Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Affiliations
References
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Rebecca Myles

Wadebridge,Cornwall

Summary

Caring and compassionate nursery professional with experience creating safe and comfortable nursery environments. Uses exceptional communication skills to support and encourage children. Skilled at using art, music and physical activities to enhance learning development. Reliable and aspirational individual with strong communication and problem-solving skills, combined with deep understanding of child development principles. Proven ability to create engaging learning environments and foster positive relationships with children and parents. Committed to nurturing young minds and contributing to their overall growth and well-being.


Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Customer team member

Co-op Food
Wadebridge, Cornwall
06.2022 - 07.2025

Serving customers, handling money, putting stock out, helping customers find items, cleaning, facing shop, reductions, supporting other colleges, shutting up and locking up the store at the end of the night.

Volunteer Nursery Assistant

Nurtured Nursery
Lostwithiel, Cornwall
10.2024 - 06.2025

Pre-school room

Supporting nursery lead, interacting with the children, helping them to play and interact with activities, reading to children, setting an example for the children, modelling desirable behaviours, supporting children during snack time and lunch time, comforting children, supporting children with basic hygiene needs.

Volunteer teaching assistant

St Breock Primary School
Wadebridge, Cornwall
10.2022 - 02.2023

Year 1 and 3 class.

Supporting the class teacher, helping children with their work, leading group work, helping out with interventions, one to one support, break time duty.

Trainee teacher

Egloskerry Primary School
Egloskerry , Cornwall
10.2021 - 02.2022

Key Stage 2, joint 3/4 class

Teaching lessons, supporting other trainee teachers and the class teacher, helping children with their work, going on school trips, swimming lessons, taking the register.

Customer team member

Co-op Food
Wadebridge, Cornwall
07.2016 - 12.2021

Serving customers, handling money, putting stock out, helping customers find items, cleaning, facing the shop, supporting other colleagues, shutting and locking up the store at the end of the night, putting the tills in the safe at the end of the night.

Volunteer teaching assistant

St Issey C of E Primary School
St Issey , Cornwall
01.2019 - 01.2020

Supporting teacher, helping children with work, break and lunch duties (playing with children and getting to know them), one to one support, listening to children read, helped with outdoor learning sessions, school trips, nature walks, pastry walks, swimming session

Customer assistant

Dickson's Home Hardware
Wadebridge , Cornwall
06.2011 - 09.2017

Serving customers, handling money, going to get change from the bank, putting stock out, helping customers find items, cleaning, supporting colleagues

Volunteer Education Team Worker

Newquay Zoo
Newquay , Cornwall
05.2016 - 06.2016

Supported education team, helped with school groups, helped design new signs, helped look up information about animals at the zoo, helped with talks, clean animal encounter animal's cages, helped at the Royal Cornwall Show with shows and talking to guests about animals.

Volunteer teaching assistant

St Breock Primary School
Wadebridge, Cornwall
01.2016 - 01.2016

Supporting teachers, helping children with work, break and lunch duties (playing with children and getting to know them), one to one support, listening to children read, helping out with outdoor learning activities, supporting children when outdoor learning.

Volunteer teaching assistant

Padstow Primary School
Padstow, Cornwall
06.2014 - 06.2014

Supporting teachers, helping children with work, break and lunch duties (playing with children and getting to know them), one to one support, listening to children read, helping out with outdoor learning activities, supporting children when outdoor learning.

Volunteer teaching assistant

St Issey C of E Primary School
St Issey , Cornwall
07.2012 - 07.2012

Supporting teachers, helping children with work, break and lunch duties (playing with children and getting to know them), one to one support, listening to children read, helping out with outdoor learning activities, supporting children when outdoor learning.

Education

NCFE Diploma Level 3 - Early Years Practitioner

Cornwall College
St Austell, Cornwall
09.2024 - 07.2025

Bachelor of Science - Bioscience

University of Plymouth
Plymouth
09.2020 - 07.2021

Foundation Degree in Science - Animal Husbandry and Welfare

University of Plymouth
Plymouth
09.2018 - 07.2020

Extended Diploma Level 3 - Animal Management

Cornwall College
Newquay, Cornwall
09.2015 - 07.2016

90-Credit Diploma Level 3 - Animal Management

Cornwall College
Newquay, Cornwall
09.2014 - 07.2015

As-Level -

Wadebridge Sixth Form
Wadebridge, Cornwall
09.2013 - 07.2014

GCSEs -

Wadebridge Secondary School
Wadebridge, Cornwall
09.2008 - 07.2013

Skills

  • Child Supervision
  • Activity planning
  • Hygiene management
  • Behaviour modelling
  • Educational support
  • Team collaboration
  • Conflict resolution
  • Adaptability
  • Empathy development
  • Communication skills
  • Problem solving
  • Early education knowledge
  • Caring Nature


Affiliations

  • Playing the Violin
  • Walking
  • Drawing
  • Football
  • Crochet
  • Reading

References

Full name: Mrs Tanya Irish

Job title: Line Manager

Employer: Co-op Food

Address:

Jubilee Road,

Old Railway Site,

Wadebridge

PL27 7DR

Email: tanya.irish@coop.co.uk

Telephone number:01208813060

Relationship to you: Manager


Full name: Mrs Sophie Mansfield

Job title: Nursery Manager

Employer: Nurtured Nursery

Address:

Nurtured Nursery,

St Winnow C of E School

Grenville Road

Lostwithiel

PL22 0RA

Email: nursery@nurtured-nursery.co.uk

Telephone number: 01208369048

Relationship to you: Manager

Timeline

Volunteer Nursery Assistant

Nurtured Nursery
10.2024 - 06.2025

NCFE Diploma Level 3 - Early Years Practitioner

Cornwall College
09.2024 - 07.2025

Volunteer teaching assistant

St Breock Primary School
10.2022 - 02.2023

Customer team member

Co-op Food
06.2022 - 07.2025

Trainee teacher

Egloskerry Primary School
10.2021 - 02.2022

Bachelor of Science - Bioscience

University of Plymouth
09.2020 - 07.2021

Volunteer teaching assistant

St Issey C of E Primary School
01.2019 - 01.2020

Foundation Degree in Science - Animal Husbandry and Welfare

University of Plymouth
09.2018 - 07.2020

Customer team member

Co-op Food
07.2016 - 12.2021

Volunteer Education Team Worker

Newquay Zoo
05.2016 - 06.2016

Volunteer teaching assistant

St Breock Primary School
01.2016 - 01.2016

Extended Diploma Level 3 - Animal Management

Cornwall College
09.2015 - 07.2016

90-Credit Diploma Level 3 - Animal Management

Cornwall College
09.2014 - 07.2015

Volunteer teaching assistant

Padstow Primary School
06.2014 - 06.2014

As-Level -

Wadebridge Sixth Form
09.2013 - 07.2014

Volunteer teaching assistant

St Issey C of E Primary School
07.2012 - 07.2012

Customer assistant

Dickson's Home Hardware
06.2011 - 09.2017

GCSEs -

Wadebridge Secondary School
09.2008 - 07.2013
Rebecca Myles