Educators Of The Term - Creative arts education and Drama Workshops

We take great pride in knowing that each and every one of our facilitators is an exceptional educator and talented individual. However, once per term we like to select a single facilitator as ‘Educator Of The Term’ to focus on and tell you a little bit more about…generally if they’ve gone above and beyond for us and the schools in which they work!

Therefore, this term, please congratulate Jen Carrs (North), Ellie-Mae Williams (Wales) and Hannah Williams & Sam Toller (London) for being crowned our ‘Educators of the term’; well done everyone! Want to see why they are our Special Spring Educators? Read on…

Bigfoot North: Jen Carrs

This term, we’re thrilled to celebrate Jen as our Educator of the Term!

A true early years whizz, Jen is a multi-talented actor, musician and educator who has brought magic to countless young learners through her engaging storytelling and interactive sessions. Her recent Story Detectives workshops have been a huge hit, and we were overjoyed to receive this glowing feedback from Blackgates Primary:

“We have a very challenging class (58% SEND), and the educator had them all hooked from start to finish! It was an interactive, fun-filled way to get the children involved in storytelling in a very practical way. We loved it! The children and staff thoroughly enjoyed the session – it exceeded my expectations.”

A huge well done and heartfelt thanks to Jen for her dedication, creativity, and passion!

Bigfoot Wales: Ellie- Mae

We are delighted to name Ellie-Mae as our Facilitator of the Term! This term, Ellie-Mae has been working tirelessly, travelling across the country, delivering an incredible range of programmes, including Mabinogion storytelling workshops, animation workshops, Shakespeare programmes, and PPA cover.

A key highlight of her work this term has been her animation workshops in special schools in Rhondda Cynon Taf and Cwmbran. Ellie-Mae has a remarkable ability to engage students of all ages and abilities, ensuring that every child feels included, valued, and empowered to express their creativity. Whether working with younger children or older students, she brings out the best in everyone, making storytelling and animation accessible and inspiring for all.

Ellie-Mae’s sessions are always full of energy, kindness, and creativity, and the feedback from schools is consistently glowing. Children adore her, and teachers frequently praise her for her enthusiasm, patience, and ability to adapt to every learning environment. It’s a dream to have such a talented facilitator on our team—we’re incredibly lucky to have her!

A huge congratulations and thank you to Ellie-Mae for her dedication and outstanding work this term!

Bigfoot London: Hannah & Sam

We are delighted to announce that we have got not one but TWO London Educators of the term – Hannah Williams and Sam Toller!

Hannah and Sam are both wonderfully talented Educator’s who have wowed schools this term with their incredible performances of Caught Up in the Net for Safer Internet Day 2025.

John Keats Primary School told us that:

The educators had a brilliant and positive attitude! Straight away built a rapport with the children as well as having great behaviour management with the pupils. Thank you Hannah and Sam! You were both fantastic!

Sam joined the Bigfoot team back in Spring 2019 and has been one of the hardest working Bigfoot Educators ever since! He has delivered several of our core programmes from Boo Gets Cyber Smart to our recent smash hit Goldiolocks on Trial. He is a much requested Educator for our regular Buzz Days in schools and he makes an excellent Harry Potter!

Sam is incredibly hardworking, reliable and an excellent team player. He consistently brings a fantastic energy to a rehearsal room and his genuine passion for the impact of our work is inspiring. Sam’s ability to explore often difficult issues with sensitivity and enthusiasm ensures that every pupil feels heard and included.

Hannah has been a Bigfoot Educator since Autumn 2021 and she has lit up every rehearsal room, classroom and school hall ever since! Hannah has delivered the majority of our core programmes from our Christmas shows, to Anti Bullying programmes and most recently our ever popular Wolf on Trial Big Experience – and everything else in between!

Hannah is always the most dedicated and enthusiastic of Educators. She is super skilled at engaging with children to explore and discuss sensitive issues with care and creativity. Schools, other Bigfooters and everyone here at Bigfoot HQ always have endless praise when working with Hannah.

We are so excited to continue working with Hannah and San again next term, and beyond! Thank you Hannah and Sam and well done for a brilliant Spring term!

PREVIOUS LONDON EDUCATORS OF THE TERM

Autumn 2024: Paige Wilson

Summer 2024: Lolade Ajala

Spring 2024: Samantha Pears

Autumn 2023: Taj Matthews

Summer 2023: Anthony Underwood

Spring 2023: Nicole Cooke

Autumn 2022: Ben Armstrong

Summer 2022: Hannah Williams

Spring 2022: Marshall Stay

Autumn 2021: Cristal Cole

Summer 2021: Rebecca Drake