What would you have been if you hadn’t been a teacher/assistant head?
An air hostess in a rocket was always my dream

Favourite children’s book:
A French book called Touron et Toucare that I used to read when I was a child

Two desert island teaching resources:
Dice and a ball

Favourite word:
Pantalon – French word for trousers – just like the way it sounds!

Dream holiday:
The Maldives

Person who you most admire and why:
My children who have grown up beautiful people

Favourite children’s book:
The Princess & the Peas by Caryl Hart (my granddaughter, Gabriella’s favourite)

Favourite word:
“Hello Nanny” – know it’s 2 words …but it’s my favourite favourite sound : )

Dream holiday
Trekking through the Amazon rainforest or seeing the icebergs and wildlife in Antarctica.

Boat or plane?
Boat

Favourite word
Quintessential

Facts you may not know about me
I run marathons in different European cities.

Favourite place in the school
Our new 2-Plus Centre

Gym or swim?
Gym

Favourite word
Amazing

Favourite children’s book:
It’s hard to choose one but maybe ‘On the Way home’ by Jill Murphy. I love all the imaginative stories she tells her friends and the giant plaster her mum gives her at the end.

Boat or plane?
Plane – I love watching out of the window and boats make me feel a bit seasick

Chocolate or fruit?
Both! Fruit dipped in chocolate sauce! Yum!

Facts you may not know about me:
I’m left handed
I used to go to Pakeman when I was a child

Two desert island teaching resources:
A ‘magic bag’ and a cardboard box

Chocolate or fruit:
Chocolate covered fruit!

Facts you may not know about me:
I am vegetarian

What would you have been if you hadn’t have been a teacher?
Sports journalist

Favourite place in the school:
Library in winter, playground in summer

Favourite number:
8

Favourite word:
Nithered (cold)

Two desert island teaching resources:
A guitar, and the book What on Earth happened? by Christopher Lloyd – it’s about ‘The planet, life and people from the Big Bang to the present day’. That should keep us busy.

Favourite word:
Fledermaus. It means ‘bat’ in German, but sounds funny – it translates as ‘flying mouse’ in English. So Batman would be ‘Flying Mouse Man’ in German…

Facts you may not know about me:
I’ve interviewed the children’s picture book writer Chris Haughton (he wrote A Bit Lost and Oh no, George!) for Wrap magazine, which I edit with my sister Polly. Also, writing poems is one of my favourite things to do in the world, and I play tennis whenever I can. My favourite colour is green. I played guitar and sang in a band called ‘The Camden Sporting Arts and Social Club Band’ and we performed at the inaugural Isle of Man Festival.

Favourite children’s book
The Hungry Caterpillar – especially the page with all the delicious food

Chocolate or Fruit?
Chocolate of any kind!

Favourite number
7 – lucky number

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a nursery nurse?
A social worker

Dream holiday:
Hawaii

Favourite children’s book:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Times tables or spellings?
Spellings

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a Teaching Assistant?
A florist

Dream holiday?
Mexico

Favourite children’s book:
Chicken Licken

Favourite number:
14

Favourite place in the school:
The Hub

Gym or swim?
Gym

Facts you may not know about me:
I am a twin

Favourite place in the school:
Nursery

Favourite number:
3

Favourite word:
Holiday

Facts you may not know about me:
I modelled for Vidal Sassoon

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a teaching assistant?
A paediatrician

Person you most admire and why:
My mum – I love and admire her for many reasons – personality, knowledge, patience ….

Chocolate or fruit?
Fruit

Favourite word:
Amazing

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a teaching assistant?
A midwife

Favourite number:
21

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a Teaching Assistant?
A police detective

Boat or plane?
Plane

Chocolate or fruit?
Both – chocolate banana!

Dream holiday:
The Maldives

Favourite children’s book:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Two desert island teaching resources:
Post it notes and internet access

Facts you may not know about me:
I can do the splits

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a teaching assistant?
A make-up artist (I will be one day!)

Car or walk?
Car

Favourite number:
8

Facts you may not know about me:
I went to school in Portugal
I had a horse called Shalimar

What would you ave been if you hadn’t been a HLTA?
A Hollywood star

Favourite place in the school:
The staffroom

Person you most admire and why:
Betty Boop – she reminds me of myself

Gym or swim?
Gym

Favourite place in the school:
Playground

Dream holiday:
Bora Bora

Car or walk?
Car

Facts you may not know about me:
I used to act in the theatre as a child

Favourite place in the school:
Pakeman Paradise – the little garden in the playground

Favourite children’s book:
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

Favourite word:
Equality

Facts you may not know about me:
I run a German choir at Drayton Park School

Dream holiday:
A place that never rains (definitely not England!)

Times tables or spellings?
times tables

Favourite word:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Facts you may not know about me:
I want to learn how to speak Swahili, which will be the fourth language I know!

Favourite place in in the school:
The playground

Person you most admire and why:
Diana, Princess of Wales. She was beautiful, talented and loving. She supported many charities, especially for children

Gym or swim?
Gym

Favourite word:
Happy

Person who you most admire and why:
Walt Disney – he makes people’s dreams come true

Two desert island teaching resources:
Solar powered waterproof satellite phone and a wind-up radio

Favourite word:
Love because of what it represents

Facts you may not know about me:
I represented the UK in boxing

Dream holiday:
The Maldives

Person who you most admire and why:
My children who have grown up beautiful people

Favourite children’s book:
The Princess & the Peas by Caryl Hart (my granddaughter, Gabriella’s favourite)

Favourite word:
“Hello Nanny” – know it’s 2 words …but it’s my favourite favourite sound : )

What would you have been if you hadn’t been an Office Manager?
A vet or a paramedic or maybe a gardener

Two desert island teaching resources:
A fishing rod and a flint. To teach how to catch and cook food

Favourite word:
Hope

Facts you may not know about me:
I love to read and have read 61 books between May 2013 and June 2014. I love to garden and will sometimes do it until it gets dark in the summer. I am a bit OCD about cleaning the house!!!

Person who you most admire and why:
My dad for being an inspiration to young people

Favourite number:
1

Favourite word:
Family

Facts you may not know about me:
I won a local borough volunteering award when I was 17

Favourite place in the school:
The office – it reminds me of Piccadilly Circus during rush hour

Person you most admire and why:
Doreen Lawrence for her courage and fight for justice for her son

Favourite word:
Happy

Facts you may not know about me:
I won bronze, silver and gold medals for ballroom dancing

Favourite place in the school:
The office – it reminds me of Piccadilly Circus during rush hour

Person you most admire and why:
Doreen Lawrence for her courage and fight for justice for her son

Favourite word:
Happy

Facts you may not know about me:
I won bronze, silver and gold medals for ballroom dancing

Favourite place in the school:
Gold Class

Favourite children’s book:
Funny Bones

Favourite number:
33

Favourite place in the school:
Nursery

Favourite number:
3

Favourite word:
Holiday

Facts you may not know about me:
I modelled for Vidal Sassoon

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a Teaching Assistant?
A police detective

Boat or plane?
Plane

Chocolate or fruit?
Both – chocolate banana!

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a Teaching Assistant?
A florist

Dream holiday?
Mexico

Favourite children’s book:
Chicken Licken

Favourite number:
14

Member of the Finance Committee

Member of the Premises Committee

Also a governor at Baden Powell Primary School, Hackney

Favourite place in the school:
The Hub

Gym or swim?
Gym

Facts you may not know about me:
I am a twin

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a teacher?
Definitely in the SAS forces

Person you most admire and why:
Steve Biko – a pioneer of Black Consciousness philosophy

Boat or plane?
Boat