ACTON PLAYGROUP · OUR TEAM
Joanne Holmes
Deputy Playgroup Leader ( Deputy Safeguarding Officer)
Jo has worked for Acton playgroup for 20 years and specialises in expressive arts. Jo is also the Health and Safety Officer for the Playgroup.
Qualifications & Training
- NVQ3 Qualification in Childcare and Education
- Expressive Arts and Design
- Music and Movement
- Art in the Early Years
- Foundation Certificate in Food and Hygiene
- Safeguarding Children
- Paediatric First Aid
- Makaton*
- Social emotional aspects of development(SEAD)
- Health and Safety in the Workplace#
- Prevent
- E Safety
- Letters & Sounds for EYFS (Phase 1)
- Observation and Assessment
- Autism Awareness
- Using Observations for Effective Next Steps Planning
- Safeguarding Children: Roles and Responsibilities
- Developing reflective practice through peer observation
- Effective Use of the Early Years Pupil Premium
- Sustained Shared Thinking in the Early Years
- FGM Awareness
*Makaton uses signs and symbols to teach communication, language and literacy skills to people with communication and learning difficulties.