Vienna English Preschool

The Blue Group

The Blue Group is for Preschoolers aged 5 to 6 years.

My name is Natasha. I spent my early childhood in the US and moved to Austria when I was three years old. I grew up bilingual German-English, as my parents are Swiss and British. My entire schooling was in German, but my home language always remained English.

My childhood dream was to become a kindergarten teacher. At the age of 14 I changed schools to make my dream job a reality. At 19 I graduated as a kindergarten teacher.

I worked as a teacher in the Green Group from 2006 for two and a half years and then moved to the Blue Group. I worked in the preschool group for five and a half years. I love teaching children fun topics, doing crafts and working on new skills with them. Watching children become more independent and developing their own personality brings me great joy.

In 2011 I married an Austrian and a few years later gave birth to a lovely little girl. We are raising her bilingual English-German, which has given me even more insight on bilingual upbringing and education. I find it such a privilege for children to grow up with more than one language.

While I was on maternity leave I wrote, illustrated and published my first English children's book ''The Adventures of Bucklethorn Forest''. This was another dream come true for me.

I am delighted to be back at the preschool and once again working with your lovely children.

Hello, my name is Wayne and I come from a small town in England called Corby.

After finishing college I began working and teaching the guitar to children who were looking to learn a new instrument or at the request of parents. After doing this for a while I realised I have a great passion for learning and also teaching people new things and seeing them grow from it. I also played in a band myself, and we decided to tour Europe and play music. In June of 2013 I decided I was going to move to Vienna, one of the places I visited during my travelling.

After being given the opportunity to work at the VEP I am extremely excited and driven to help teach and bring out the best in the children, I look forward to sharing my enthusiasm for learning and music with them and seeing their personalities and skills grow and develop.