Early Years education is Sonia’s passion; she loves to see happy children engaging in the amazingly inventive play opportunities provided by her wonderful team of early years practitioners, to observe their personalities develop and to listen to their chatter from babble to full blown story telling.

Having gained her NNEB in 1984 and more recently a BA (Hons) degree in early childhood studies and an Early Years Professional Status, guiding and supporting the team is Sonia’s priority. Through sharing her years of knowledge, understanding and experience Sonia ensures that everybody involved in the setting has the same vision. The vision to facilitate learning in a safe, resource rich, caring and supportive environment with practitioners who understand both how and why it is important to give children time to speak, to play, to think, to listen, to be spontaneous but most importantly, time to learn.

Emma is our longest serving member of staff, having joined Sunshine in 1995 she has just celebrated 28 years with the company.

Emma’s wealth of knowledge and experience is invaluable, both for our young children and for our more junior members of staff. Emma and Becky have been instrumental in staff training and development over the years; guiding and cultivating excellent childcare professionals, many of whom are still part of the Sunshine team.

Kim joined our team in 2020, she is hardworking, conscientious, positive, dedicated and a great team player; Kim’s colleagues have nothing but good things to say about her.

Kim now leads in our upper-2s unit where she blends the challenge and structure of our pre-school room with the more fluid approach that we take with our younger children.

Clare has been at Sunshine since 2008; she is qualified to Level 3 and has gained a wealth of experience during her time working with young children.

Clare always ensures that the children are her main priority, she makes it her duty to help new starters to settle in and to support children at their current levels of development.

Laura has been with Sunshine since 2017 as our main bus driver. Laura completed her Level 3 earlier in her career whilst at Sunshine and as well as covering school drop offs and collections also supports with one-to-one places and covers other members of our team over lunchtime.

Ashley joined us in 2021 and does lots of work behind the scenes to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Ashley is organised and diligent, ensuring that information is shared and that tasks are completed quickly and effectively.

Abi joined our team in June 2023, she brings with her a number of years experience and a lot of passion for Early Years.