Penny Harris
Her role is:
Workshop Leader. Penny is in charge of leading workshops she attends and this means she will meet all the children at their school before they come to a workshop. At the workshop Penny tells the group about the activities. It is her job to make sure everyone knows what the activities are, to make sure everyone is comfortable doing them, and to explain how they may help with different feelings.
Her background:
Penny was a secondary school art teacher.
Her hobbies are:
Painting outside with oil paints, going to see art exhibitions in London and walking in the country.
Her favourite part of working at Slide Away:
Penny likes meeting all the different families that come to Slide Away and watching them make new friends and enjoy creating things.
How the other members of staff would describe her:
Penny is very organised and conscientious. She is calm and warm to be around.