It has been an hour and a pleasure to work at Estcots for over 10 years. During this time I have been lucky enough to work in all year groups.

My passion is teaching in EYFS and KS1. The feeling I get form seeing children learn things for the first time is so special.

My key aim is to make learning fun and for children to leave school happy and excited about the adventures they’ve had at school.

I really enjoy working at Estcots I must do as I have been teaching here for  a staggering 16 years both full and part time!!

The school is a very special place to work and the children are always very  enthusiastic about their learning. There is never a dull moment!

I have been a teacher since 2006 and have worked all over the south east and London. I enjoy my job as much as I did when I first started to teach. Perhaps more now as the first day nerves have gone.

The best part of being a teacher is the wonderful children. Seeing their faces when the perseverance has paid off. The joy they feel when their piece of work, amazing thought or question is shared with the class. The children make the school the brilliant place it is.

The staff are a superb team but the children are the ones who makes us laugh, cry and want to be better teachers to help them progress. We are very lucky at Estcots to experience the wider curriculum. For our children to have experts teach them sport and art is amazing. Their spongy brains sucking up all the facts is a wonderful sight to see. It never gets tiresome.

I have been at Estcots for over 15 years. Previously I ran a local pre-school and before that had a career in banking.

I am married with 2 grown up children who attended local schools. I really enjoy working with the children at Estcots and have had the privilege of watching some of them start as shy reception children, blossom into confident year 6 ‘s and now find that some of them are appearing as very personable young adults in their Saturday jobs in the town!

Being part of the dedicated and hard working Estcots team who always put the children first and enable this to happen is very rewarding.

I have been here as part of the Estcots team for 4 Years. I knew I wanted to be a teacher from a very young age. I studied to become a teacher at Chichester, specialising in Early Years.

I love to see how the children grow and develop and for me it is the most rewarding profession to be in.