlotte Holt
Early Years Practitioner
Ellie-May Gamble
Early Years Practitioner
Harley Gamble
Early Years Practitioner
Jenny Clarke
Early Years Practitioner
Lisa Sexton
Early Years Practitioner
Martha Obbard
Early Years Practitioner
Lauren Ashman
Bank/Cover Holiday Club
Tori Ross
Bank/Cover Holiday Club
Molly Whittle
Bank/Cover Holiday Club
Name: Niki Beesley
Job Role: Shalfleet Little Explorers Wise Owl Room Lead
Niki first joined Little Explorers in March 2014. Before coming to the setting Niki moved over from the mainland and has contributed her 20 years’ worth of knowledge since joining our preschool. Niki has experience in working in regular day nurseries as well as Montessori settings and has had jobs such as practitioner, senior practitioner, room leader and manager in a variety of settings. Niki is a well-known and respected face at the setting as she usually works 50 weeks of the year. Niki has been through her career gaining qualifications such as Early childhood environment rating scale training, nursery nursing, play works and nursery management skills.
Recent courses completed: Child protection, Safeguarding, paediatric first aid, online safety, FGM, mental wellbeing, equality and diversity, administering medicines, fire safety, prevent, adverse childhood experiences, speech and language support and infection control.
Name: Nancy Taylor
Job Role: Shalfleet Little Explorers Curious Squirrels Room Lead
Nancy joined the Little Explorers team in 2004 when both of her children attended the setting. During her time at Little Explorers she undertook an NVQ 2 in play works followed by a NVQ 3 in childcare learning and development. Nancy became the Curious Squirrels Room Lead in 2009.
Recent courses completed: Equality and Diversity, Mental Health awareness in Children and Young People, Safeguarding, Prevent, FGM, Child Exploitation, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Paediatric First Aid, Infection control and attachment.
Name: Karen Ingram
Job Role: Early Years Practitioner
Karen first joined our Little Explorers team back in July 2010 where she took up the role as Holiday Club Practitioner during the summer holidays. She then went on to work at our federated sister school in Yarmouth working both in Little Stars Preschool and in the Reception Class there. Karen returned to Little Explorers in May 2011. Karen’s experience in childcare is a vast 30 years, she has NNEB qualification and has undertaken many other courses to further her knowledge. Throughout her career Karen has taken on different aspects of working with children, starting off being a nanny, then working in a private school in the reception class, working in preschools, and as a music assistant for a weekly Rhythm Time group. Karen also assisted and then herself became the leader of a Rainbows Group – a position she held for 12 years. Today Karen is a familiar face to those parents who have older children come through the setting and are returning with a younger sibling.
Recent courses completed: Online Safety, Mental Health Awareness and Safeguarding.
Name: Martha Obbard
Job Role: Early Years Practitioner
Martha joined Little Explorers in 2015 after being on student placement both here and in the school. After finishing school and going to college to complete her Level 2 and 3 Childhood Studies Martha worked within the hospitality industry and continued this on evenings and weekends after she was first employed to work for the holiday club periods. Martha is now employed full time and works 50 weeks of the years around 4 days a week also doing both breakfast and afterschool clubs.
Recent courses completed: Child protection, Safeguarding, paediatric first aid, online safety, FGM, mental wellbeing, equality and diversity, administering medicines, fire safety, prevent, adverse childhood experiences, speech and language support and infection control.