Michaela, foreign au pair - PO5 Portsmouth

Dear Family,

My name is Michaela (Misha) . I am 24 years old and come from the Czech Republic. I have been living in the UK since October 2013. After finishing my BA Programme at the University of Economics in Prague in June 2013, I decided to work in England in order to gain more experience and to improve my English.

Overall, I have been working with children for 7 years and I really enjoy working with them. I worked as a part-time Nursery Worker from 2009 to 2013. I have a lot of experience in teaching recorder and children´s yoga. I have conducted music and drama classes for pre schoolers. I also play the guitar. I used to work as an animateur for a travel agency focusing on families with children. My responsibilities consisted of preparing an interesting programme including music, fairy tales, arts&crafts etc., organising theatre preformances and dress-up parties for children. Occasionaly I worked as a tutor (Maths and English)and I babysat for several families.

I have attained specialised courses for teachers such as Children’s Yoga; Arts&Crafts; Recorder Teaching for Pre School Children and First Aid for Infants and Preschoolers.

I looked after a 4-year-old boy in a small village near Swindon. I played with him in an educative and creative way, using all my skills listed above. I also attended to his physical needs such as preparing nutritious meals for him, bathing him and his general care. I instructed and assisted the parents with potty training. I have also performed all housekeeping duties for the family such as cleaning and ironing. As a reliable and confident driver, I was occasionally asked to pick up my charge from nursery by car.

I am independent, flexible, communicative, reliable, patient and caring. Being keen to learn new things, I am willing to gain further qualifications, if required. I can speak fluent Czech, Slovak and English. I have got an intermediate knowledge of the German language. My hobbies are singing, dancing, reading, languages, and sports (cycling, swimming, table tennis etc.). Furthermore, I enjoy English literature (Jane Austen) and history.

I am currently looking for a live-out nanny job or a live-in position with self contained accommodation in Hampshire.

References available upon request.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Michaela