Yasmin Knowles

Supporting children with special educational needs health and medical needs, education, learning and individual development e.g. social, emotional, physical; intellectual and cognitive development as well as life skills in helping them to become independent for adulthood post education. For instance, hygiene, toileting, organisational skills.

Teaching Assistant (Level 2) (2B) - Morecambe Road School

(2022-10)

Supporting children with special educational needs health and medical needs, education, learning and individual development e.g. social, emotional, physical; intellectual and cognitive development as well as life skills in helping them to become independent for adulthood post education. For instance, hygiene, toileting, organisational skills.

Breakfast Club Assistant - Moorside Primary School - Bowerham Road, Lancaster

(2022-09 - 2022-10)

• Help assist the breakfast club team with supervising KS1 and KS2 classes during breakfast time
• Ensure children collect their breakfast orders
• Help smaller children (reception and year 1) in carrying their breakfast and drink to allocated tables
• Clean the breakfast table once pupils have finished
• Help staff put toys and craft equipment away
• Get to know the children through play and their interests
• Support a year 1 girl 1:1 with play and developing social and independent skills

Supply Teaching Assistant - Stepping Stones Short Stay School - Bowerham Road, Lancaster

(2022-08 - 2022-10)

• Assist year 4 class teacher and classroom teaching assistant with general day to day learning activities
• Prepare lesson materials for SPAG, spelling tests, worksheets for morning work
• Support breakfast duty and general classroom behaviour management
• Work in primary pupil referral unit with boys with challenging behaviour and learning needs such as Autism, ADHD, attachment and avoidant needs
• Help teaching assistant with display work for topic work in core subjects such as geography and English
• Supervise general teaching assistant with IEP Social and reward time
• Make notes of pupil behaviour in behaviour folder for incidents
• Keep coin books updated for meetings with other classes and senior management
• Assist with morning and afternoon playtime duty and toilets
• Encourage pupils in using tool strategies to self-regulate behaviour and maintain green zone state
• Assist teaching assistants with RPI when needed

Kid's Holiday Club Assistant/Play Worker - Indigo Arts and Crafts - Brookhouse, Caton

(2022-07)

• Support children attending the holiday club with arts and craft activities
• Assist staff with safeguarding the children
• Report any safeguarding issues to the club owner
• Write down any incidents that occur in the accident log
• Assist with prepping for snack time
• Supervise at lunchtime
• Help tidy at the end of the day

Year 1 Teaching Assistant (1:1) (Part-Time) (Long-Term) - Dallas Road Community Primary School - Lancaster

(2022-03 - 2022-09)

• Support a girl in year 1 1:1 with developing speech and language due to delay
• Support social, emotional, physical, intellectual and cognitive development
• Develop basic gross motor skills and fine motor skills
• Attend pupil's annual speech and language reviews
• Feed feedback to class teachers on speech and language targets (SALTs)
• Contribute to child's PIVAT targets and add new targets in core subjects such as Numeracy and Literacy
• Make updates in child's pastoral book for pastoral lead, SENCO and teachers

Pre-School Assistant (All day supply) (Part-Time) - Moorside Pre-School - Lancaster

(2021-11 - 2021-12)

• Support pre-school staff with pre-school children and their learning through play needs
• Support development of fine motor skills
• Help children practice letter formation
• Develop independent skills such as toileting, tying up shoes and fastening coats
• Supervise children at play time

Year 2 Teaching Assistant (Part-Time) (Temporary Cover) - Moorside Primary School - Lancaster

(2021-10 - 2021-10)

• Support class teacher with learning, lesson plans and preparing lesson materials and activities
• Work with low ability pupils 1:1 and in group work in Literacy, Numeracy and Phonics

Early Years Teaching Assistant (EFYS- Reception) (Long Supply) - Poulton-Le-Sands Primary School - Morecambe

(2021-06 - 2021-07)

• Support class teacher with learning through play
• Set up class activities related to topic work such as group work
• Assist pupils with early year's skills such as fine motor skills and gross motor skills

Trainee Teaching Assistant/Classroom Assistant - Bowerham Primary School - Lancaster

(2018-09 - 2019-07)

Voluntary Classroom Assistant/Trainee Teaching Assistant role while doing Level 2 Teaching Assistant training.

• Assist class teacher with lesson plans
• Carry out administration tasks such as photocopying and printing worksheets
• Put up class displays
• Support low ability groups in reading interventions, literacy and numeracy
• Work 1:1 with pupils who had Dyslexia, ADHD, Autism and Dyscalculia
• Help out on local school trips in KS1 and KS2 classes
• Support pupils' academic and personal development
• Carry out school's safeguarding policy and adhere to other policies such as behaviour

Level 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools - NVQ/RQF - Apex Learning (2023-01 - 2024-01)

Level 2 Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools - NVQ - Lancaster and Morecambe College (2019-01 - 2019-09)

Functional Skills Maths - Level 1 (BKSB) - Lancaster and Morecambe College (2018-09)

BA (Hons) - Media Production - University Of Central Lancashire (2012-09 - 2015-12)

A Levels - English Literature, Philosophy and Ethics - Ripley St Thomas Sixth Form (2009-09 - 2012-06)

GCSEs - English (Double award), Science, Mathematics, Food Technology, Religious Education, History, French, German, and ICT - Ripley St Thomas High School (2004-09 - 2009-06)