MEET THE TEAM
BEDLINGTON
BLYTH
Nicola Young
Nursery Manager Bedlington
Nichola Barnes
Nursery Manager Blyth
Nichola joined What A Hoot in January 2014 and manages our Blyth nursery. Nichola has a BA(hons) degree in Care and Education of Very Young Children and Professional Practice Studies with Early Years Professional status.
Likes playing outdoors with her two daughters. Dislikes Liquorice!
Amy Anderson
Bedlington Deputy Manager
This is Amy, our Deputy Manager for our nursery in Bedlington. She joined What a Hoot in December 2019 and has over 10 years experience working in early years. Amy enjoys exploring different countries and cultures around the world and spending time with family.
Briony Wilson
Blyth Deputy Manager
Briony joined the team in October 2015 holds a Level 4 qualification and is our Deputy Manager. Briony is incredibly organised and excellent at leading the team!
She loves holidays and dislikes cold weather!
WOO’S
Katy Buddle
Bedlington Senior Nursery Practitioner
This is Katy, Senior Nursery Practitioner in our Bedlington Baby room.
She joined our What a Hoot team in January 2022, and has 2 years experience in child care after changing career paths and gaining a Level 3 qualification EYWF in June 2022. She enjoys spending time with her daughter being crafty and creative with art supplies and cosying up watching movies!
Suzanne Wilson
Blyth Senior Nursery Practitioner
Suzanne is level 3 qualified and leads our baby room. She joined What A Hoot Blyth in April 2015. Suzanne is incredibly fit, she is a keen outdoorswomen and travels to work on her bike most days.
Suzanne loves going to the gym but hates moths!!!
Yasmine Wilson
Bedlington Nursery Apprentice
This is Yasmine, she is the baby room apprentice and has been working with what a hoot since July 2023. She is working towards her level 3 in early years. She has always wanted to work with children and loves her job and learning new things!
Likes: spending time with family and friends
Dislikes: cold weather
Chelsea White
Blyth Nursery Practitioner/ Senior staff
This is Chelsea, she joined What a Hoot in January 2023. Chelsea has a level 3 qualification in Early years. Chelsea works in our baby room and enjoys going to the gym and going for walks with her dog. Chelsea does not like eating fish.
Natalie Lowe
Bedlington Nursery Apprentice
Nicola Middleton
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
This is Nicola, she has a level 2 and level 3 Early Years and Playwork and is currently studying towards a Bsc (hons) in Psychology. She loves messy play and hates bees or wasps.
Jennifer Teasdale
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
Kelsie Cherry
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
This is Kelsie, she is newly qualified at Level 3. She loves to travel with her family and make everyone laugh when she runs away from scary moths!
Tegan Hindmarsh
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
This is Tegan, she has a level 3 in Early Years, Tegan works in our 2 year old rooms and enjoys reading, walking her dogs and spending time with her family.
Nicola Mckenzie
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
Hi my name is nicola. I am level 3 qualified in early years and started here in October 2022. I currently work in the 2s room. I am married and have an 11 year old soon, we love going to the cinema, going swimming and taking our dog chandler for long walks. I love getting messy with crafty projects but I dislike peas and spiders.
Lauren Dickson
Blyth Nursery practitioner
TWO’S
Leanne Cook
Bedlington Senior Nursery Practitioner
This is Leanne our Senior Nursery Practitioner in our Bedlington Two’s room.
She joined our What a Hoot team in April 2021, and has a level 3 qualification along with 13 years’ experience in child care. Leanne enjoys spending time with her 19 year old son, her cat Molly and her 2 dogs, Rocco and Storm. She loves being organised and takes great pride in her Two’s room.
Shannon Cheetham
Blyth Nursery SENDCO/ Senior Staff
Shannon joined us in March 2019 as an apprentice and is now the Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator at our Blyth nursery.
She loves spending time with her family and going on holiday.
Abbie Chrisp
Bedlington Nursery Apprentice
This is Abbie she joined What a hoot in May 2023 and is currently working towards her level 3 qualification. She has had previous experience working in a nursery before. She enjoys spending time with her friends and travelling to new places.
Emma Morton
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
Emma is a nursery practitioner at Blyth. She joined the team in August 2018. Emma is an excellent practitioner, she is calm and patient and very respectful of the children’s choices.
Emma loves shopping and spending time with her family. She does not like the dark or moths!!
Kirsty Nichol
Bedlington Nursery Practitioner
Kirsty is a nursery practitioner in the Bedlington Two’s room. She joined the What a Hoot team in October 2022 and holds a level 3 qualification. Kirsty has around 9 years experience works with early years and enjoys being a part of the children’s early development. She loves spending time with family and all things disney.
Georgia Smith
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
This is Georgia she is an Early Years Practitioner and has been working with children for 4 years. She is Level 3 qualified in early years. She has always enjoyed watching children flourish from a young age. She loves messy play and encouraging the children to try new things.
Likes: Spending time with my partner and dog
Dislikes: spiders
Natasha Train
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
Tina Andrews
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
Tina works in our baby room and holds a level 3 in childcare.
Tina creates a calm environment and all of our children gravitate towards her. Tina loves playing darts and doesn’t like the heat
Alana Burn
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
Tina works in our baby room and holds a level 3 in childcare.
Tina creates a calm environment and all of our children gravitate towards her. Tina loves playing darts and doesn’t like the heat
Emily Streener
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
Tina works in our baby room and holds a level 3 in childcare.
Tina creates a calm environment and all of our children gravitate towards her. Tina loves playing darts and doesn’t like the heat
PRE-SCHOOL
Abby Edgar
Bedlington Senior staff
This is Abby, she joined What a hoot in May 2023 starting at Blyth and she has recently transferred to our Bedlington site working in our Pre school room. She has 10 years experience working with children, starting her career as an apprentice. She enjoys muddy walks with her pooch, baking and knitting.
Abby Errington
Blyth Nursery Senior Practitioner
Abby is a level 3 nursery practitioner who leads our pre-school room. Abby is very intuitive and loves bringing new ideas and making resources for the room. Abby also has lots of experience working directly with children who have profound additional needs.
She loves football, sunny holidays and dislikes bananas!
Kara Rogerson
Bedlington Nursery Practitioner
This is Kara, she joined what a hoot in December 2021 and has over 10 years experience working in early years
Kara enjoys walking , spending time with family and has two children age 7 years and 11 month old
Charleigh Proctor
Blyth Nursery Practitoner
This is Charleigh, she is one of our nursery apprentices. She is working towards her level 3 qualification.
She loves spending time with her family and doesn’t like spiders.
Shannon Sample
Bedlington Nursery Practitioner
This is Shannon. She joined the what a hoot team in October 2022. She previously worked in a primary school for just short of 3 years working in nursery, reception and year 1. She loves spending time with her little girl, family and friends.
Jade Crowson
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
This is Jade, she is an early years practitioner and has been working with the nursery since September 2022. She is Level 3 qualified in early years. She has always had a passion for working with children since a young age. She loves her job and seeing the children grow, develop and creating a bond with each individual child.
Likes: Spending time with her son
Dislikes: Windy weather
Lydia Ham
Bedlington Nursery Practitioner
This is Lydia. She joined our what a hoot team in February 2020 when she moved to Northumberland from Reading (hence her southern accent) . She has over 20 years of child care experience. She loves spending time with her family, walking her cavapoo Maple and watching films.
Kacey Weatherby
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
This is Kacey, Kacey began as an apprentice with us and past her course with a distinction! She is now a fully qualified nursery practitioner.
Kacey likes spending time with her ittle boy, anything Disney & Harry Potter. She doesn’t like spiders!
Chloe Saul
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
Chloe joined us as an apprentice in January 2017 and is now fully qualified to level 3. Chloe works in the 2 year old room at Blyth. Chloe loves animals and has recently got a puppy called Peggy! Chloe is a fantastic practitioner and we are so proud she is part of our team.
She loves keeping fit and spending time with her family and friends. She dislikes wasps!
Aimee Bowes
Blyth Nursery Practitioner
OTHER ROLES
Laicey Henderson
Bedlington Holiday Cover
Lorraine Wilson
Blyth Chef
This is Lorraine. She loves to bake and make yummy treats from scratch. All her meals have a big thumbs up from all the children.
Tracey Hindmarsh
Cleaning supervisor
Tracey is our fabulous domestic lead, she keeps our nursery fresh and hygienic everyday. Tracey works so hard to enable the staff to focus on planning and creating unique learning opportunities for our children. Tracey loves reading and dislikes the cold.
What A Hoot Blyth
Address
Albion Activity Centre, Albion Way, Blyth NE24 5BL.
Telephone
Telephone: 01670 798060
What A Hoot Bedlington
Address
Forster House, 2-4 Forster Avenue, Bedlington NE22 6EU
Phone
Telephone: 01670 798060
Learning opportunities for our staff
As well as gaining qualifications in early years care and education, all staff take part in further training to help them to keep up-to-date with current practices regarding early years care and education. We have regular team meetings to ensure continuity and consistency across the whole service.
Recruitment
We are always looking for dynamic and enthusiastic individuals to join our teams!
For information regarding current vacancies please contact blyth@whatahootdaynursery.co.uk or bedlington@whatahootdaynursery.co.uk