Team

Our manager, Ellie is a qualified Primary school teacher with 8 years of experience teaching in a range of settings. She grew up in England and studied in Oxford, where she taught in two different schools, one of which had close forest school links. She moved to the area when she married her husband 6 years ago and has immersed herself in both the teaching community and local community. Ellie is passionate both about working with children and the benefits that being outdoors can have their early learning, play and creativity. She has two young children, both of whom are currently at Bower Busy Bees and she is keen to drive the nursery forward to its full potential, dedicated to offering all of our lovely children the best possible start to their early years education. Ellie is approachable and friendly and is always happy to chat with families about the setting and how best to support our young learners.

Rhea is an Early Years Practitioner who grew up locally. She attended Wick high school and furthered her education at Thurso college where she completed her Childhood Practice HNC Training. Her dedication to the setting is seen every day and she is efficient in ensuring the smooth running of the setting. A lot of her hard work also goes unnoticed as she happily takes on responsibility for lunchtime and other ‘behind the scenes’ jobs. Rhea is young and enthusiastic and loves using our wonderful outdoor play space to create stimulating, messy play scenarios, always allowing children’s interests to influence and guide her set ups. She can often be found with a group of children around her, reading stories to them when they need a bit of down time. She always ensures that children feel included and is great at updating parents regularly on how children have settled in and the activities they’re enjoying.

Siobhan is an Early Years Practitioner who also grew up locally. She joined our setting as a student and was such a wonderful, caring role model to the children that we couldn’t let her go! She has recently graduated and completed her HNC training in childhood practice and she also has an NQ in Health and Social Care and an NC in Child Health and Social Care. Siobhan is a lovely, caring, motherly figure with whom children feel safe and nurtured with. She enjoys being in the outdoors and loves to be creative in our setting, regularly providing stimulating provocations for children’s learning. She is often found in our arts and crafts space providing different crafts linking to the children’s interests and easily engages children using any resources found around her. She is a hard worker and really gives our setting that ‘homey’ and family feel, constantly tidying up after us all and making sure everyone is looked after. Siobhan has three lovely children of her own, who are often seen helping out around the setting at our work days!