Emily Knight
Twickenham,Richmond upon Thames
Summary
Dedicated childcare professional with extensive expertise in baby care, toddler toilet training, and child development. Proficient in implementing bedtime routines, infant feeding, and nappy changing. Demonstrates strong initiative, proactive attitude, and unwavering positivity. Skilled in educational games, phonics teaching, and adaptable teaching styles. Committed to promoting healthy lifestyles and ensuring child safeguarding with a deep understanding of the EYFS framework. Known for empathy, patience with tantrums, and effective behavioural intervention techniques.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Nanny for family
Helen Hermant
Teddington, Richmond upon Thames
12.2023 - 03.2025
- Facilitated smooth transitions from day activities to nighttime routines, ensuring restful sleep.
- Encouraged children's creativity through imaginative play leading to development of self-expression.
- Applied positive reinforcement and disciplinary techniques to improve behaviour and guide social development.
- Encouraged outdoor play regularly to promote physical activity and health.
- Prepared nutritious meals, promoting healthy eating habits amongst children.
- Administered first aid treatments when necessary, prioritising child safety at all times.
- Coordinated play dates and outings to foster socialisation skills in children.
- Assumed total responsibility of home during parents' absence demonstrating trustworthiness.
- Established positive relationships with parents to ensure consistent child-rearing practices.
- Assisted with homework, enhancing understanding of school subjects.
- Changed and bathed babies and supervised baths for older children.
- Supervised children's play at home and in external settings, ensuring their physical safety at all times.
- Safely transported children to and from school, events and activities, maintaining adherence to schedules to establish reliability and trust.
- Assisted children with homework and school assignments, offering advice and guidance to build learner confidence.
- Developed strong bonds with children through compassionate verbal and physical interaction.
- Modelled appropriate social behaviours, promoting empathy, kindness and concern for others.
Nursery assistant
Busy Bees day nursery
Teddington, Richmond upon Thames
11.2020 - 07.2023
- Encouraged good hygiene practices among children promoting a healthy routine.
- Prepared age-appropriate teaching materials aiding effective lesson delivery.
- Supported teachers with daily routines for smoother classroom operation.
- Observed children's behaviours, providing important insights into their development stages.
- Maintained cleanliness and safety within the nursery setting, contributing to a healthier environment for children.
- Engaged children in arts and crafts activities, fostering creativity and motor skills development.
- Provided timely feedback on each child's progress during parent-teacher meetings improving transparency and trust.
- Ensured quality childcare by following safety regulations strictly.
- Facilitated outdoor activities, promoting physical health among youngsters.
- Fostered positive relationships with parents for better understanding of child's needs.
- Created engaging play scenarios to encourage imaginative thinking amongst children.
- Supported special needs children individually enhancing inclusivity within the setting.
- Assisted in meal preparation for nourishing the children properly.
- Fed meals , changed diapers and assisted children to use toilet.
- Practiced child protection and health and safety measures to comply with guidelines.
- Recorded and informed manager regarding injuries and accidents.
- Taught alphabet and numeracy to enhance learning experience.
- Recorded daily data and incidents in alignment with company reporting requirements.
- Read stories and lead activities to help children build foundational learning skills.
- Redirected problematic behaviour and guided children in self-soothing and emotional regulation.
- Offered tailored assistance to children with special needs, determining inclusive learning opportunities.
- Observed children at play to monitor behaviour and social interactions, intervening in serious conflicts.
Teaching assistant in primary school
Westbury House School
New Malden, Kingston upon Thames
01.2016 - 11.2016
- Assisted with the marking of pupils' work, providing constructive feedback where necessary.
- Assisted in preparation of lesson plans, resulting in well-organised, effective classes.
- Fostered positive relationships with parents and colleagues to create a supportive educational atmosphere.
- Enhanced children's understanding of complex ideas by simplifying and explaining concepts in an engaging way.
- Prepared classrooms for daily activities and tidied up afterwards, keeping surroundings neat and presentable at all times.
- Incorporated technology into lessons improving children's ICT skills.
- Conducted regular reading sessions promoting literacy amongst young learners.
- Provided special attention to students with learning difficulties for better inclusion in class activities.
- Monitored pupil behaviour during class time, ensuring a conducive learning environment.
- Provided friendly, enthusiastic support to pupils in individual and group support settings.
- Built trusting, respectful relationships with pupils through attentive listening and communication abilities.
- Supervised pupils during lunchtimes and educational visits.
- Offered support to special needs students, guaranteeing safety and access to equitable learning.
- Managed challenging child behaviour, running interventions to raise concerns and recommend appropriate action.
- Prepared visual aids, equipment and classroom displays for daily lessons.
- Acted as superb role model, consistently promoting school mission and values.
- Observed pupils closely in classroom environment to foster engagement.
- Managed pupil behaviour to cultivate focused and productive classes.
- Maximised class teacher productivity by preparing work and activities in advance of lessons.
- Identified disruptions to learning and discretely addressed issues where possible.
- Maintained child safety, security and good behaviour during classroom and outdoor activities.
- Organised class spaces and prepared materials for upcoming teacher lessons.
- Observed children during social interactions and encouraged positive choices for minimising and resolving conflicts.
- Encouraged students to work together to complete projects and solve problems.
- Monitored children in spaces between classes, keeping disruptions to minimum.
- Attended to younger children's basic physical needs and assisted in development of personal skills.
- Helped teachers with lesson plan development, class preparation and student mentoring, improving overall department attainment.
- Arranged recreational spaces and equipment to encourage physical activity.
- Partnered with teachers to plan and execute lessons following school curriculum, objectives and philosophies.
- Aided in the supervision of children during break times further ensuring their safety while on school premises.
- Ensured consistent communication between teachers and parents about children's progress.
Education
GCSEs -
Orleans Park School
London 09.1992 - 06.1997
Skills
- Bedtime routine implementation
- Infant feeding knowledge
- Domestic cleaning competence
- Strong initiative
- Potty training experience
- Know-How of educational games
- Basic computer literacy
- Patience with tantrums
- Responsible decision-making
- Digital safety awareness
- Toddler toilet training
- Baby care expertise
- Proactive attitude
- Respect for family privacy
- Positive reinforcement
- Empathy and compassion
- Patience and calmness
- Child development knowledge
- Child-focused
- Excellent judgement
- Friendly and polite
- Positive behavioural modelling
- Homework supervision
- Child development
- Nappy changing
- Strong empathy
- Behavioural intervention techniques
- Unwavering positivity
- Multicultural awareness integration
- Multicultural sensitivity
- Patience and resilience
- Experience with eyfs framework
- Adaptable teaching styles
- Effective feedback
- Phonics teaching
- Basic it competency
- Subject knowledge
- Interactive display usage
- Healthy lifestyle promotion
- Positive reinforcement strategies
- Confidence building strategies
- Child safeguarding
- Early Years Foundational Stage (EYFS) proficiency
- Behaviour management
- Health and Safety Compliance
- Health and Safety
Affiliations
- When not working I love to spend quality family time with my 3 daughters. I enjoy eating out, going into London to walk around the museums. I love to be outside wether in my garden planting new things or walking in my local parks.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Nanny for family
Helen Hermant
12.2023 - 03.2025
Nursery assistant
Busy Bees day nursery
11.2020 - 07.2023
Teaching assistant in primary school
Westbury House School
01.2016 - 11.2016
GCSEs -
Orleans Park School
09.1992 - 06.1997
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