Quinton House Nursery & Preschool

Having completed a degree in Early Childhood Studies and a PGCE in Primary Education, I joined Quinton House School as Head of Early Years in 2013. I work closely with the Nursery team to ensure the children in our setting have the best start to their education journey. As an Early Years teacher I enjoy planning activities which enable me to bring the children’s learning to life. I am particularly interested in developing early reading and writing opportunities through play and supporting children to recreate their experiences through small world and role play activities.

Each week I work with the Nursery children to develop their fine motor skills. During our Happy Hands lessons children complete a range of activities to strengthen the muscles in their fingers and hands to develop their dexterity including an effective pencil grip.

In 2017 I took on the additional role of Head of Key Stage 1. This allows me to oversea the education of the children aged 3-7years and ensure a smooth transition through these important years of early education.

I am Mrs Kinross I am the Manager of Quinton House Nursery. I first started working within the Nursery team at QHS in 2013 and I now wave to many of my first group of children who are in our Senior School. I took the role of Deputy Manager 6 years ago after completing my level three Children and Young Peoples workforce. I am proud to say that I am now the Manager of Quinton House Nursery and enjoy working alongside my team as we are working to continuously develop our Nursery.

Over the years I have followed my passion for Speech and Language and have attained many courses relating to this area of development in young children.

I have a keen interest in creating new activities that will inspire and capture children’s intrigue and imagination. I am passionate about Early Literacy and actively encourage reading and story activities.

During my week, I love taking the children outside in our nature garden and allotment plot to explore the world around them.

My name is Mrs Peach. I joined the QH Nursery team in October 2021 and have predominantly been working with the Preschool children. I am level 3 qualified within the Early Years.

My favourite things at Nursery are reading stories and singing although I also lead our P.E. sessions each week as well as our topic group times where we talk and explore our current learning focus.

Hello, I am Mrs Gillespie, and I am a part of the Nursery team at Quinton House School. I first started working with children 4 years ago when I began my Level 3 Children and Young People’s Workforce qualification. Since then, I have enjoyed extending my knowledge within childcare and education by attending small courses. I love using the knowledge that I have learned to support children and their development.

I have a keen interest in arts, including messy play, creating masterpieces and even singing and dancing. I really enjoy taking the children to Forest School, exploring our surroundings and discussing the world around us as well as leading the music and storytelling sessions.

Hello! My name is Miss Sims and I joined Quinton House Nursery in September 2024 after completing my level 3 Childcare qualification. I enjoy making music and singing a multitude of songs with the children. My favourite things to do are exploring and playing both indoors and outdoors and I also enjoy leading art projects with the children, where we can put in hard work for an end goal.