SHENYA AMARATHUNGE
EARLY CHILDHOOD ASSISTANT
Dubai,UAE
Summary
Confident Early Years Teaching Assistant with experience in nursery and primary care. Supports curriculum planning and delivery to build social, emotional and educational growth. Committed team player with can-do work ethic for positive, productive nursery support.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant
Safa British School
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
01.2022 - Current
- Established constructive relationships with parents, carers and guardians.
- Created and maintained purposeful, orderly and supportive environment.
- Assisted with development of individual education and behaviour plans.
- Assisted with planning and delivery of engaging learning opportunities and exceptional care to promote child development.
- Provided detailed and regular feedback to teachers on children's achievements and problem areas.
- Acted as superb role model, consistently promoting school mission and values.
- Oversaw learning through play and encouraged positive interactions between children and peers.
- Prepared and tidied playrooms, meal areas and outdoor areas, ensuring clean, safe environments.
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant
Art Village Nursery
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
08.2019 - 12.2021
- Updated curriculum knowledge regularly to offer comprehensive support to teachers and pupils.
- Developed constructive relationships with children and interacted according to individual needs.
- Assisted with development of individual education and behaviour plans.
- Established constructive relationships with parents, carers and guardians.
- Created and maintained purposeful, orderly and supportive environment.
- Assisted with planning and delivery of engaging learning opportunities and exceptional care to promote child development.
- Provided continuous supervision for children during meals, relaxation, toileting and play.
- Supported teachers in assessing individual needs of children.
- Acted as superb role model, consistently promoting school mission and values.
- Oversaw learning through play and encouraged positive interactions between children and peers.
- Used expert organisational skills to manage time and resources efficiently.
- Maintained strict compliance with school policies and legislation to ensure student and staff safety and wellbeing.
Early Years Educator
Private Home school
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
04.2020 - 11.2020
- Enabled smooth home school operations by preparing and maintaining learning and play resources.
- Delivered stimulating indoor and outdoor learning activities for children aged 3-5 years.
- Developed curiosity and independence, encouraging children to actively play and explore.
- Conducted risk assessments for activities to uphold Health and Safety.
- Gave direct instructions to manage behaviour, maintaining positive learning environments.
- Established rapport with families and delivered comprehensive progress reports.
- Used phonics to build reading and writing skills.
- Discussed behavioural issues with parents offering practical solutions for improved child development.
- Applied Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework knowledge to drive curriculum attainment.
- Helped children learn numeracy skills using counting games.
Education
Diploma - NCFE CACHE level 3 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Quest Direct Proffessionals Services UK
Dubai 08/2021 - 12/2022
High School Diploma - SRI LANKA
Viharamahadevi Girls College
COLOMBO 07/2012 - 08/2014
Skills
- Social and emotional development
- Early years literacy
- Behaviour management
- Child protection principles
- Learning activity planning
- Effective communication
- Active listening
- Communication and language development
- Safeguarding
- Proactive learner
- Curriculum of Excellence knowledge
- Hygiene promotion
- Playroom preparation
- Early childhood education
- Behaviour modelling
- Classroom management
- Group and individual instruction
- Meal preparation and assistance
- Time management
- Team building
- Knowledge of computer
- Problem-solving
Languages
English
Fluent
Sinhala
Native
Hindi
Fluent
Certification
- High field Level 3 International award in Emergency Paediatric first Aid and use of an AED Training - [JULY 2023-JULY 2026]
- High field Level 2 International award in Paediatric First Aid and Safe use of an Automated External Defibrillator Training - [SEPTEMBER 2021-SEPTEMBER 2024]
- Schema play in EARLY YEARS Training - March 2022
- Certified Travel Agent, IATA Foundation in Travel and Tourism with Galileo - MARCH 2018
Work availability
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Quote
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
Franklin P. Adams
Timeline
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant
Safa British School
01.2022 - Current
Early Years Educator
Private Home school
04.2020 - 11.2020
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant
Art Village Nursery
08.2019 - 12.2021
Diploma - NCFE CACHE level 3 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Quest Direct Proffessionals Services UK
08/2021 - 12/2022
High School Diploma - SRI LANKA
Viharamahadevi Girls College
07/2012 - 08/2014
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