Tracey Michie
Castleford,Wakefield
Summary
Dedicated childcare professional with extensive expertise in child advocacy, gentle discipline techniques, and educational play integration. Proficient in safeguarding procedures and nursery curriculum understanding, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for children. Demonstrates strong skills in literacy development, language stimulation, and cognitive enhancement, supported by a clear DBS check. Committed to fostering hand-eye coordination and empathetic understanding through multi-sensory activities planning and creative arts incorporation. Career goals include advancing early-years education through innovative teaching methods and strategic planning.
Hardworking individual with outstanding interpersonal and relationship-building abilities seeks childcare opportunity. Confident and team-focused to aid productive nursery environments. Learns quickly and takes direction well to build skills required for success.
Caring and dedicated individual with highly relevant transferable skills in child development and communication, coupled with warm and nurturing approach. Demonstrates strong teamwork and problem-solving abilities, essential for creating supportive and engaging environment for young children. Committed to fostering positive and safe atmosphere to help children thrive in their schooling role.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work history
Nursery nurse
St Giles COFE Academy
Pontefract, Wakefield
2000.12 - 2026.04
- Maintained comprehensive records of each child's progress; noted developments at regular intervals.
- Collaborated with parents on potty-training methods, resulting in consistent approach between home and nursery.
- Improved language skills in toddlers using interactive storytelling sessions and song routines.
- Organised stimulating outdoor activities that encouraged motor skill development in a fun manner.
- First aid and safe guard trained
Education
GCSEs - All lessons
Carleton High School
Pontefract, WakefieldSkills
- Child advocacy
- Gentle discipline techniques
- Basic numeracy teaching
- Ethical conduct
- Educational play integration
- Safeguarding training
- Nursery rhyme familiarisation
- Creative arts incorporation
- Nursery curriculum understanding
- Classroom resource management
- Children'S software utilisation
- Knowledge of safeguarding procedures
- Literacy development techniques
- Language stimulation techniques
- Experience with sen
- Cognitive development enhancement
- Clear dbs check
- Multi-Sensory activities planning
- EYFS familiarity
- Potty training expertise
- Child nutrition knowledge
- Child-Centred approach
- Hand-Eye coordination fostering
- Empathetic understanding
- Childcare qualifications
- Patience and resilience
- Toy and equipment sterilisation
- Phonics teaching capability
- Understanding of eyfs
- Team player
- Behaviour management strategies
- Care procedure knowledge
- Compassionate early-years care
- Excellent written skills
- Effective communicator
- Outdoor education delivery model
- Learning disability support
- Creativity and imagination
- Proficient IT skills
- Child protection knowledge
- Special needs assistance
- Personal care support
- Safeguarding policy adherence
- Confidentiality maintenance
- Special Educational Needs (SEN) support
- Sensory play activities
- First aid proficient
- Confidentiality
- Activity planning
- Behavioural observation
- Healthy snack preparation
- Physical Fitness
- Parental liaison
- Learning through play
- ASD student support
- Nutritional planning
- Time efficiency
- Child psychology understanding
- Educational technology use
- Initiative taking
- Patience practice
- Literacy promotion
- Educational activity design
- Responsiveness
- Emotional support provision
- Child protection understanding
- Language development techniques
- Resilience under pressure
- Emergency response readiness
- Digital literacy for education
- Safety consciousness
- Creativity in play
- Hygiene standards enforcement
- Communication proficiency
- Health and Safety Compliance
- Customer Service
- Team Leadership
- Equipment Maintenance
- Strategic planning
- Resourcefulness
- Conflict Resolution
- Training and Development
- Inventory control
- Project Management
- Quality Assurance
Affiliations
- Walking and site seeing in the UK and Europe
Timeline
Nursery nurse
St Giles COFE Academy
2000.12 - 2026.04
GCSEs - All lessons
Carleton High School