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East Preston Infant School

East Preston Infant School

Teaching & Learning Assistants

Mrs Watson - Y2 Teaching & Learning Assistant
 

Mrs Watson is one of our Teaching & Learning Assistants working in Year 2.  She enjoys being outside playing games with the children at lunchtime.

Likes – Hot days in the garden and watching her children go-karting.

Dislikes – Snow and an untidy house.

Mrs Houghton - Y2 Teaching & Learning Assistant
 

Mrs Houghton is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 2 and started at East Preston Infant School in September 2015.  She has previously worked in Early years for many years and loves watching children learn and develop.

Likes - Dancing, running, reading and listening to music.

Dislikes - Frogs!

Mrs Boult - YR Teaching & Learning Assistant
 

Mrs Boult is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Reception. She has worked with children for over 22 years.

Likes - Going to Brownies, chocolate and reading Danielle Steel books.

Dislikes - Frogs and messy bedrooms.

Mrs Wallace - YR Teaching & Learning Assistant
 

Mrs Wallace is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Reception.

Likes - Walks in the countryside with her family, drinking tea and reading

Dislikes - Spiders and heights

Miss Brooks - YR Teaching & Learning Assistant
 

Miss Brooks is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Reception.

Likes - Horse riding, chocolate, dancing and her two children

Dislikes - Spiders, rudeness and the train gates

Mrs O'Keefe - Y1 Teaching & Learning Assistant 

Mrs O'Keefe is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 2. She joined our school in November 2015.

Likes - Children (especially babies), baking, sewing, vintage clothes, walks in spring sunshine, daffodils, Mr Whippy ice cream and dancing round the kitchen.

Dislikes - Getting up in the morning, being cold, bad manners and being on my own.

Mrs Chilvers - Year 1 Teaching & Learning Assistant
 

Mrs Chilvers is a Teaching & Learning  Assistant in Year 1. She worked in a local pre-school for 3 years before joining our school in November 2015. She also worked with children for many years before having two children of her own.

Likes - Spending time with her family, chocolate, warm weather and reading.

Dislikes - Cold and wet days, rudeness, lateness and coffee.

Mrs Tapping - Y1 Teaching & Learning Assistant 

Mrs Tapping is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 1.

Likes - Walking in the woods, cake and disney

Dislikes - Woodlice, armadillos and runner beans

Mrs Wheatley - Learning Mentor 

Mrs Wheatley is our Learning Mentor working across all year groups. She is qualified with a degree in primary education and has a background working with early years.

Likes - butterflies, reading novels and watching films.

Dislikes - Spiders and fish

Mrs Finn - Y1 Teaching & Learning Assistant
 

Mrs Finn is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Y1.

Likes - Cats, reading and walking

Dislikes - Heights, being late and spiders

Miss Loosemore - Y2 Teaching & Learning Assistant  

Miss Loosemore is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 2.  She joined us in November
2020.

Likes:  Long walks with the family, chocolate and Christmas.

Dislikes:  Spiders, heights and bad manners.

Mrs Gingell - Y1 Teaching & Learning Assistant 

Mrs Gingell is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 1.  She has worked in Primary Schools since 2012.

Likes - Netball, the beach, her three children and Julia Donaldson.

Dislikes – Bad manners, lateness and slimy things.