Our Staff

Leadership Team

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  Ms Julie Thorp

  Headteacher

  Miss Thorp is a kind and caring Headteacher and she also teaches Year 4. She is always happy and proud of our school and she is a lovely teacher to have. Miss Thorp is a trained Trauma Informed Schools practitioner.

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  Miss Rachel Dixon

  SENDCO

  Miss Dixon is the SENDCO for the school. She makes sure that children with additional needs are looked after. She meets with teachers to talk about the children in their class

Teaching Team

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  Miss Sophie Padfield

  Reception Teacher

  Miss Padfield is the Reception class teacher. She is funny, kind and teaches us lots. Miss Padfield is a trained Trauma Informed Schools practitioner. She also teachers her class Forest Schools.

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  Mrs Nicola Ashby

  Year 1 Teacher

  Mrs Ashby teaches Year 1. She is very kind and caring. Mrs Ashby loves PE and dance. Mrs Ashby works Monday-Thursday. 

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  Miss Rachel Dixon

  Year 2 Teacher

  Miss Dixon teaches Year 2. She has a pet bird called Crow. Crow helps us learn. She teaches us maths and lots of other things. Miss Dixon is funny. Miss Dixon is also the SENDCO for the school. She also teaches Forest Schools to lots of classes.

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  Mrs Bronwyn Croft

  Year 3 Teacher

  Mrs Croft teaches in Year 3. Mrs Croft is sweet and kind and helps us learn.

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  Mrs Amber Schoorens

  Year 4 Teacher

  Mrs Schoorens teaches Year 4. She helps us learn. She helps people at French. She is the best at French. She is kind and caring to everyone. Mrs Schoorens is the best teacher in the world. She works Wednesday - Friday.

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  Mrs Catherine Hunter

  Year 1 & 4 Teacher

  Mrs Hunter teaches in both Year 1 and Year 4. She is very creative. Mrs Hunter leads music in the school including leading the school choir. She teaches Year 4 on Monday-Tuesday and Year 1 on a Friday.

Teaching Assistants

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  Mrs Sharon Freeman

  HLTA

  Mrs Freeman helps us with our learning. She helps us read and write. She also teaches some of the classes. Mrs Freeman is the HLTA for our school. She works on speech and language with children in the school.

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  Mrs Teresa Trent

  Teaching Assistant

  Mrs Trent helps the Year 2 children. She is very kind. She is really funny and loves to play. Mrs Trent leads our Hamish & Milo Wellbeing Intervention.

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  Mrs Beth Sparkes

  Teaching Assistant

  Mrs Sparkes works in Reception. She listens to us read and, when we are upset, she helps us. She also helps us when we are stuck. Mrs Sparkes is also a lunchtime supervisor.

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  Mrs Brown

  Teaching Assistant

  Mrs Brown is really nice. She helps us with learning and smiles a lot. She works in Year 3. Mrs Brown is the ELSA for our school.

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  Mrs Karen Norris

  Teaching Assistant

  Mrs Norris works in lots of different classes. She works Wednesday-Friday. Mrs Norris coordinates our Learn To Move programme. She is also a HLTA for the school.

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  Mrs Smith

  Teaching Assistant

  Mrs Smith helps all of us with our learning. She is very kind. Mrs Smith works in Year 1 on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

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  Mrs Bolton

  Teaching Assistant

  Mrs Bolton works in Year 1 on a Monday and Tuesday. She is kind, helpful and supportive. She smiles a lot and helps us with our work.

Our Lunch Team

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  Mrs Trina Barker

  Chef

  Mrs Barker cooks our lunch for us. She is a very good cook! On a Friday, she cooks fish and chips - we all love it!

Our Lunchtime Team

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  Miss Siobhan Harmon-Beglan

  Senior Lunchtime Supervisor

  Miss Harmon-Beglan is our Senior Lunchtime Supervisor. She looks after us and helps us at lunchtime. She is lovely and kind. Miss Harmon-Beglan LOVES dancing!

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  Mrs Beth Sparkes

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  Mrs Grey

  Mrs Grey is very kind and helps us with our games at lunch time. She helps us in the hall too.

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  Miss Cox

  Miss Cox looks after us and is very nice. She helps us at lunchtime. If we put our hand up, she always comes to us.

Our Office Staff

• Mrs Sian Grey

  Mrs Gray works in the office. She answers the phone and helps count out the money. Mrs Merridan works in the school office. She answers the phone and buys things for the school.

Our Cleaners

• Mrs Caines and Mrs Barker

  Mrs Caines and Mrs Barker are the cleaners for our school. They help keep the school clean and tidy.

Our Caretaker

• Mr Matthews

  School Caretaker

  Mr Matthews is our school Caretaker. He is employed by the Wessex Trust and works in many schools in the Trust. He helps mend things when they are broken.

Extended Services

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  Mrs Gemma Newman

  Gemma looks after us in Happy Valley and makes us a snack. She helps us with our homework and organises toys for us to play with. Gemma makes us breakfast in Breakfast Club. Gemma works in Breakfast Club every day and works in Happy Valley on a Monday and a Tuesday.