Favourite children’s book:
I love “Goodnight Mr Tom” by Michelle Magorian. You find yourself pulled into the story in the first few sentences. It made me laugh and cry and is hard to put down!

Two desert island teaching resources:
Book of poetry and my guitar (make sure you bring your earplugs)

Times tables or spellings:
Spellings – learning new words. I love doing my crossword puzzle each day

Favourite word:
Happy

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 : )

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

Favourite place in the school:
The new Pakeman Paradise garden. I love to see the butterflies and bees buzzing around the pretty flowers.

Two desert island teaching resources:
Some string and some sticky tape – so many ways to be creative!

Car or walk:
Walking in the sun – car when it’s raining!

Favourite word:
Magnificent

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.

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.

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a teacher?
An artist

Favourite place in the school:
My classroom

Times tables or spellings:
Both

Facts you may not know about me:
It’s a secret!

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 nursery nurse?
A social worker

Dream holiday:
Hawaii

Favourite children’s book:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Times tables or spellings?
Spellings

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 Teaching Assistant?
A florist

Dream holiday?
Mexico

Favourite children’s book:
Chicken Licken

Favourite number:
14

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

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

Two desert island teaching resources:
Whiteboard and pen

Boat or plane?
Plane (first class)

Chocolate or fruit?
Chocolate please

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 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 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 film curator

Dream holiday:
Italy

Gym or swim?
Neither!

Facts you may not know about me:
I go to university in the evenings

What would you have been if you hadn’t been a teaching assistant?
I would have been a naturalist

Favourite place in the school:
The cricket pitch

Favourite children’s book:
Ginger by Charlotte Voake

Favourite word:
Literally

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

Dream holiday:
Hawaii – surfing

Favourite children’s book:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Car or walk?
Walk

Favourite word:
Serendipity

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 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

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

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 Bottom Hall on a Thursday morning when it’s music assembly to hear the amazing sound of all the children singing, but the Lodge and the library are also up there as favourite places

Favourite children’s book:
The Rascally Cake by Jeanne Willis and Korky Paul – it’s funny, has brilliant pictures and is the sort of book you want to read again and again

Boat or plane:
Boat because although I don’t like travelling by water much, I like flying even less

Favourite word:
Pandiculate (yes, really! Look it up – it’s a good one)

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

Person you most admire and why:
There are two: Ghandi and Martin Luther King

Favourite children’s book:
Grimms’ Fairy tales

Gym or swim?
Swim

Favourite number:
12

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

Favourite place in the school:
Gold Class

Favourite children’s book:
Funny Bones

Favourite number:
33

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

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

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 nursery nurse?
A social worker

Dream holiday:
Hawaii

Favourite children’s book:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Times tables or spellings?
Spellings

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

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

Favourite place in the school:
The library

Times tables or spellings?
Times tables

Favourite number:
5

Favourite children’s book:
The Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Chocolate or Fruit?
Chocolate

Favourite number:
6