The Staff at Daisychain Montessori & Créche
The staff at Daisychain are highly qualified, motivated and are committed to providing a high quality childcare service. It is our policy to encourage and promote further training for our staff in new and upgraded methods of childcare including the following:
• Manual Handling • Occupational First Aid • Curriculum planning 0-3yrs • Awareness of Special Needs • Managing Challenging Behaviour • Arts and Crafts with under 5's.
Meet Our Team
Leanne Everitt (Manager)
Leanne Everitt is a qualified childcare worker and holds a FETAC Level 6 Early Childhood Care and Education. Leanne has 16 years experience in childcare and during this time Leanne fulfilled the roles of childcare worker, supervisor and manager.
Leanne has attained certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Child Protection
- Mini Me Yoga
- Mindfullness for children
- Supporting Children where English is not their First Language
- Supporting a Child's Needs
- Development of Sensory Processing in the Early Learning Environment
- What is Sensory Processing
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Leanne is working with Daisychain since 2007. She holds the position of Manager and is responsable for the day to day running of the creche.
Julia Gulana (Manager)
- Occupational First Aid Training
- Moving and Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Mini Me Yoga & Yoga for Children with Special Needs
- Mindfullness for children
- Workshop on the Steiner Lyre Harp
- Workshop on Reggio Emelia Approach
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Susanne Kirwan
Susanne Kirwan is qualified Montessori Teacher. She attained her Diploma in Montessori Teaching from Portobello Institute in 2006 and FETAC level 6 Supervision in Childcare. Suzanne has worked in childcare for the past 22 years . Suzanne worked in Daisychain for past 16 years during which time she worked with children aged from one year to ten years she also held a Management position within Daisychain Creche for a number of years.
Susanne has also attained Certificates in the following:
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Lamh Module 1 (Communication Augmentation Sign System)
- Moving and Handling Operation
- Occupational First Aid Training
- Buntus
- Transform Challenging Behaviour Online Conference 2020
- Canavan&Byrne Aistear Principles and Themes
- Early Years Summit- The Muddy Puddle Teaching Approach
- Early Years Summit- Speech, Language+Communication
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Joanne Gerrard
Joanne Gerrard is a qualified Montessori Teacher and Childcare Worker. She studied in Portobello Institute where she attained her Diploma in Montessori Teaching and her FETAC Major Award Level 6 Certificate in Supervision in Childcare. Joanne has worked for the last 17 years in childcare both in Drogheda and Dublin covering children from the age of 6 months to 11 years.
Joanne has also attained Certificates in the following:
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Lamh Module 1 (Communication Augmentation Sign System)
- Child Protection
- Food Hygiene
- Moving and Handling Operations
- Speech and Language
- Occupational First Aid Training
- Mini Me Yoga
- Mindfullness for children
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Erika Astilean
Erika Astilean is a qualified childcare worker. She studied in Drogheda Institute For Further Education where she attained her FETAC Level 5 with Special Needs Major Award in childcare and her FETAC Level 6 Major Award in childcare.
Erika also has Certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
- Teaching for good behaviour
- Listening to Young Children - Supporting Transition
Erika is working in Daisychain since September 2016 and is currently working in our Steiner Inspired class, Stepping Stones with children aged 2 years 8mnth to 5yrs. She works in conjunction with the guidelines of Aistear And Siolta.
Megan Murphy
Megan Murphy is a qualified childcare worker. She studied in Drogheda Institute For Further Education where she attained her FETAC Level 5 with Special Needs Major Award in childcare and her FETAC Level 6 Major Award in childcare.
Megan also has Certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Anna Forembska
Anna Forembska is a qualified childcare worker and holds a FETAC Level 5 Early Childhood Care and Education. Anna has worked in childcare for the last 6 years covering children from 1yr to 11yrs.
Anna has attained certificates in the following
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Child Protection
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Anna is a native Polish Speaker and this greatly assists children from this country to settle into Daisychain and improve their English.
Lisa Shevlin
Lisa Shevlin is a qualified childcare worker and holds a FETAC Level 5 Early Childhood Care and Education. Lisa has worked in childcare for the last 3 years covering children from 1yr to 11yrs.
Lisa has attained certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Child Protection
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Zoe Floyd
Zoe Floys is a qualified childcare worker and holds a FETAC Level 5 Early Childhood Care and Education. Zoe has worked in childcare for the last 6 years covering children from 1yr to 11yrs.
Zoe has attained certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Child Protection
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Hannah Kirwan
Hannah Kirwan is a qualified childcare worker and holds a FETAC Level 6 Early Childhood Care and Education. Hannah has worked in childcare for the last 3 years covering children from 1yr to 10yrs.
Hannah has attained certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Child Protection
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Jennifer Owens
Jennifer Owens is a qualified childcare worker and holds a FETAC Level 5 Early Childhood Care and Education. Jennifer has worked in childcare for the last 6 years covering children from 1yr to 10yrs.
Jennifer has attained certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Child Protection
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Kristine Caffrey
Kristine Caffrey is a qualified childcare worker and holds a FETAC Level 5 Early Childhood Care and Education. Kristine has worked in childcare for the last 6 years covering children from 1yr to 11yrs.
Kristine has attained certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Child Protection
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme
Clodagh Clinton
Clodagh Clinton is a qualified childcare worker and holds a FETAC Level 5 Early Childhood Care and Education. Clodagh has worked in childcare for the last 1 year covering children from 1yr to 10yrs.
Clodagh has attained certificates in the following:
- Occupational First Aid
- Moving And Handling Operations
- Fire Extinguisher Training
- Child Protection
- Introduction to Children First - E Learning Programme