Teaching & Learning Assistants
Mrs Watson - Y2 Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs Watson is one of our Teaching & Learning Assistants working in Year 2. She enjoys being outside playing games with the children at lunchtime.
Likes – Hot days in the garden and watching her children go-karting.
Dislikes – Snow and an untidy house.
Mrs Houghton - Y2 Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs Houghton is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 2 and started at East Preston Infant School in September 2015. She has previously worked in Early years for many years and loves watching children learn and develop.
Likes - Dancing, running, reading and listening to music.
Dislikes - Frogs!
Mrs Boult - YR Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs Boult is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Reception. She has worked with children for over 22 years.
Likes - Going to Brownies, chocolate and reading Danielle Steel books.
Dislikes - Frogs and messy bedrooms.
Mrs Wallace - YR Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs Wallace is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Reception.
Likes - Walks in the countryside with her family, drinking tea and reading
Dislikes - Spiders and heights
Miss Brooks - YR Teaching & Learning Assistant
Miss Brooks is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Reception.
Likes - Horse riding, chocolate, dancing and her two children
Dislikes - Spiders, rudeness and the train gates
Mrs O'Keefe - Y1 Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs O'Keefe is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 2. She joined our school in November 2015.
Likes - Children (especially babies), baking, sewing, vintage clothes, walks in spring sunshine, daffodils, Mr Whippy ice cream and dancing round the kitchen.
Dislikes - Getting up in the morning, being cold, bad manners and being on my own.
Mrs Chilvers - Year 1 Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs Chilvers is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 1. She worked in a local pre-school for 3 years before joining our school in November 2015. She also worked with children for many years before having two children of her own.
Likes - Spending time with her family, chocolate, warm weather and reading.
Dislikes - Cold and wet days, rudeness, lateness and coffee.
Mrs Tapping - Y1 Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs Tapping is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 1.
Likes - Walking in the woods, cake and disney
Dislikes - Woodlice, armadillos and runner beans
Mrs Wheatley - Learning Mentor
Mrs Wheatley is our Learning Mentor working across all year groups. She is qualified with a degree in primary education and has a background working with early years.
Likes - butterflies, reading novels and watching films.
Dislikes - Spiders and fish
Mrs Finn - Y1 Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs Finn is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Y1.
Likes - Cats, reading and walking
Dislikes - Heights, being late and spiders
Miss Loosemore - Y2 Teaching & Learning Assistant
Miss Loosemore is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 2. She joined us in November
2020.
Likes: Long walks with the family, chocolate and Christmas.
Dislikes: Spiders, heights and bad manners.
Mrs Gingell - Y1 Teaching & Learning Assistant
Mrs Gingell is a Teaching & Learning Assistant in Year 1. She has worked in Primary Schools since 2012.
Likes - Netball, the beach, her three children and Julia Donaldson.
Dislikes – Bad manners, lateness and slimy things.