Senior Nursery Manager

Sallianne has over 20 years of early years experience leading and managing outdoor and forest school educational settings. She is a qualified Early Years Teacher and is a trained Forest School Leader and has worked to produce several outstanding nurseries. Sallianne supports our managers and team.

Nursery Manager

Rameeza wanted to work in an outdoor environment that opens up the world to children as there are so many endless learning opportunities for children. Rameeza values each child using their own approach and sense of individuality. She is an Early Years qualified teacher and leads our nursery team daily.

Deputy Manager

Rob has over 10 years of nursery experience and is passionate about childcare. He loves the freedom of being outdoors and witnessing little ones improving their problem solving abilities through creative thinking. Being a dad, his very own little owl also gets the many benefits of outdoor education.

Holiday & Camp Lead

Catherine taught in primary schools before joining Outdoor Owls led by her passion for the outdoors and curiosity for the Early Years. The child-led and play-based approaches mean freedom for her as children get to explore by themselves, build their own communication, learn to make decisions, and solve problems on their own without even realising!

Operations Coordinator

Lea joined Outdoor Owls to find the perfect combination of her love for the outdoors and her previous experience in operations, customer service, and education. You might find her getting involved in the odd forest game in between emails!

Camp Lead

Andie loves the outdoors and education. She holds a QTS and her favourite activities to do with the children are singing, storytelling (with full voices and movements!), and craft making. Andie craves to enable those “I did it!” moments with children and to nurture the empowerment they gain from them. By learning via play she recognises children ask many more questions and therefore they find more learning opportunities. Growing up she spent much time in the garden caring for her vegetable patch.

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Anna loves natural learning environments. It brings natural risk taking opportunities which build up resilience, perseverance and self confidence. For her, education is about facilitating experiences and learning for the children and that’s what our child-led approach is all about. Anna is a level 3 Forest School Leader and she loves to use tools with the children to help them achieve something new. The reward from supporting and witnessing children’s curiosity, joy and honesty is what made her choose the Early Years path.

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Isabel has always spent most of her time outdoors, from scouting to hiking and skiing trips with her family. She has a passion to educate children and decided she wanted to join a setting where she could keep exploring nature and support as many children as possible learn through play, which is, in her opinion, the best way to help stimulate and develop children’s' brains. She loves arts and crafts and using natural resources such as sticks and pinecones with the children. You can also find her either gardening and growing vegetables.

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John trained as a dancer and wrote his dissertation about wellbeing and resilience. He came to early years to embed this learning in the daily care of young people. John is passionate about autonomy in education: creating a space where children are free to explore, and to think on their own terms. He loves to witness the joy which children find in themselves and each other. He loves to provoke their excitement and curiosity about their own sounds, movements, and the world around them.

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Laura has been passionate about the outdoors and marine wildlife since she was a child. Growing up, her favourite activity was going to the beach. This passion led her to study Marine Biology with biodiversity and she has spent time volunteering for the Orca foundation. Alongside her passion for marine life, Laura has created most of her best memories outdoors going camping, and is convinced that it is very important for children to connect with nature at a young age so they can understand the world around them and take care of it.

Facilities & Educator

Laura has a background in childcare and school caretaking. What she loves the most about education is seeing the children open up and bond with new friends. Being outdoors allows them to explore by themselves and find their voice. Being part of the children’s day and supporting the team is something Laura really cares about. She works to ensure our camps and forest is a safe and fun environment along with organising our kitchen and meals. Growing up, Laura was spending her time outdoors building dens.

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Melo knows that nature and unlimited space is what allow children to express themselves and learn how to look after nature and enjoy the simple things. Melo loves opportunities to engage children in creative and sensory activities as well as exploring and helping develop their curiosity. Through our child-led/ play based approaches, she gets to see where each child's interests lie and use this to adapt different activities for them. Melissa thrives by seeing the children's personalities, humour and interests grow.

Nursery Assistant

Miriam has taught art and dance to children for several years. She joined Outdoor Owls for the creative child led approach as well as the team who she found very caring and enthusiastic. She also loved the idea of building resilience for both the children and educators by being out come rain or shine. Miriam loves singing songs, creating and reading stories with the children as well as seeing them develop as individuals. The outdoors have always been her favourite place to be, especially when building huge sand sculptures!

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Rheo loves the outdoors and has a keen interest in wildlife and had enjoyed many travels. She has volunteered at a game reserve wildlife charity in South Africa. Rheo loves to see children’s creative and imaginative sides come out. Her favourite activities to do include sensory play and baking in the mud kitchen. With her experience in working with children, she knows a play-based approach helps massively with their social, emotional, physical and language development. Growing up, her favourite activities were finding worms and snails.

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Vanessa is a Forest School qualified teacher who loves exploring nature and finding animals with the children. She also teaches risky play to help children build and make things from natural resources. After working as a Higher Level Teaching Assistant in a reception class, she decided to mix her passion for the Outdoors and her love for teaching by joining us. Our child-led approach added to our play-based approach makes the perfect mix for her as she knows that children learn best when they are motivated and engaged.

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Camp Lead

Il-Shim loves to see the pride beaming from children’s faces when they’ve been able to accomplish something, which they previously asked for help with. Il-Shim has a great passion for introducing numeracy and literacy and loves when children have learned or remembered something new. Some of her favourite activities are music and dancing with the children. Il-Shim’s favourite aspect of the child-led approach is learning more about each child as play is something universal, done without actively thinking about it.

Camp Lead

After working as an Educator in an indoor nursery for over 20 years, Kerry was attracted to the many possibilities the outdoors has to offer. She has witnessed many times the impact of the outdoors on behaviour management by helping children regulate and feel better by simply feeling the rain, splashing into puddles, or running in an open space. She loves watching children learn, achieve and develop by leading their own learning combined to the play-based approach that enables children to develop social, emotional, and cognitive skills as well as their confidence.

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David has always loved being outdoors, from skiing and rock climbing to skateboarding and BMX riding, nothing could stop him! During his different professional experiences, he has worked with groups of all ages but running around and sparking children's imaginations has been his best experience. He knows that the early years of a child's life are the most important for their development so being part of this stage of their life and being able to make a difference by joining Outdoor Owls is something he really cares about.

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From the day she discovered mushroom picking with her grandparents, Domi has always loved looking after the natural environment. The chance of being in the forest all day and sharing her passion with the children is why she joined Outdoor Owls! Exploring the miniature world and witnessing children’s curiosity towards nature is what fascinates her the most about the Early Years. She knows how important these formative years are in a life and is convinced that a child-play approach leads to a high self-confidence, a free flowing imagination and strong resilience.

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Marta loves ceasing opportunities to connect children with nature and is why she joined OO. She is a big fan of play-based learning, where children learn so much without realising. It also allows them to remember new things much better and be more eager to learn more. Marta likes to use soil, leaves, sticks and rocks with the children to educate along with discovering all kinds of wildlife. Growing up Marta enjoyed her time spent as a Scout and she is grateful to be able to spend time in the forest herself. She also spends time volunteering with animals.

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Paige joined Outdoor Owls as she wanted to help support our ethos and to help children to feel at balance in the world as they discover it. She has a passion to help shape young minds to really enjoy the beautiful parts of life! She is also currently studying and environmental sciences degree and keen to help educate children to look after our planet. Her favourite aspect of the children led approach is seeing how giving freedom makes such space for self-esteem and individuality to blossom. Paige loves imaginary story telling and playing football.

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After teaching for 10 years in Brazil, he decided to pursue his passion in the UK. What Marcelo likes the most about working with children is promoting the eureka effect and inspiring them to be better at something. He loves the endless learning opportunities that the outdoors provides as well as seeing children develop and finding themselves being in close contact with the ever-changing nature. In his spare time, he’s usually spending time outdoors, playing in parks or in the woods exploring with his children. Ball games and photography are also something he’s passionate about so be ready for some fun games and owlsome pics from the forest!

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Throughout her experience working with SEND children and young adults, Vicky has developed her passion for teaching and impacting lives. Watching children play and learn through nature is a privilege to her as she can witness their social, emotional and personal skills development not just for nursery times but for the rest of their lives. She’s always amazed to see the children engage and speak with the adults and their friends, absorbing and picking up communication even when English isn’t their first language and watching them engage in so much immersive play. When she’s not working, you can find her out exploring and testing different bakeries after a nice run in the park!

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Lead Educator

Matt has cared and educated children from 8-months old to reception age and has a deep understanding of early years development. He has a big passion for the outdoors and his favourite experiences with children have been involving Forest School activities to facilitate independence, autonomy, and emotional wellbeing.