Natasha Plummer
Shepshed,Leicestershire
Summary
Dedicated, compassionate, creative and effective class leader with valuable experience in children’s creative and social development, learning and project planning. Equipped with extensive background in versatile education environments. Student-centric and motivational instructor and academic facilitator who is able to perform both independently or as member of teaching team. Well-versed in classroom and online technologies.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
Certification
Work History
Class Leader
Rhythm Time Leicester
Leicester, Leicester
10.2023 - 03.2025
- Delivering music and early-stage developmental classes to toddlers and babies between 3 months and 2 ½ years
- Studying and memorizing the Rhythm Time lesson plans in order to develop a smooth-running class and ensure the children always enjoy the maximum experience
- Understanding how music can help and enhance a child’s development and including this information in lessons so that parents can carry on the activities at home if they wish
- Giving clear instructions to avoid any confusion and any accidents as a result
- Risk assessing every class, including the room and equipment before the children arrive to safeguard them and their welfare
- General admin tasks to keep classes running smoothly every week
Drama Tutor
Little Voices Leicester
Leicester, Leicester
09.2023 - 03.2025
- Leading and supervising groups of up to 10 children aged between 5 and 16
- Planning and delivering drama lessons on a weekly basis in order to develop drama skills, both physically and vocally
- Helping to the prepare for their annual LAMDA exams, including blocking scenes they will be graded on, developing their characters, helping them to learn their lines and practice the music and songs that accompany their scenes
- Interacting and communicating with parents to ensure they stay well informed on what their children are focusing on in class and their progress to continue developing the drama skills at home
- Utilised technology for improved teaching methods such as digital presentations, online resources and film analysis.
- Devised fun, informative learning programmes for maximised student engagement.
- Provided additional resources outside tutoring hours for continued self-study.
Comedy and Drama Teacher
The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA)
Leicester, Leicestershire
12.2014 - 03.2025
- Leading, directing and supervising a group of up to 30 children aged between 3 and 18 both physical and non-physical activities
- Helping to direct and choreograph performances whilst understanding its importance to the children and what it means to them
- Leading dance workshops or teamwork games
- Communicating and gaining the trust of both children and parents to aid our working relationship and their progress through the academy
- Planning creative and fun lessons to cater to all age ranges and ensure that all children are included, fully enjoy their lessons develop skills as they go
- Encouraged creative expression through improvisation exercises, script writing assignments and group projects.
- Used performing arts principles to build student confidence and socialisation skill
Licensed Chaperone
Williams Creatives. Sue Townsend Theatre
Leicester, Leicestershire
01.2025 - 04.2025
- Chaperoning and ensuring the safety of a group of up to 25 children during their show rehearsals and show nights
- Communicating and working as a team with the other chaperones to ensure all children are chaperoned and safe at all times
- Understanding and putting into practice safeguarding rules regarding children in a performance setting
- Ensuring that the children are not overworked and have ample breaks throughout their rehearsals and performances
- Communicating with parents and carers should there be any concerns on either end about the safety and wellbeing of the children
- Organising the signing in and out of children ensuring that they are all accounted for at all times
- Ensuring records are kept up to date
Entertainer
Twinlakes Park
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
05.2022 - 04.2025
- Delivering the games and activities to the children to ensure they continue to have a happy and positive experience in the park
- Interacting with children on a one-to-one basis to create happy memories of the park so they continue to return
- Assisting with queues and helping to keep the customers, both children and adult, entertained at all times whilst in the park
- Wearing mascot costumes
- Assisting with mascot costumes
- Staying alert and improvising responses to the children’s questions in order to enhance their experiences
- Researching and remembering facts relevant to the theme of the event so the children can also learn through their experiences, such as learning various facts from the 1950s when we did a 1950s themed week for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
- Remembering pieces of information relevant to the running of the park to continue to be a help to any customers who may need it
- Timekeeping and organization to ensure all the activities start on time to avoid disappointed families, particularly the children
Follow Spot Technician
Knighton Park Amateur Operatic Society. The Little Theatre
Leicester, Leicestershire
11.2023 - 11.2024
- Assisting the backstage crew with lighting their performances two years in a row
- Attending training sessions to learn and understand how to use the follow spots correctly
- Communicating with the other follow spot technician, DSM, lighting and sound technician over the cans
- Creating, reading and understanding the cue sheet
- Listening and following clear instructions set out by the DSM and stage manager to ensure a smooth performance and the safety of the performers onstage
Scare Actor
Xtreme Scream – Twinlakes Park
Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
10.2022 - 10.2024
- Researching and remembering the story behind the maze
- Adapting a character to fit the maze and scare
- Staying in character at all times
- Improvising responses to any situations that may occur whilst staying in character in order to enhance the customers’ experiences
- Retaining information from safety briefings and following all safety codes promptly and correctly when required
Waitress/Barmaid/Supervisor
Marstons Pubs
Leicester, Leicestershire
06.2019 - 09.2023
- Working as part of a team to ensure the smooth running of the bar area, dinner and lunch services
- Communicating well with members of management and the kitchen team to ensure all customer enquiries are met and responded to a high standard
- Providing a professional and friendly service to all customers to enhance their overall experience of the pub
- Preparing drinks and desserts as requested
- Operating the till and taking cash payments
- Dealing with any complaints in a friendly and efficient manner
- Having a good knowledge of both the food and drinks menu and offering recommendations relevant to the specific customer and their requests
- Cashing up at the end of the night and logging all of the day’s takings in the till system
Entertainer
Twycross Zoo
Atherstone, Warwickshire
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Developing and learning the characteristics of the Gruffalo in the ‘Gruffalo Discovery Land’ and engaging with the children in this way so not to ruin the magic
- Researching and remembering the Gruffalo story in order to answer any questions the younger visitors had about the story and promote its educational values
- Performing a staged Christmas show and keeping the younger visitors engaged and entertained in its educational aspects
- Wearing mascot costumes
- Reading educational stories to enhance the visitors’ learning
- General housekeeping of the ‘Gruffalo Discovery Land’
Preschool Assistant
Blaby Preschool
Leicester, Leicestershire
10.2020 - 07.2022
- Creating and supervising craft activities and messy play
- Entertaining the children (aged 2 to 4) with silly songs, dances and storytelling
- Continuing and enhancing the children’s imagination through role play
- Assisting in activities to aid the children’s development in making connections and friendships, coordination and creativity
- Supervising the children while eating their packed lunches
- Preparation of snack, keeping in line with food hygiene rules
- General housekeeping
Teaching Assistant
Via Dance Company, Art Shape Charity
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
04.2019 - 05.2019
- Assisting with the works and teachings of an inclusive arts company in both drama and dance
- Understanding and assisting the needs of participants with both physical and learning disabilities and encouraging them to reach the end goal of a performance at Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts
- Performing alongside the company at Cheltenham festival
- Leading the group and gaining their trust and confidence quickly, despite being a new face to them
- Assisting the participants with filling in their learning logs
- Communicating with the participants, tracking their progress and checking in to see how they were feeling during and after the dance sessions
- Adapting quickly to any unpredictable situations that arose during the sessions and learning to stay calm, controlled and professional during these situations
Education
GCSEs - 9 GCSE grades A* - B including English and Mathematics
Countesthorpe Community College
Leicester 09/2013 - 07/2015
A levels - Drama and Theatre Studies (A), Media Studies (A), English (C), French (C), Extended Project Qualific
WYGGESTON & QUEEN ELIZABETH COLLEGE
Leicester 09/2015 - 07/2017
Bachelor of Arts - Performing Arts
University of Gloucestershire
Gloucester, Gloucestershire 09/2017 - 07/2020
Skills
- Creativity
- Responsibility/Time keeping
- Teamwork
- Adaptability to teaching styles
- Child development understanding
- Classroom technology usage
- Lesson planning
- Leadership expertise
- Excellent organisation
- Student rapport and communication
- Child protection and safeguarding
Certification
- DBS Check, (updated annually)
- E-Safety Certificate, February 2025
- Introduction to Child Protection Certificates, January 2025
- Chaperone License, November 2022
- First Aid Training, July 2023
- Paediatric First Aid, January 2022
- Various Trinity College London Musical Theatre Exams - Merit/Distinction
Affiliations
I have loved theatre for a very long time and have pursued it in many ways, gaining both on stage and backstage experiences along the way. I have a range of experiences backstage in a theatre including chaperoning children’s performances and assisting the lighting team with the followspots, although I am always eager and excited to learn more. Unfortunately, the pandemic meant that I had to pause my work onstage for a while but I have recently returned to the stage and have performed a wide range of roles over the last 3 years including debuting the character of Kayleigh Williams’ Creatives Production of Threads, Phyllis and understudy lead, Peggy Sawyer, in 42nd Street, Charity in Anything Goes, Kate in Legally Blonde and I will also play ensemble in Into the Woods and Princess Fiona in Shrek later this year. Working at PQA has also given me various creative and directorial roles as I recently assisted in directing their Christmas 2022 Musical High School Musical and choreographed their Summer 2023 musical Annie and 2024 musical Matilda.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Licensed Chaperone
Williams Creatives. Sue Townsend Theatre
01.2025 - 04.2025
Follow Spot Technician
Knighton Park Amateur Operatic Society. The Little Theatre
11.2023 - 11.2024
Class Leader
Rhythm Time Leicester
10.2023 - 03.2025
Drama Tutor
Little Voices Leicester
09.2023 - 03.2025
Entertainer
Twycross Zoo
11.2022 - 02.2023
Scare Actor
Xtreme Scream – Twinlakes Park
10.2022 - 10.2024
Entertainer
Twinlakes Park
05.2022 - 04.2025
Preschool Assistant
Blaby Preschool
10.2020 - 07.2022
Waitress/Barmaid/Supervisor
Marstons Pubs
06.2019 - 09.2023
Teaching Assistant
Via Dance Company, Art Shape Charity
04.2019 - 05.2019
Comedy and Drama Teacher
The Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA)
12.2014 - 03.2025
GCSEs - 9 GCSE grades A* - B including English and Mathematics
Countesthorpe Community College
09/2013 - 07/2015
A levels - Drama and Theatre Studies (A), Media Studies (A), English (C), French (C), Extended Project Qualific
WYGGESTON & QUEEN ELIZABETH COLLEGE
09/2015 - 07/2017
Bachelor of Arts - Performing Arts
University of Gloucestershire
09/2017 - 07/2020
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