Tara Nicholls

I work as an Early Years Educator during term time, and a Senior Key Worker during the holiday periods.

Early Years Educator (Term Time)

My job involves being responsible for a group of children, tracking their progress and planning tailored activities to meet the next step objectives, based on seven areas of learning. I work as part of a team to plan the day-to-day running and set-up of the room.

The job involves regularly updating the children’s individual learning journals, and writing weekly summaries for the parents. Throughout the year, I am responsible for communicating with parents and carers through emails, phone calls, progress meetings, and report writing.

Throughout both term time and holiday periods, I work together with another member of staff to keep the Early Years Instagram up to date. This is to not only keep parents informed of all the new and exciting activities on offer, but also to help promote the school. Planning and leading outside forest school sessions to help develop children's understanding of the natural environment.

Senior Key Worker (Holiday Provision)

This job involves planning and preparation for the holiday sessions, where the children have the opportunity to reinforce the basic foundations of what is learnt during term time. The job involves being flexible and reliable in order to cover a variety of shifts.

I am second in charge during this time, and am responsible for either the opening or closing of the nursery. In the absence of the holiday manager, I am the next port of call for parents and staff for any queries, concerns, or additional sessions where this involves speaking to other departments within the school, such as catering and fees.

Camp Beaumont (Multiple seasons)

Throughout the seasons at Camp Beaumont, I quickly worked my way up to Camp Manager and have successfully managed Half Terms, Easter, and Summer camps. This job has included, the following; communicating with head office, emails and phone calls to parents, designing staff rotas according to daily numbers and ratios, onsite safeguarding lead for staff and parents, activity planning, completing staff observations and feedback forms, organisation, and excellent timekeeping.