Ladybird playgroup was set up in Sept 2016 by Tina Maas, a parent at St Paul’s Waldorf School in Islington, London. Tina has been running the playgroup with Rebecca Hodgson for the last 6 years. Rebecca has completed the Steiner Waldorf class teacher trainer and has 10 years of experience working in the kindergarten, both in the capacity of assistant, as well as the Kindergarten teacher during sabbatical covers. She holds a level 3 qualification. Tina has three children, who all attended St Paul’s, her last one is still in the classes at St Paul’s Steiner School. She trained as a photographer and gained many years of experience of Steiner education through her own children. She has completed both her level 4 and level 5 training as a Waldorf Steiner Kindergarten teacher, graduating in 2021. In 2025 Tina started teaching as a core tutor on the birth to three holistic baby and child course run by Emerson College. Tina is skilled at arts and crafts and is bilingual in German and English. 

 

Both Tina and Rebecca hold valid paediatric first aid certificates and have relevant training in safeguarding and child protection. Ladybird Playgroup is registered with Ofsted under the registration number EY536640 and we had a successful Ofsted inspection in September 2024 (https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/17/EY536640).

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Copyright for all images © Tina Maas, Sevim Metin and Rebecca Hodgson

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