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BNW Staff

  • Jess Gosling
    BNW Phase Leader

    Jess is from the South-East of England and has been teaching more than ten years. She has a BA in History and Race and Ethnic Studies, a PGCE in Primary Education and a Masters in Early Years. Jess is a committed international teacher and has published a book to support others’ on this rewarding journey. Before joining BSW in 2022, Jess was a reception teacher in Taiwan. Previously she taught in a variety of British International schools in England, Vietnam, and Egypt. She began her career teaching English as an additional language in Japan. She has been a Head of Year and worked with children from Reception to Year 2. Jess is very passionate about working the early years, and has published articles extensively detailing her practice. She completes action research to support the best methodology for her unique children. She teaches in a very engaging and interactive way, often using props and puppets. Jess has a keen interest in supporting children to learn English, and to follow and develop their learning journeys through a play-based approach. Jess is also the CPD Lead for the school.

  • Kira Van Otten
    Nursery Teacher

    Kira has come from Korea where she was teaching Nursery in a Nursery/ Reception/ Year 1 unit at Dulwich College Seoul. She has previously thought ages Toddler to Year 1 in Gabon, Kuwait and Belgium. Kira graduated from KATHO Tielt Education College with a Bachelor of Education (Pre-school education) in 2007. She obtained her Masters in Childhood Studies and Early Years through Leeds Beckett University in October 2018. Kira was an international student herself, growing up in Botswana and obtaining her International Baccalaureate while at Braeburn College in Kenya. Kira is passionate about play-based education which nurtures the development of the whole child and has a special interest in outdoor education.

  • Moara Teixeira
    Nursery Teaching Assistant

    Moara Teixeira holds a degree in Mathematics and a stricto sensu master's degree in Mathematics Education from Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) in Brazil.

    Education and mathematics have fascinated her since childhood, so she has made a career out of studying these subjects throughout her life, and is passionate to stimulate children of all ages to discover the beauty of mathematics in a natural and spontaneous way.

    As an educator, Moara has been teaching for more than 15 years, working in primary and high schools, providing private classes for children with various learning needs, and helping them achieve their greatest potential. She also worked as an educational technical analyst, developing educational seminars to improve the knowledge and skills of teachers of a Brazilian school network.

    In her free time, she enjoys reading and crafting.

  • Hui Teng
    Nursery Teaching Assistant

    Hui Teng is a Teacher Assistant in Nursery at the British Primary School of Wilanów. She is also a Registered Nurse in Australia. She grew up in Beijing China and dreamed about being a nurse or a teacher abroad. She went to Australia and achieved a Bachelor of Nursing and later a Postgraduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing at Deakin University in Melbourne Australia. During her nursing career in Australia, she worked in two major tertiary Emergency Departments and gained extensive experience in looking after children (newborn to 18 years old) and adults. Beyond her usual nursing shift she was also involved in providing education and workshops to staff. She was appointed to be a Nurse-In-Charge, managed an 84 beds emergency department. Hui calls this the peak of her nursing career before moving to Poland!

    Currently, she enjoys her new challenge as a Teacher Assistant. She loves children and has two of her own. She likes reading, having fun and playing silly games with children. At the same time she is passionate about the character growth of children in virtue, morals, and good manners. She believes that early childhood development and education are the vital stages to build the foundation of
    adulthood. It’s a rewarding journey to be able to teach and guide children, comfort their needs, and to witness them thrive and develop. She has great sympathy towards people with disabilities, especially in children. She believes that everyone is different and each of us has so much potential within. It’s about how to discover our strengths and nurture them. One of her favourite quotes is "There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more." - Robert M. Hensel.

    Hui enjoys running, reading, music and spending time with her family and friends. She is caring, kind, a happy person with a sense of humour. She is happy that she is contributing to the community and is very much enjoying working at BSW.

  • Elmira Karimova
    Reception Teaching Assistant

    Elmira holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics didactics and is pursuing a Master's degree in Physics at the University of Warsaw. She has worked as a science and digital literacy teacher at international schools and also conducted STEAM classes at after-school clubs in Azerbaijan. Before working at BNW, she was working in an English speaking pre-school in Warsaw and was also conducting coding classes at programming center in Wilanow.

    Elmira loves spending time with kids. She says that the pure and unrequited love of the students makes her forget the tiredness of the day.

  • Brigette Henk-Gulatowska
    Year 1 Teacher

    Brigette Henk-Gulatowska holds BA degrees in Humanities subjects from the University of California, Irvine and a Masters in Education from the University of Bath in England. Originally from California, Brigette has lived in Europe most of her adult life, following her initial study abroad experience in Spain and work abroad experience in France. 

    As an international educator, Brigette has over ten years of experience working in the early years/lower primary at schools in Germany, Azerbaijan and Poland. An avid reader herself, Brigette particularly enjoys supporting the students' literacy development and encouraging their love of reading.

  • Iwona Mirkiewicz
    Year 1 Teaching Assistant

    Iwona belives that teaching children is a privilege and she has been passionately doing it for more than fifteen years. Her favourite quote is: "Within the child lies the fate of the future"
    She lived in UK for many years where she has been teaching younger children. Recently she came back to Poland and started work as a montessori teacher in an English preschool in Wilanow.

    She tries to pass on her passion for reading and singing to children and encourage them in their reading development.
    She loves spending time outdoors with her family and friends.

  • Bethany Pearson
    Year 1 Teacher

    I am from the UK and have been working in a small primary school in the countryside in Wiltshire. I have worked at my previous school for nine years, teaching Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. I have a passion for teaching the younger pupils in school so Year 1 is a perfect class for me to teach!

    Working and living in Europe has been something I have always wanted to do so I am very excited to be teaching  in Warsaw from September.

    In my spare time I enjoy swimming and yoga. I also love learning about wildlife and nature.

    I am from the UK and have been working in a small primary school in the countryside in Wiltshire. I have worked at my previous school for nine years, teaching Reception, Year 1 and Year 2. I have a passion for teaching the younger pupils in school so Year 1 is a perfect class for me to teach!

    Working and living in Europe has been something I have always wanted to do so I am very excited to be teaching  in Warsaw from September.

    In my spare time I enjoy swimming and yoga. I also love learning about wildlife and nature.