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Our People

  • Management
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By law we are required to maintain the following staff to children ratios:

NurseryOne staff member for every four babies
ToddlersOne staff member for every five toddlers
PreschoolOne staff member for every 10 pre-schoolers

We provide more staff, and more highly qualified staff, than required by law.

We are licensed to care for 46 children and are required to have 2 university trained early childhood teachers on staff on a full-time basis. We exceed this requirement and currently employ five Early Childhood Teachers (including our director).

Management

Our Director

Jenny Hayes

I completed my teacher training at the Institute of Early Childhood, Waverley in 1989. I have 23 years experience in the Early Childhood field, 14 of them as a Director and 10 of those owning my own Early Learning Centre in Mosman. I have spent time in …

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Administration and Accounts Manager

Jennifer Duncan

I’m Jennifer and I’m in charge of accounts and administration. My background is mostly in IT sales working for manufacturers in establishing and managing distribution channels for their products in Australia. For several years I was living in Pakistan …

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Educational Consultant

Jenny Green

I have worked in the Early Childhood sector for many years and in long day programs for the past twenty-one years. I teach at Western Sydney University (WSU) and am very fortunate to have this opportunity: it supports a natural reciprocity and exchange …

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Delegates of the Approved Provider

Chris Kimber

I grew up in Sydney’s inner south.  I wanted to be a teacher. . . . . .the problem was it was the 1980s and, being good at school, it was made clear to me that I should be a doctor or lawyer.  So a lawyer I dutifully became. I practised in relative bor …

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Catherine Shand

Unlike many other Gumnut Gardens folk, I am a Sydney girl, though my mother grew up on a wheat farm in Western Australia and my father was from Glasgow.  In Sydney my parents fell in love with each other and with Sydney’s harbour and surrounding bushla …

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Our Early Childhood Teachers

Charlynn Lim

I was born and raised in Malaysia and came to Sydney in 2008. I completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in photography at the College of Fine Arts before finishing my Masters of Teaching in Early Childhood at the University of Sydney. I have been w …

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Lucia Stacchiotti

Early Childhood Teacher Room Leader Boori Room (the Toddlers) I am from Italy and I arrived in Sydney in August 2016. I am a teacher and a clinical pedagogue and I have been working as a teacher for 13 years. After achieving a BA in Early Childhood Edu …

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Our Early Learning Educators

Brittany Howard

My name is Brittany Howard and I have been working in the childcare industry for over seven years and have loved every minute of it. I have my Diploma in Early Childhood Education. I have spent most of my career working in Early Childhood centres as we …

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Santo Forleo

Infants Room Leader My name is Santo and I come from Italy. I have a Diploma in Children’s Services, which I obtained at the MEGT Institute in Sydney. As soon as I finished my studies I had the opportunity to work at Gumnut Gardens which is a very nice …

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Chef

Sandra Carvallho da Fonseca Reis

I’ve been the cook at Gumnut Gardens since the beginning of 2014. I plan seasonal menus that meet national nutritional guidelines. I prepare all the food myself – even the bread. When I first came to Australia I worked cleaning and cooking pastries for …

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Oven-Baked Fish and Sweet Potato and Pumpkin

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Our casual team

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Greta Festinger

My name is Greta and I am a mother AND a grandmother. I have been in the Early Childhood industry now for over 30 years. I feel I bring not only many years of experience to my work but also a true love for and wish to nurture young children. I have had …

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Anh Hoang Vu (Annie)

I was born in Vietnam. I came to Australia around four years ago and completed my high school Certificate and Certificate 3 in Early Childhood Education at Randwick TAFE. For me, working at Gumnut Gardens gives me a lot of experience and understanding …

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