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To meet and encourage young children's full development, registration requires nurseries be staffed as follows:-
1:3 3 - 24 months
1:4 2 - 3 years
1:8 3 - 5 years
We always maintain a higher number of staff for the 3-5 year olds than registration requires

Key staff

All of the staff hold qualifications in child care or early education or are working towards a qualification in accordance with the requirements of the Scottish Social Services Council.

We also employ a teacher who  comes in once a week and joins in with planning with the staff and also spends time with the preschool children.

The Lead Practitioners are responsible for the running of the nursery and administration, long term planning, individual development policies as well as caring roles.

We also have a Chef who comes in daily to cook fresh food for the children and two cleaners who come in daily.

A key worker system will be operated whereby a child is allocated to a particular carer who then becomes the parents'/carers’ main source of information about their child's day. This is especially important during the initial settling in period as it allows both the child and the parents to build up an individual relationship with a member of the staff. However the child will also be interacting daily with other members of staff.

About the staff
Therese Duriez is the Director of Forbes Claremont Park and Forbes Bruntsfield. She has children herself and ran a play group when her children were small. She came back to childcare after a career in educational publishing and has been running the nurseries from day one. Therese is  very hands on and will often be seen around the nurseries doing a variety of different jobs.

Andrea Whyte is Lead Practitioner of the nursery. She has been with the nursery since it opened and during that time has completed her HNC, Personal Development Award and is currently doing her HND in Childhood practice.She works with the preschool children.

Sara Breingan works as a practitioner and has a Degree in Design. She has completed her HNC in childcare and is also a fitness instructor. Sara is currently studying towards her masters in Childhood practice in Glasgow. Sara also won Nursery Nurse of the Year at the Nursery World awards 2009 (UK wide).

June Breingan is a practioner with an HNC in Early Years and Education. She is a mother of three and has many years experience as a childminder. She works in the baby room.

Gina Gorman is a practitioner with her SVQ3 and works with the babies. She is a mother of one. Gina was also runner up in the Nursery Nurse of the year for Nursery World Awards 2007 from the whole of Britain.

Karen Thomson is a qualified practitioner working in the Tweanie roo. She has large amount of experince which she has gained from working at several different setting around Edinburgh.

 

Fiona Engels has a German degree in child care and works as a practitioner with the Pre-school.

Leah Macaulay has an HNC in childcare and has gained experince in several nurseries around Edinburgh.

Sonya Stewart is our chef and the mother of Dylan. Sonya also represented the nurseries at the Nursery World Awards 2009 (UK wide) for the food award where we were runners up.

 

 

 

Janet Sprouleworks part time in the Baby room. She is the mother of 3 and grandmother of 2 children.

Penny and Tony Stewart are in charge of cleaning the nursery and have four children and many grandchildren.