Anna Seabrook Email and Phone Number

Offering storytelling workshops and performances for schools, community groups and private parties.

Having previously had two temporary contracts with Waterstones before, at Bromley and London Gower Street, I persued Christmas temporary work with the company whilst deciding my next steps.I have always enjoyed using my customer service skills with products I'm enthusiastic about. However, this time I was able to recommend books and related products with the added early years knowledge and experience I have gained through my training and previous work. Most of my role was at the till point to sort customer orders, process sales and offer information to customers about the availability of products, both in person and over the telephone. In addition I learned how to place customer orders, familiarised myself with a large range of available books and products, and replenished and tidied the stock on display.

I worked as part of the staff team at Parklands Nursery, a pre-school for children from 2-4 years olds. This involved;* planning and supervising activities to aid the children's development and learning skills* working with the staff team to ensure a safe and productive environment.* contributing to the running and development of the facilities at the nursery.* maintaining profiles for a selection of key children through recording their progress and development in a curriculum linked document.We were inspected by Ofsted in June 2014 and achieved an 'Outstanding' level. In addition to my duties as a nursery assistant I led the Mother and Toddlers group regularly and in October 2013 helped to set up and continued to facilitate Parklands Pit Stop, a drop in facility for young people and families wanting to use Coney Hill recreation ground after school. In July 2013 I attained a level 3 diploma in children's workforce studies (NVQ 3 equivalent) through Bromley College and I have attended First Aid and Early years communication development courses through this job also.

I worked full-time alongside the church elders to oversee the community and families work at the church. This entailed supporting and coordinating volunteers for our various activities, leading sessions and activities for a variety of ages and building relationships with local organizations, businesses and residents to offer support and work together to strengthen the communities resources and engagement.Although I worked alongside the church elders and various volunteers I was responsible for my own task setting and learnt how to prioritize various demands simultaneously, whilst also being sensitive to immediate needs that arose. My work and responsibilities included;- Creating an action strategy plan for the children's and youth work.- Helping to co-ordinate and publicize The Life Exhibition, welcoming over 300 primary school pupils and their teachers within a week's interactive event.- Implementing a monthly community cafe based at the church.- Regularly leading assemblies on a variety of Bible-based topics at a local primary school, using interactivity and drama to engage all ages.- Regularly liasing with local counselors and council-led forums to share our resources and broaden my knowledge of services and opportunities in the area.- Working at Christian Community Action (CCA) Support Centre once a week to offer practical and emotional support to individuals and families on a drop-in or appointment basis.

Whippersnapper Theatre was created by myself and Vicki Oliver to create performances and workshops for schools, community groups and youth projects in Kent. Our work used storytelling, movement, music and drama games to build confidence, foster imagination and teach new performance skills.Our work included;• Bespoke workshops for various organisations and schools supporting literacy, reasoning and citizenship lessons as well as topics such as different cultures, overcoming fears and starting school .• Working with Business Link and Canterbury Christchurch University to offer advice to arts students about starting their own business• Performances around Kent for festivals, schools and local council events, including our own full length show called 'The Boy Who Drew Cats' in which I played the lead role of Joji.• Facilitating the Marlowe Youth Theatre, Canterbury.

For Vayu Naidu I was a storyteller for the V&A London's Hamza exhibition, BFI's schools event in Chatham and 'See Wha' I'm Sayin'?' at the Theatre Royal, Margate. I also stage managed 'Stardust' at the Horsebridge Centre, Whitstable and produced the foyer show for Vayu Naidu's production of 'Nothing but the Salt' at the Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury.In Kent I taught at Masquerade Theatre Arts as a drama and singing teacher as well as giving private audition tuition and providing entertainment at children’s parties. I was also a Creative Partnerships, Kent practitioner from 2007 - 2009 undertaking schools projects in Margate, Ramsgate and Canterbury.I twice co-ordinated a creative arts project called CRE-8 as part of a community event called the Tent Event in the 2007/2008 May ½ terms. This involved teaching sessions, organising the programme and publicity and overseeing recruitment of other facilitators to teach music, drama and dance to young people. As an actor I have appeared in documentaries for Haunted Hotels (Discovery Channel UK) and London Framed.

Working three evenings a week planning and supervising music, drama, dance and media activities with 11-18 year olds as well as administrative duties and offering practical and emotional support. From March - December 2005 I also worked with a group of young people on an alternative education programme one day a week.