ACADEMIC STAFF
Kate - Year 1 - MA Hons St Andrews University / PGCE Institute of Education, London
Catchphrases:
I love you all THIS MUCH!
Noodles!
Year 1 is a panic-free zone!
Ready, steady, stop!
Today is going to be a FANTASTIC day!
Habits:
Uses her magic wand for maths.
Characteristics:
Good
Kind
Smiley
Writes a lot
Favourite things:
Pigs
Black
Teaching us
Camilla - English as a Second Language - TESOL Certificate London Training Centre
Catchphrases:
Be quiet
Don’t shout out
Don’t rush
Characteristics:
Kind; friendly; long yellow hair; quiet.
Favourite things:
Brown; chocolate; strawberries; teaching lessons; her children.
Claudio - Italian - Laurea in Lettere Università La Sapienza, Rome
Catchphrases:
Santi numi! (if very angry he adds the word “inferociti”!)
Characteristics:
Allergic to Year 8… every time he teaches them, he gets very red in the face, and doesn’t turn the right colour until the lesson finishes. Loud; introvert
Favourite things:
Giving lots of homework; history especially medieval times; dogs; the cinema; supporting Lazio
Habits:
Sitting on the tables when he has just told us to stop doing it; sleeping a lot; eats too many fatty foods.
Susie - English as a Second Language - TEFL Certificate / CTEFLA Trained
Catchphrases:
Nil difficile volenti! (Where there's a will, there's a way!)
Characteristics:
Funny, laid-back.
Habits:
Checks the temperature in the car every 5 minutes.
Favourite things:
Loves hot weather; loves pasta but can't eat it; vegetables; outdoor life; the countryside; all animals (but doesn't have many because she already has three: her husband and 2 stressful teenagers); travelling; Salsa dancing; reading; clothes shopping; gardening; meeting with friends; skiing.
Kate - Year 4 - BEd Southampton College
Catchphrases:
Be sensible!
You wretched children!
Characteristics:
Nice; energetic; strict; shy.
Favourite things:
Science; Maths; Romans; coffee; visiting new things; driving around in her new car; art.
Yvette - Early Years - BA Hons Birmingham University / PGCE Leeds University
Catchphrases:
Good morning!
Characteristics:
Nice, big fun.
Favourite things:
Cute kittens; staying in bed; driving her scooter.
Francesca - Art - Cambridge College of Art Diploma
Catchphrases:
You can’t work outside.
Too much noise!
Oops!
Favourite things:
Italian food; necklaces; England; summertime; the sea, snorkelling, painting.
Characteristics:
Very creative and full of energy; not strict at all; patient; kind; funny; relaxed.
Habits:
Untidy; thinks she is too kind to her students.
Kat - Biology - BSc (Hons) St. Andrews University. PGCE Oxford Brooks University
Catchphrases:
"Should we look like we are going to do Biology?"
"Year 10 will you be quiet."
Characteristics:
Calms really quickly
Doesn't get angry often
Neat
Happy
Habits:
Teaching
Not keeping track of time
Favorite things:
Her cat
Nice cup of tea.
Hobbies:
Reading
Yoga
Dance
Wildlife
Going for walks
Domini - Headteacher - BA Hons Queens University Belfast / PGCE York University
Catchphrases:
Sunshine!
Killer punch in the conclusion! (punching his hand so hard he probably hurts himself)
You’re fighting for each and every mark!
I double-checked with Eugenie
Characteristics:
Goes red when he’s laughing; politically biased; bad handwriting.
Habits:
Gesticulating; teasing students.
Favourite things:
Wearing pink; Fiat; cooking; playing tennis.