Woodlands Park Nursery School & Children's Centre

Haringey Nursery Schools
Training Consortium

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Meet the Trainers

  • Tara Stuber-White

    Tara Stuber-White

    Tara is the Interim Head Teacher at Woodlands Park Nursery School and Children's Centre. She Began working in Haringey as a special Needs Assistant. She then went onto University to complete her Bachelor of Education degree and on completion began teaching in Islington. She has worked at Woodlands for the past 15 years 

  • Sian McDermott

    Sian McDermott

    Sian became the Head Teacher at Rowland Hill Nursery School after being Deputy Head Teacher/SENCO at Moss Hall Nursery School. Before that Sian was the Deputy Head Teacher at Prior Weston Primary School and was the Deputy Principle at Oasis Academy Hadley (2-19 years). Sian has also been an Early Years Consultant for Enfield and Southwark councils. Sian led on 'Every Child A Talker'(ECAT) and Social and Emotional Aspects of Development (SEAD) during her time at Enfield Council. Sian's real passion is children's early communication skills and how learning environments promote early talk.

  • Ruth Doak

    Ruth Doak

    Ruth Doak became Head Teacher at Pembury House Nursery School and Children's Centre in September 2022. Ruth has worked across a range of settings including mainstream Primary schools in Newham and Waltham Forest, a Nursery School and Children’s Centre and as the lead Early Years advisory teacher in Newham for SEMH. Ruth led Social and Emotional Aspects of Development (SEAD) in Newham. She is passionate about high quality Early Years Education and supporting the role of partnerships with families in children’s learning and development. Her particular interests are in early mark making, creative arts and environmental education. ​

  • Bernadette Alexiou

    Bernadette Alexiou

    Bernadette Alexiou joined Rowland Hill Nursery School in April 2020 as an Assistant Headteacher. Before being at Rowland Hill she was the Assistant Headteacher at Duncombe Primary School in Islington responsible for Early Years. Bernadette led a two, three and four year old nursery, along with two reception classes. Bernadette worked in partnership with the Islington Early Years Team as a lead moderator and often delivered training across Islington. At Rowland Hill Bernadette is working on developing the curriculum and outdoor learning environments to support children's learning.

  • Denise Mangat

    Denise Mangat

    Denise Mangat has been teaching at Woodlands Park for 20 years. She is particularly interested in supporting young children's early literacy.

  • Toni Wheeler

    Toni Wheeler

    Toni has worked at Rowland Hill Nursery School and Children's Centre since 1996 where she started as a nursery nurse. Since then Toni has had the opportunity to undertake a number of different professional roles, she is currently working as the Children's Centre Manager and is involved with training for the Haringey Nursery Schools Training Consortium. Toni has a particular interest in the theory which supports 'listening to children' and focused on this when completing her degree in Early Childhood Studies.