Hi, my name is Gayle…
I have worked at Appletree since 1994, just a few weeks after it first opened. I have had many different roles and worked across all of our different rooms, with children aged from 3 months to 11 years. I hold Level 3 qualifications in Childcare and Education, and Playwork.
I am Assistant Manager and oversee Health and Safety, and am also a part of our Safeguarding team.
In 2000 I opened up our first after school club, which soon expanded and became several breakfast, after school and holidays clubs. I continue to be the lead in Appletree’s wraparound care provisions.
I work mainly in the office but like to get out and work with the children whenever possible, both in nursery and the clubs.
I have 3 children of my own who all attended Appletree as babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers, and then during the school holidays until they left primary school.