My name is Angeline Quinn, I am the Nursery Owner. With all my qualifications and many years experience I dreamt for a long time of opening my own nursery. Together with my husband John we designed, planned and built Safe & Sound Crabtree in 2007. The setting and location of the nursery is idealic, however part of our plan was to create a homely environment with a welcoming atmosphere where parents can feel involved with their child’s care and children’s needs are being met to the very highest standards. My dream soon became a reality and along with myself and my highly trained and motivated staff we have built an outstanding reputation for the quality of our childcare and education. This has been recognised with the highest accolade in the sector, the “All Ireland Centre of Excellence Award”, a mark of the highest standards.
My name is Samantha Adams and I am the Nursery Manager. I began my career in childcare in 2007 at our Crabtree facility and over the past 16 years I have attended many training courses which have supported me in my role. Angeline encouraged me to completed my Level 5 in Childcare, Leadership and Management and by doing so I was able to take on the position of Manager. I am also mum to Charlie, Ollie and Evie and all of them have attended Safe & Sound Nursery.
Hi! My name is Rebecca Stewart. I have a Level 3 in Children’s Care, Learning and Development, Paediatric First Aid, Child Protection Training and Diabetes Training. I have been working in Safe & Sound since April 2018 and I am the Baby Room Supervisor. I absolutely love working with this age group and supporting their development through fun activities, stories and messy play! I am also mum to Harper who attends Safe & Sound and is currently in the Pre-School room.
My name is Pim Dinning and I have worked at Safe & Sound since 2022. I am based within the toddler room and thoroughly enjoy this age group. No two days are the same with the 2year old groups and its a joy to watch them grow, learn and develop whilst in my care. I am currently completing my level 3 in child care and development.
My name is Natalie Grant and I work alongside Whitney in the Pre-School room. At this age the children are beginning to develop their life skills i.e. putting a coat on and it is such a rewarding job watching them become more independent before heading off to school.
Hi my name is Elisha Grant and I have worked at Safe & Sound since 2022. I work alongside Rebecca in the Baby Room and really enjoy this age group. Since starting Safe & Sound I have had an active role in planning and observing the children and am always sad to see them move on to the toddler room. I am also mum to Ophelia and am currently off on maternity leave.
My name is Whitney Browning and I have worked at Safe & Sound since 2021. I am fully qualified in Level 2 and 3 of children’s care, learning and development and have completed Safeguarding training during my time at Safe & Sound. I currently work alongside Natalie in the Pre-School room and have seen how much they grow and develop in a year and its lovely to know that we play a small part in their life’s in helping and supporting this.
My name is Ursula Comer and I am the Deputy Manager in Safe and Sound. I have a qualification in Level 8 Early Childhood Care and Education which I obtained in Sligo. I am originally from Galway and have worked at Safe & Sound since September 2019. I really enjoy working with all age groups and seeing each child’s development and personality grow. Since joining Safe & Sound I have completed courses in Paediatric First Aid, Child Protection and Media Initiative. I have had such a positive experience while working at Safe & Sound and I feel like my confidence has grown thus allowing me to take on the Deputy Manager role which I am very excited about.
My name is Hayley Tubman and I work in the toddler room at Safe & Sound. I have 3 children aged between 7 and 12. I am very arty so I love to plan activities that allows the children to become creative and to use their imagination because at this age they are like little sponges that soak everything on offer up. I have completed my Safeguarding training.
My name is Erin McVeigh and I work in all the rooms of the nursery as well as also being a named driver collecting the children from school. From starting Safe & Sound I have completed my Safeguarding training. I also have two daughters Grace and Paige.
My name is Ceara and I have worked at Safe & Sound for 3 years, I work with all age groups within the nursery and enjoy the variety this brings. I also work as a classroom assistant in a primary school setting so I feel like my knowledge with this age group can be applied to the After-school group in Safe & Sound.
My name is Chloe and I work alongside Rebecca in the Baby room. Working in childcare has always been something I wanted to do and so I was delighted to have been given the opportunity to work in Safe & Sound and have also recently signed up to complete my level 3. I have completed my Safeguarding training and look forward to furthering my knowledge through various other training courses.
My name is Caitlin and I am the newest member of the team. I previously worked in retail but childcare has always been my passion. I am gaining experience by working in all the rooms within the nursery thus allowing me to get to know all the children and parents. I look forward to attend training courses to help support me in my role.
My name is Shannon and I am currently studying Social Work at Belfast Met. I will be working part time in Safe & Sound gaining knowledge within the Early Years sector that will help me in my course. I look forward to getting to know all the children and creating lots of memories with them.
My name is Michelle Flanagan and I have worked at Safe and Sound since 2023. I work in all the rooms of the nursery as well as dropping off and collecting the children from school. Working in all the rooms allows me to develop relationships with all the children and means my day varies which I love. I have just recently completed my level 3 and have attended safeguarding and first aid training.
