Information for Parents
Nature in mind, wellbeing at heart.
Here you can find some useful information about our Nurseries as well as some support with settling your child into life at nursery.
Early Help for Families
At times children and families need a bit of extra support – and when that happens, it’s ok to ask for help. Early help is there to make sure worries don’t become bigger and you get the support you need at the right time.
There are lots of different reasons you might need early help:
You could be worried about your own or your child’s health, development or behaviour, or how things are going at school or nursery. You could be caring for others, or maybe you’ve had a bereavement in the family, and it’s made life a real challenge. It may be that you’re worried about money or housing and how it’s affecting your family. Maybe you or your family are affected by domestic abuse, mental health, drugs, alcohol or crime.
Meet the Team
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Tanja Fletcher
Nursery Manager (Designated Safeguarding Lead)
Tanja has over 20 years’ experience working in Early Years in a wide range of settings including nurseries, pre-schools, children’s centres and a Foundation Unit in a primary school. Tanja holds a BA in Early Years Education and is a qualified Forest School Leader. Tanja loves going for long woodland walks, felting, doing woodwork and ‘tinkering’ and is passionate about sharing her deep love of the natural world with all children.
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Del Davies
Deputy Manager (Deputy Safeguarding Lead) - Flo’s Nature Nursery
Del has a childcare Level 3 qualification and has over 20 years experience working with children in different settings, pre-schools, after school clubs, playschemes and many nursery settings and is a Level 3 Qualification. Del is passionate about teaching young children to flourish and grow. Del also loves recycling furniture, painting and decorating and going for long walks.
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Sam Cox
Senior Nursery Practitioner - Flo’s Nature Nursery
Sam has over 20 years of experience working in Early years and a foundation degree in the Early years sector. Working at Flo;s means Sam can indulge her love for outdoor exploring and learning with young children. Sam also loves music. gardening, and old transport. Same enjoys relaxing doing arts and crafts like cross stitch and knitting.
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Angela Amezua
Senior Nursery Practitioner, SENCo - Flo’s Nature Nursery
Angela has over 13 years experience working with children aged 2-5 and is a qualified Early years practitioner in Spain and the UK. She has worked on different learning projects based on children‘s interests and developed expertise in creating learning environments that promote children’s holistic development and learning and previously worked in an inspirational Montessori environment in deep contact with nature. She is interested in active pedagogies such as Montessori and Reggio Emilia. She studied at the Montessori Centre in London.
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Adriana Grau Oliver
Nursery Practitioner - Flo’s Forest School Lead
Adriana is passionate about education and nature. With over 6 years of experience in Early Years settings and 17 years working with primary and secondary education in non-formal education, her interest in learning as a community process is always at the core. She has been engaged with several Youth organisations focussed on self directed learning and which contribute to the development of a fairer and more equal society. Adriana loves riding her bike, sewing and being in nature with her two children and friends.
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Katryna Pastacaldi
Nursery Practitioner - Flo’s Forest School
Kataryna has 16 years of experience working with children and has been a qualified Nursery teacher and SENCo for the last 12 years. Katryna loves working with her hands and engaging with all possible materials and techniques, from weaving to woodwork. She moved to Oxford from Italy with her family, and has enjoyed discovering her home with her two children. I work at the beautiful Barracks Lane garden site.
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Topaz Tong
Nursery Administrator
Topaz lives locally in Florence Park with her husband, two children, and a dog. Topaz has spent over a decade in the service industry. She also volunteers with Scouts as an assistant leader, and with the Oxfordshire Cloth Nappy Library lending cloth nappies as part of the Oxford County Council’s Reusable Nappy Trial Scheme. In her spare time, Topaz enjoys singing, hiking, and solving puzzles
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Shaheen Shujaa
Nursery Practitioner - Flo’s Forest School
Shaheen has over 20 years of experience and a Foundation Degree in Early Years Education. She has worked in a variety of settings across Oxford and has proudly helped attain an ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating whilst working as a Nursery Room Lead. She is passionate about enabling Early Years environments through the Reggio Emilia ethos, especially in the ‘great outdoors’. Shaheen enjoys reading, as well as experimenting with multimedia arts, particularly oil painting.
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Mariam Iqbal
Nursery Link Trustee
Miriam volunteers as a specialist nursery link Trustee at Flo’s. She supports Flo’s Nurseries with her skills, expertise and experience.
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Ruby Frizzell
Nursery Assistant
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Amna
Nursery Assistant
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Rukshana
Nursery Assistant
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Nevin Yavaş
Nursery Assistant (Supply Staff)
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Yukari Sato
Nursery Assistant (Supply Staff)
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Elaine Tsang
Nursery Assistant (Supply Staff)
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Helen Sweasey
Nursery Assistant (Supply Staff)