team

susanne eltz
nursery group teacher, german, photo

susanne eltz is german, understands swiss german and speaks english and spanish in addition. she has finished her a-levels in 1998 and continued to study education & science at the university of magdeburg and finished her master with a research paper on children in south america. for this paper she worked in a kindergarten in peru, south america for three months. after her studies she worked in london with children for two years to improve her language skills. since her move to switzerland she has focused on bilingual early learning concepts and worked in a bilingual montessori daycare center, where she last was responsible as a group teacher. being a kids skiing instructor as well, she joins our team, because no mountain is too high and no challenge too big for her.

 

franziska franguiadakis
kindergarten teacher, swiss, photo

franziska franguiadakis is swiss and speaks german, swiss german and english. she comes with experience in teaching the zürich lehrplan and the swiss education system and quality criteria. she finished her kindergärtnerinnenseminar in st. gallen in 1999 and since then, has been working in childcare. trips abroad up to four months and a two months stay in australia prove her interest in culture and different backgrounds. she has been teaching in a bilingual preschool in zürich for over 7 years and joins our team to undertake a new challenge.

 

lauren hawker
english kindergarten group teacher, scottish, photo

lauren hawker is scottish and speaks english, german, french, some spanish and is learning turkish at the moment. after finishing her a-levels, she studied languages (english, french, german) and education at the university of strathclyde in glasgow and finished a one year education placement in vienna, austria. since her move to zurich in 2006 she worked as english teacher at the british council and mng rämibühl school. in her former position she specialized in teaching children raised bi or tri-lingual and for developing a challenging curriculum that stimulates and enhances language skills. she joins our team with an international background and strong interest and knowledge for bi and tri-lingual early learning concepts. she will be teaching the basics of the international baccalaureate (the primary years program) in our preschool and ensure the bilingual education of your child.

marit kjellman
english teacher, finnish, photo

marit kjellman is finnish. she is fluent in english, finnish and schwedish and also speaks german. she graduated in management education for kindergarten managers at the university of helsinki. marit also completed a training in adventure pedagogics which combined practical and theoretical elements and focused on group dynamics. additionally, marit holds a bachelor‘s degree in social services. she has gained several years of work experience as a kindergarten teacher and head of a daycare center. additionally, she spent several months as a teacher in scotland. 

 

marion migl
nursery teacher, german, foto

marion speaks german and english fluently. she spent more than ten years in singapore together with her family and attended school there. she graduated from school in 2005 in germany. in 2008, she completed her education as a childcare specialist in ravensburg. since then, she has been working as a german and english teacher in a bilingual childcare center where she gained a lot of experience in the teaching of languages. marion also gained international experience in a childcare center in london. she has both worked as a permanent teacher in a childcare center and as a reliable temporary employee. marion is interested in creative arts, likes doing sports and loves the theatre and musicals.

 

johanna schroth
intern, german, photo

johanna schroth is german. after completing grammar school, she took up her studies in english literature and linguistics as well as musical education in würzburg in 2005. in her spare time, she does voluntary work with adolescents and was a group leader with the ymca for a long time. she has completed a language course at the university of sussex and speaks german, english and french.  johanna is very talented in music and accompanies the children’s singing with the piano and other musical instruments. 

 

linda gislason
intern, photo

linda gislason will be working 100% in the nursery group little mozarts. linda gislason’s nationality is swiss and islandish and her mother tongues as well. she furthermore speaks english and french and has school knowledge of some italian as well. she finished her bilingual matura (a-level) in psychology & education and was a student of the international school of schaffhausen. her target is to be educated as a nursery teacher and she is motivated to achieve this in a bilingual preschool, especially with regards to her own education and her fun for that.

 

christina lehmann
dance teacher, swiss, photo

christine lehmann is swiss, speaks german, swiss german, english, italian, french as well as a little spanish and russian. she started her dance studies at age 10 and continued her professional dance studies in italy, england (laban centre, london) and in switzerland (institute of sports sciences, university of berne). she is very experienced in teaching dance to children and is highly qualified in ballet, contemporary dance, jazz dance and gymnastics. moreover, she is familiar with flamenco and other traditional folk dances. at the moment christine completes her master in artistic dance therapy  and applied dance psychology at the state university of tiflis. europe wide this is the first accepted master in dance therapy. besides her professional dance diplomas, christine lehmann also has an ma in translation studies from the university of warwick, uk. she writes for several dance magazines. moreover, she has a wide performance experience varying  from dancing in movies as well as on international stages. most recently, she has danced in "tandoori love" (swiss movie) and in "pride & prejudice" under the choreographer and performance maker tonny a. and in "exchanges" in london.

 

franziska hoby
special teacher in the area of jeux dramatique and kindergarten teacher, swiss, photo

franziska hoby is a trained kindergarten teacher and graduated from kindergarten teachers‘ college in st. gallen. besides her pedagogic training, she continuously attended advanced training programs in the areas of ballet and modern dance and participated in many dance and theatre projects. she completed her studies in acting at the international school for theater in paris. franziska also spent a semester abroad in padova (italy). in 2001, she founded the compagnie buff-papier and went on a nationwide tour showing several self-created performances. franziska also held a theater workshop for handicapped people and participated in several theatre animations. 

 

marjolein terwiel
special teacher in the area of psychomotricity, swiss, photo

marjolein terwiel comes from schaffhausen; she is swiss. her mother tongues are dutch and german. she also speaks englisch. she passed her a-levels at the arts and sports grammar school in zurich. since 2008, she is studying psychomotricity at the academy for curative education in zurich. marjolein did a three-months internship in a childcare center in 2007 and also completed a semester abroad in holland.

 

nicole graf
art therapist, swiss, photo

nicole graf is a trained art therapist. after completing her training as a foto shop expert, nicole graduated from commercial school. Between 2004 and 2006, she trained as an art therapist and has worked in this area since then. nicole organized therapeutic drawing and painting classes for adults where she gained a lot of work experience. among other things, she also designed and held classes in nursing homes.

 

sonja hall-sanati
culinary chef, photo