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 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 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.

I have been lucky enough to work at Estcots for 8 years. I enjoy teaching the younger years and have taught in Early Years, Year 1 and 2. I love seeing the children begin their journey and become confident and independent members of our school.

There is no better feeling than seeing children achieve and do things that they couldn’t do before.