Ammarah

My Summary

Babysitter

My Experience

Work experience Student – Evergreen early years nursery – September 2024 to June 2025
For the past year, I have been attending work experience at Evergreen early years nursery which provides care for children aged 2-4 based in Preston, Fulwood. I joined Evergreen to gain experience of what a nursery setting is like, and to improve my skills as I am working towards my qualification.
Key responsibilities
Reading the setting’s legislation such as fire evacuation, and safeguarding procedure, and implementing this knowledge through a direct example of the staff members conducting fire evacuation procedures, and helping the children go through the fire exit
Supporting staff members through circle time, lessons, by being in ratio, and helping the staff members with phonics or reading stories by doing it myself whilst the staff members went for first aid training or a meeting
Effective communication with staff member concerning the needs of SEN (special educational needs) children, and what their favourite toy or strategy to calm the child down
Tidying up after lunch time, and toys if the children are being taught a lesson, following the nursery’s infection, and control policy by wiping tables, sanitising toys
Helping children follow the daily routine, helping them wash their hands, before and after lunch, before children go outside, helping the children tidying, and making sure the children know where to go to their lessons
Work experience Student – Queens drive primary school – September 2025 – February 2026
For six months, I did work experience with 4–5-year-olds, building the knowledge, and skills of having experience with a different age group. This helped me work towards my qualification, and it is important to be punctual, organised, maintaining good relationships with staff members which helps to greatly improve my practice in the setting.
Key responsibilities
Plan and conduct activities in the setting that is in accordance with the seven areas of learning and development
Allocated the children snacks for snack time which includes different fruits that include bananas, oranges.
Helped the children during lunch time to cut their food into smaller pieces so that they could eat it
Looked after a SEN child, through activities such as playdough, drawing and reading everyday
Supported children through free play by asking questions that relate to the activity they are doing, going to children in different areas of the classroom which mirrored the seven areas of learning and development, and communicated with the children
Ashbridge Independent School and Nursery – Bank staff member – 9th March 2026 – present
Currently, I am a bank staff member at Ashbridge independent school and nursery, primarily at the Hutton location. I do my placement days every Wednesday and Thursday, in different classroom depending on the time as I cover other people’s shifts.
Key responsibilities
Support the children during lunch, and breakfast time by helping feed the children, if they need help, sitting next to the children, and tidying up after both lunch, and break by sweeping the floor up, and tidying surfaces
Putting the children to sleep by patting or stroking their back, and setting the beds up
Playing with the children during free play, going on walks with the children outside
Supporting staff members by being included in ratio, communication, and when the staff member is singing songs to the children I join in and make sure that the children are behaving.
Follow procedures, and legislation which help to keep the children safe in the early years setting

My Qualifications

I have completed a level 3 technical diploma in early years and childcare.

My Availability

As it is the summer holidays, my availability is more flexible.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £12.00 per hour