FRIARY
PRESCHOOL
Meet The Team
Monika
Early Years Practicioner
Designated role: Health and Safety Officer
Maryen
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Preschool Manager
Early Years Practitioner
Designated role: Safeguard Lead and First Aider
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Maryen is an enthusiastic individual who is able to make learning fun and exciting. Throughout her 25 years of experience working with children she has proven to be committed in providing a positive valuable journey in each child's learning and development. Maryen Is passionate about nature, music and seeing children blossoming into kind and respectful individuals.
Magdalena has 6 years of childcare experience working previously at another nursery in Crawley. Magdalena likes working with children. She enjoys doing music and movement activities with the children.
Gaelle
Early Years Practitioner
Designated role: Health and Safety Officer, Student Coordinator
Gaelle has worked at the Preschool since June 2021. Prior to this, Gaelle worked as an Early Years Practitioner for another Nursery and Preschool since 2016. Gaelle holds the level 3 Diploma for Early Years Practitioners and she is a passionate Childcare Practitioner.
Swati
Early Years Practitioner
Designated role: Inclusion Coordinator
Swati is an experienced childcare professional having worked at various schools and Nursery / Preschools. She loves to see children grow and promote better milestones to their journey.
Anoja
Early Years Practitioner
Designated role: Fire Marshall
Moniza worked as a teacher in a Primary School and has 14 years of experience as a learning support in special needs school. She loves to teach and support young learners and see them achieving big and small accomplishments through the day.
Magdalena
Preschool Administrator
Moniza
Anoja enjoys working with children and building her knowledge of what the children know, can do and understand.
She volunteered as a Catechist for 6 years in Sri Lanka.
Olivia has worked at the Preschool for 12 years and holds the level 3 in childcare and education. She enjoys watching the children grow and sees lots of families come through the Preschool. She enjoys playing with the children and doing lots of fun activities with them.
Olivia
Deputy Manager
Early Years Practitioner
Designated role: Safeguard Lead,
First Aider, INCo and SENDCo
Early Years Practitioner
Magdalena
Darlene
Early Years Practitioner
Designated role: Assistant SENDCo
Darlene has years of experience working with children. She chose her career in Early Years to support children in their development. She is passionate about growing her skills and gaining more knowledge to give the children the support they need.
Management Committee
The Management Committee is responsible for the strategic direction and improvement of the Preschool on behalf of the Parish and Diocesan Trustees.
Fr Raymond, OSA -
Chair of Committee
Sarah Kilmartin -
Deputy Chair of Committee
Maria Cowler - Committee member, Deputy Director of the Education Service at The Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
Ana Andrade - Committee member, Foundation Governor for St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
Magdalena Bray - Committee Secretary and Treasurer
Maryen Peiris - Committee member and Friary Preschool Manager
