Nina Gubbinsová

Director

My name is Nina Gubbinsová and the school year 2017 - 2018 will be my eighth year in Bumble Bee. The role of director of an international language school fills me with great satisfaction every day! It is amazing to lead a professional team of colleagues with the same goal: to have happy and cheerful children who respect each other and who all work together to create an ideal environment for learning about not only the language but life skills as well! It is fulfilling to see how the children blossom and discover the world through our school!

In my free time, Im dedicated to my two children and try to provide them with all the care that children in puberty need :-) Energy and vitality I gain through all sorts of sports activities depending on the season. Jogging and in-line skates are very in right now!

I use English language on a daily basis at home with my husband, who is from New Zealand and we are raising our children in a bilingual environment. This experience allows me to empathize with many of the situations experienced by parents in the classical Czech family, as well as in bilingual or foreign family.

You can contact me with any questions about Bumble Bee and your children and anything that you need to tell or offer to us.

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Jana Kozohorská

Manager of Pedagogical and Educationl area

My name is Jana Kozohorská and I have been working at Bumble Bee since august 2009.

This school year my role will be the Manager of Pedagogy and Education. I will be responsible for the educational program and leading our team of teachers.
I will be happy to meet you in person and tell you more about Bumble Bee.

I studied at a secondary school of pedagogy (Pre-school and out-of-school pedagogy). After graduation in 2005 I left for Prague where I started to work with children in English speaking families for four years. I have successfully completed a further qualification in pre-primary and primary education in 2012 which was fully taught in English and in which        
I gained lot of theoretical and practical experience in education and child personality development.

Since working at this school I have made lots of friends among our little bumble bee’s. :-) I learned a lot from them and I hope they learned a lot from me. After eight years at Bumble bee school I really feel that I have become deeply rooted in our team. My life is a continual educational process, I like to learn new things at anytime, anywhere and from everyone. I am very active in my life and I easily get excited about every little thing that makes life so wonderful. 

I am looking forward to start this school year with you!

 

Miroslava Benešová

School Psychologist

My name is Miroslava Benešová and I cooperate with Bumble Bee as a psychologist and counselor for nine years already. I am here for you to answer your questions related to healthy psycho-social development of your children, their functioning and adaptation in preschool and development of their cognitive skills and emotional well-being. I studied psychology at Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague and now I continue postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Medicine. I am a psychotherapist with a psychotherapist training in Person Centered Approach of Carl Rogers which applies to coaching as well. I also work in Psychosomatic Clinic and in my private practice.

Working with children and adults is a constant inspiration to me and I look forward to meeting you and your children this year again.

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Mgr. Olga Jokschová

Yellow Class I

My name is Oli Jokschová and this year I will teach the Yellow class. I have been working at Bumble Bee since  the Spring 2005.

I earned my teaching degree at Higher Professional School of Education in Litomyšl and my university degree at the Faculty of Education at Masaryk University in Brno. After graduation I spent six years in the U.S., where I studied English at Norwalk Community College, CT.

I have been working with children since my teen age. I cherish the time I can spend with them and always welcome an opportunity to enter their fantasy world. Every single day in their company is unique and joyful in some ways. Demanding of course, but rewarding.  You can see them grow, make new friends, have fun playing together, being fair to each other, become more confident, polite, supportive and responsible. Children´s life is full of wonder, it deserves to be treated with respect. I am looking forward to working with my new students in a creative way, where learning is so much fun.

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Mgr. Nataliia Roshko

Yellow Class II

My name is Nataliia Roshko and in this school year I will be a teacher of the second Yellow Class.

I graduated from the Pegagogical University with a focus on English language and literatury. During my distance studies i gained teoretical and practical experience and the biggest inspirations i find in my role of mother of two daugters. 
Working with children has always been my dream. I love their immediacy, the smile and the energy that charges me. I'm glad I can be their helping hand in discovering the world.

I will also be a teacher of Dance club, for the older Classes (Blue and Green Class), because dancing is my big passion and i have been in the dance school for around 7 years.
I'm glad I became a new member of the Bumble Bee team and I look foward to the youngest Bees :-)

Petra Antoňová

Red Class Teacher

My name is Petra Antoňová and I have been working at Bumble Bee since 1999. In addition to teaching the youngest ones in the Yellow and Red class, I also teach older kids in the afternoon clubs.

I earned my teaching education at pedagogical high school and pedagogical college of Charles University of Prague. I studied English language at Camden College of English in London.

I love my work with little bumble bees for its creativity and diversity. Our days are different, unrepeatable and mutually enriching. Children deliver their joy, imagination and spontaneity, and I bring my ideas, experience and love for music and movement. I want songs, rhymes and physical activities accompany every our step. I wish for my children to absorb English as naturally as possible, such as in games.

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Holly Van Order

Blue Class Teacher

My Name is Holly Van Order and I will be the Blue class teacher. I grew up in the sunny state of California but I am now living in the beautiful city of Prague with my husband. I have been living and teaching in the Czech Republic for almost two years now. I worked in a Montessori preschool for one year and another private preschool for 6 months. I studied and graduated with two degrees; one in Social and Behavioral Health and the other in Mathematics and Science. While studying, I had worked at an after-school program for the state of California for 6 years. My work included working with children in groups or just one-on-one, depending on the needs of children and the subject matter. I have worked with children of many ages for over 7 years and I am very excited to be working at Bumble Bee.

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David Metaxas

Green Class Teacher

My name is David and I'm the teacher of Green Class.

 

I was born in Bermuda though my parents quickly moved to the considerably colder, rainier and windier location of the Isle of Man just off the coast of Liverpool. It was a great place to grow up but the need to get out and explore first took me to arts college in the U.K. I studied ceramic sculpture after which I worked and traveled around the world for the best part of ten years. My interest in travel, culture, arts, music, reading and sport continued throughout but when I found my Czech girlfriend in Australia 16 years ago we decided to settle in Prague. The Czech Republic had virtually all I could ask for in a place to live and my work at the school is a great part of that. This will be my 12th year at Bumble Bee. I feel very fortunate to work at a school with such an excellent and dedicated team.

 

I look forward to yet another year of creativity, education and fun, preparing the children with a wide spectrum of skills and knowledge for their future. 

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Helena Sladomelová

Afternoon Specialist

My name is Helena Sladomelová and I am from Prague. This school year is my fourteenth at Bumble Bee. This school year I teach „Speech therapy prevention“ and children in the afternoon.

I studied Pedagogical secondary school, where I did my leaving examination in 1991. A while after I traveled to Canadian Toronto, where I worked as an au-pair and helped in nursery school as help teacher. I also studied English language at language school in Toronto. English language I  studied more when I came back to Czech republic. It was on British Council of Prague. In 2014 I finished the studies of Special Pedagogy nas Speech Therapy at the University of Jana Amose Komenskeho in Prague.  I do speech therapy prevetion at  Bumble Bee for four years now and it gives me many precious experiences.

 My hobby is my family, reading books, culture or art activities. My dream to be a teacher started when I was a child. It kept me all the time so later on I studied Secondary pedagogical school.  I like to be a teacher and work with children. Each child is an individuality, which we can develop and it is a big motivation for me, how to work with the child. I labour from children´s needs, interests and believes. The big reward for me is, when children enjoy the activities, which we do together. I am looking forward to work with your children and to see you all. 

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ALENA MUDROVÁ

External teacher

My name is Alena Mudrová, I was born in Prague. 
I studied for six years Prague Conservatory department of acting, singing and dancing. 
During my studies I had opportunity to work with czech and foreign directors.    I ended my studies at Prague Conservatory as a teacher of drama art for children.
Then I decided to continue in my studies and now I am studying third year of pedagogy at Charles University in Prague. 
I started to work at BumbleBee in November 2013 as an afternoon teacher. Before that I was working with children in Children acting school where we sang songs, read books and played a lot of games. I love to do a creative work with children in afternoon programs. 
I am glad to have an oportunity to work at Bumblebee. 

Irena Krejčíková

Lunch Lady

My name is Irena Krejčíková and I work in Bumble Bee as a housekeeper. I am responsible for communicating with suppliers, ordering, preparation and serving snacks and lunches. Furthermore I supervise for compliance of all health regulations relating to food and the correct way of eating, which we strive to have preschool children.  I also Check the observance of dietary restrictions for children.

Please contact me if you have any questions about the appetite of your children.

Pavel Kroužek

School Bus Driver

My name is Pavel Kroužek and I come from Sezimovo Ústí.  Bumble Bee I work at a combined position of a school bus driver, caretaker and a gardener.

I look forward to the new school year and all the new childrens, whos eyes sparkle everytime they see our yellow BB Bus :-)