Who am I?
My Hobbies
My Name is Melanie Maple, My hobbies include writing stories and plays for children of all ages, reading, walking in the forest, breeding Guinea Pigs, Ballet and anything else that involves dancing, singing, music, drama and performance, or making a fool of myself. (you could say I am a bit of a diva where the stage is concerned.)
I am a single parent to my 2 lovely children Justin aged 15, and Sophie aged 13.
' .MY Performing Arts Experience
Ballet aged 3-5 years
I played a ladybird in Leanne Savages dance school's show The Ugly Bug Ball.
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Ballroom and Latin American aged 6-10 years achieved high grade passes in Bronze, Silver and Gold medal tests.
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Member of my parents drama group aged 7-14 years.
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Ballet and Modern aged 9-10 years in Greta Steens school of dance. We did a performance from cats, and a modern dance to Fame.
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Tap aged 13-14 years
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Ballet aged 14-17 years at the Mary Graham school of dance,
did 4 stage performances, then went back to Leanne Savages school of dance and did modern, tap and ballet.
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Member of The Follies variety club aged 18-23 years
, we did a performance at least 6 times a year.
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Adult Ballroom and Latin American classes aged 29-32 years again high medal passes.
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Adult Ballet at the Jo Hyne school of Dance Present day.
My Childcare
Experience
My child care career started when I was just 14 as a babysitter for families in the church I used to attend. When I was 16 years old I went to college and took the Btec 1st diploma in caring. A one year course covering 3 main areas of care including elderly care, child care, and special needs care. I then went on to doing the NAMCW a 2 year course which was entirely dedicated to childcare covering practical placements in Midwifery, Home help, Nannying, Special Needs Units, Classroom Assistants, Playgroups and Nurseries. On completion of the NAMCW I started working at The Trees Day Care Nursery where I stayed for 9 and a half years, during which time I was also a Tawney Owl for the Brownies, and an Anchor Boy leader for the local church. I also had the opportunity to get my NVQ level 3 in childcare and education, and run my own performance club for children.
When my daughter was born in 2006 I became a registered childminder and practised for 6-7 years.
I Currently volunteer at the local infant school in both the Nursery Class and reception year, where I have been for 7 months now, and before that I was a volunteer reader at the same school and local junior school.
