NEW MONTHLY KIDS CLUB

Yesterday I was back at Interventions Alliance CFO Activity Hub for an Animals & Conservation Themed Session! We looked at the IUCN Red List Taxon Categories and also looked at Success Stories of Conservation in the UK 🎉 The group then got to meet real life Data Deficient, Least Concern, Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered Species including Land Hermit Crabs, Macleays Spectre, Peruvian Black Beauty Stick Insects, Crested Gecko, New Caledonian Giant Gecko, Bauer's Chameleon Gecko, Corn Snake and Royal Python 🦎🐍 Want a Conservation Themed Educational Workshop? Send a message now to check availability! The calendar is filling up quick!

Do you have a spare few minutes? Then head to www.animalteach.co.uk and have a look at the NEWLY UPDATED website! I'm more than happy to receive feedback - do you like what you see? Is it informative? Is there anything else you'd like on there? Thanks! Naomi 🦎

It's 10pm on a Saturday night...any guesses to what I'm doing? 🤣 - if you have a caffeine supply please send! 🤣 Animal Teach runs 24/7 as it's not just about the Educational Workshops! Behind the scenes you can find me 🦎 Carrying out Routine Animal Husbandry 🦎 Completing Environmental Parameter, Feeding & Watering, Behavioural, Medical and Transport Logs 🦎 Creating Marketing Material & Videos 🦎 Posting Social Media Updates 🦎 Networking with Local Businesses and Organisations 🦎 Replying to Communications 🦎 Picking up/Receiving Animal Husbandry Supplies 🦎 Managing the Finances 🦎 Carrying out the Animal Team Audits 🦎 Planning Bespoke Educational Packages 🦎 Promoting the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 🦎 Plus so much more! Copper the Corn Snake has also come out for a wander this evening so I am on Animal Handling Duty! I absolutely LOVE running Animal Teach and for those who know me will know how much I am passionate about it! It is hard work, long hours, early starts and late finishes BUT I know this is the most rewarding adventure yet AND it's building up to a HUGE Animal Teach Goal that I have shared with some of you! Best get back to it... Boop, Flash, Buzz and the rest of the frugivore geckos are staring at me wondering where their tea is 🤣🦎

Today has been a brilliant day!! 👩‍🏫 Guest Speaker for Level 3 Extended Diploma Animal Management Students @kgvcollege 💻 Online Guest Speaker for the Greater Manchester Prince's Trust Volunteer Forum 💻 Guest Speaker for Moore Global on behalf of The Prince's Trust @princestrust What a wonderful day speaking all things business & ambitions!

Quick update!

Animal Teach is excited to be hosting a MONTHLY Ambassador Kids Club, starting in April 2024!🎉 Additionally there is now a JUNIOR Club for teenagers to get involved too 🥰 Tickets are now LIVE and ready to be BOOKED! I will put the link in the Story & Bio There are limited tickets available and T&Cs apply. For more information click the link in the bio and read the description carefully! Excited to see you again 🦎

Sun Beetles are one of the prettiest beetles! Meet Pachnoda sinuata and learn more about these wonderful bugs 🪲🪲🪲🪲 #animalteach #inspireourfuture #bugs #bugsoftiktok #insects #insectsoftiktok #beetles #beetlesoftiktok #invertebrates #species #nature #fauna #zoology #feedingtime #animaleducator #upclose

What an absolutely AMAZING day being part of @haltonmakefest today! We have had an amazing time introducing you all to our Minibeast Team and showcasing the Top 50 Species of Halton Borough to celebrate the area turning 50 years old! It was incredible to see some of you feel nervous but overcome this and really build your confidence with the bugs 🪳 Tilly, Danielle & Family and everyone else involved - I couldn't have got through today without your support so THANK YOU for being a part of the Animal Teach Team 💙 Now time to relax! @haltonbc @haltonmakefest @makocreateuk @lpoolcityregion @haltonlibraryservice @shoppingcityruncorn

Exciting news! It is not long until #HaltonMakeFest! This weekend head to @shoppingcityruncorn and @haltonlibraryservice to get involved with lots of amazing, FREE activities. I can’t wait to see you all there 💚 See details below: 📅 Date: Saturday 16th March 2024 ⏰Time: 10 am - 4 pm 📍Location: Halton Lea Library and Runcorn Shopping City 💰Cost: FREE Get your free ticket now by clicking the link in the bio! This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority as the lead authority. #HaltonMakeFest #halton #runcorn #widnes #MakeFest #communityevent #cheshire #UKSPF

What a day!! 🖥️ Online meeting as part of my Young Ambassador Role with The Prince's Trust 📝 Student assessments for a lovely Year 11 group 🧑 Mini Vets Themed Session for a Rainbow and Brownies group (thanks to Tilly for coming to help!) Plus the usual animal routine - send caffeine! 😂

When your work t-shirt is in the wash....why not wear the spare Age 11-12 Animal Teach Ambassador Kids Club t-shirt! 😂😂 I'm actually tempted to create a new uniform with this as inspiration - what do you think? 🦎🐢🐍😍

What an absolutely amazing opportunity I was involved with yesterday as a Young Ambassador and Woman Business Owner 👩‍💼 Had a wonderful time celebrating International Women's Day with @britainsmallbiz, @fentrepreneuruk, @princestrust and @a.ur.tistic at the House of Lords! 🎉 The guest speakers were amazing and I really connected with what they were saying 💙 It was also great to speak with other businesswomen who were empowering and inspiring! ✨

I was going to wait until the morning to post this, but I'm too excited! 🎉🎉🎉 It's International Women's Day and I am so excited to share that in the morning I will be heading to the House Of Lords in London! Small Business Britain is hosting a Women in Business event and I'll be heading down with other business women, including the wonderful @a.ur.tistic for this fantastic event! A HUGE THANK YOU to @princestrust for this absolutely amazing opportunity and to my lovely Young Ambassador lead for putting me forward 😍 Keep an eye out for more updates tomorrow! Time to get some rest for a very exciting day ahead 🎉

And that's a wrap! After School Club @thegrangeacademy has finished for another year! Primary children from Reception to Year 6 have had a great time this week with the theme Habitats and Homes 🌿 They have met Ghana Speckled Leg Millipedes and Tropical Woodlice, learning how to safely handle them! We also looked at them under the microscope We have played habitat themed games and also had fun with the big bug toys! The children also created habitats for Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches and it was amazing to see their creativity when designing them 😍 Thanks again for an amazing After School Club! 🎉

Announcement! 📢 Recently I have felt more tired than normal, probably due to a very busy schedule and my underactive thyroid levels being altered again 💤 I'll be a bit slower in replying to messages & posting on social media whilst I focus on upcoming workshops (Round 3 of After School Clubs, learner assessments, online lesson...the list is endless!) and the animals routines 🐸🐢🐍🦎🐌 I'm also away on a very exciting trip on Friday so will keep you posted later in the week what I'm up to then 🎉 For now, it's time for me to sleep like our lovely George the Leopard Gecko, who will be a part of workshops later this year! 🦎

I forgot to post yesterday! Yesterday and today were Week 2 of After School Club @thegrangeacademy Yesterday the children met Chow Chow and Boop and created their own animals with superpowers such as sticky feet, two tongues, large tails and camouflage! Very imaginative group 😍 Today the children met Pebbles and Flash and used various materials to draw lots of different fauna & flora including cats, bugs, sticks, flowers, geckos and snakes! 🐌🪻🐍🦎🐈 What a brilliant week! Next week is the final week and is all about Habitats and Homes 😍

Calling all invertebrate lovers!! 📢 Animal Teach has lice! Woodlice that is 🤣 I have a few families lined up for their new additions already but still need homes for Tropical Grey and Orange Woodlice If you are interested in housing your own 10-legged creatures please let me know! 📢 If you are local (Halton) I can drop them off directly to you with their care sheet If you are further afield I can post when the weather is a bit warmer Both will need mileage/postage fees covering

How wonderful are these pieces of artwork?! 🎉 Week 2 of the Reception& Year 1 After School Club today and the theme was Animal and Art 🎨 The children loved meeting Monty the Royal Python and Tigress the Leopard Gecko and it was wonderful to see them build their confidence with the animals 🦎🐍 After meeting the animals they used various art materials to create an animal canvas to take home!

Another brilliant Macro-Photography Workshop with @kevmorgans and @wildarena! As always it was lovely to see @colarmo too and the rest of our guests! Brilliant photos today despite the animals behaving like animals - slithering, climbing, jumping and hiding 😂

I don't know how to start this post as I am so excited to share this amazing news! Animal Teach has been a non-stop adventure since the start, since first channelling my anxiety into creating the logo and setting it up from absolute scratch to build a business I am so proud of 💙 I've met amazing people along the way and had wonderful opportunities to share my love, expertise and knowledge for animals big and small and encourage our future generations to connect with animals 🦎 Behind every educational workshop there's planning late into the night or early in the morning, weekends, bank holidays, half terms and Christmas. There's blood, sweat, tears and love that goes into everything I do to provide the best experience for everyone that I meet ✅ A few weeks ago I was nominated for the @animalstarawardsuk and this evening I found out that I AM A FINALIST!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 From the bottom of my heart I am so thankful for being nominated and chosen to be a finalist! This award provides an immeasurable amount of recognition for what I've set out to achieve in the local community and as you can imagine I am smiling from ear to ear! 😁🦎🐍🐢🐸

A HUGE thank you to @jsaquascaping, Zach and Kayti for an amazing day at the Blue Planet Aquarium! Josh was on of my students when I first began teaching so it was great to catch up 🎉 We had a wonderful day and what an amazing opportunity to go behind the scenes and feed some of the amazing shark and fish species and see the reptile and amphibian species 🦈🐠 Building relationships when working with animals is so important to share knowledge and expertise and pass this on to our future animal keepers 😍

The White's Tree Frogs loved having a visit to be part of student assessments yesterday! ✅ Gloves to protect their skin from anything that could hurt them ✅ Dechlorinated water to handle and keep their skin moist ✅ Handling methods discussed and carried out It's so important to teach our future generations of animals keepers/zoologists the safe protocols and handling policies for these wonderful species 🐸🐸🐸

Another brilliant After School Club today, this time with Years 4-6! Tigress the Leopard Gecko and Este the California Kingsnake helped the children learn what SVL means when measuring a reptile and we also weighed Tigress to see if she was within the healthy weight range! 🦎 They loved the diagrams of anatomy and x-rays images and we also had a lot of fun matching the skeletons with the @buttonandsquirt game! I have a few of these and would highly recommend them 😍

Had a great meeting with @myerscoughcollegecroxteth today! I'm very excited to share that Animal Teach will be an employer link for Myerscough College and share curremt industry needs to help better prepare learners studying for their Animals Care Qualifications for the World of Work! 🎉🎉

Another fun session, this time with Year 2&3! We focused on Inside an Animal Body and the children really enjoyed drawing on the x-ray boards to tell me what body parts they could see! They then met Leia the Milksnake and Mitch the Gargoyle Gecko and we talked about why it's important to health check our animals 🦎🐢 Round 3 tomorrow with the last year's of Primary...then it all starts again next week! 🤣

Back doing After School Clubs @thegrangeacademy today and we had a blast! 🎉 Today was the Reception and Year 1 Group who got stuck straight into learning about Animal Anatomy We looked at pictures of inside animal bodies, including the organs and skeletons, and outside the animals bodies 🦴🩻 We then prepared to be Junior Veterinary Assistants, wearing our aprons, to carry out health checks and safely handle Boop the Crested Gecko and Pig the Hermann Tortoise 🐢🦎 The children then completed their health check forms and were very excited to share what they had learnt! Noah was an outstanding assistant, helping his friends safely hold the animals and encouraging them to be confident to answer questions 😍 Round two tomorrow with the next years!

As it's Valentines Day let's share our love for the Animal Teach Team! Who do YOU love to see at an Animal Teach workshop? 🦎 Boop the Crested Gecko 🐌 Gary and Michelle the African Land Snails 🦎 Mitch the Gargoyle Gecko 🦎 Thor the Panther Chameleon 🐢 Ember the Red Foot Tortoise 🪳 Milo the Madagascan Hissing Cockroach 🦎 Tigress the Leopard Gecko Or is your favourite not here? Maybe it's Monty the Royal Python or Chow Chow the Blue Tongue Skink? Post in the comments below!

Gary the Snail has an announcement! 📢 Naomi will be as slow as a snail replying to all messages & emails from now until Friday 16th February! For the FIRST time since setting up, she is taking the WHOLE half term off to spend time with her family (humans and animals) AND celebrate Noah's 6th Birthday! 🎉 She also promised us birthday cake! 👀 - Just kidding, we know that's not in our feeding plan 😭 Thanks for your patience in waiting on her reply! Gary the Snail 🐌

Had an amazing afternoon back at @InterventionAlliance Warrington for today's workshop of Animals & Art. We enjoyed saying hello to Boop, Preston and the Bugs followed by some drawing! 🎉 See you again next month! 😁

Tonight is all about admin, planning and preparing! ✅ To- Do list ready to write up ✅ Highlighters ready to go ✅ Emails & messages first ✅ Website maintenance & updates Ready, steady, go! It's non-stop being a business owner 🤣 Also! BONUS PIC - Thor helping me out this afternoon with the animals husbandry routine 😍

(Keep reading for an important update) Mitch, Copper, Chow Chow, Boop and the Bugs had a wonderful time celebrating a 3rd birthday today! Lots of lovely children who were brilliant with the animals, thank you for inviting us along to your celebration 🎉 But the animals do have some news!‼️ This was the last birthday that Animal Teach will be doing for a while now. I have absolutely LOVED celebrating each and every birthday that I've done since setting up this business and can't thank each and every birthday celebration I have done enough for your wonderful support 💙 But I've been thinking about this for a while now and my heart lies in continuing to focus on the Educational Groups, Communities and Public Events that I work with and this is where my business aims are geared towards 😊 So this isn't goodbye to birthdays as you never know what the future holds, but a big thank you for being instrumental in the growth of Animal Teach 👏

Had a wonderful day @thegrangeacademy today! 🦎 Teaching Year 11 Animal Care students about how to effectively clean animal accomodation 🦎 Introducing Yr 8 & 9 to some of the most amazing animals for Learner Enrichment Day! Contact me if you'd like Animal Teach in your school!

Quick update! I've been on a school trip to Chester Zoo with Noah today! 😍 I was like an excited child 😂 I'm going through the emails and message and will be responding & sending paperwork out within the next few days! Thanks Naomi 🦎

Hot off the press!! 📢 Yesterday I posted about a wonderful #mentalhealthmonday podcast with @mrmickcoyle that I had the opportunity to be a part of and that the information was based on @princestrust and @natwest Youth Index 2024 Well I have some more news to share with you....you might recognise a local face and lizard in that index on Page 34 & 35! I will share the link here and in the story https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about-us/news-views/princestrustnatwestyouthindex2024 I've read through the Youth Index and it saddens me that so many young people feel deflated, sad, anxious, unhappy and I hope that seeing the Case Studies in the Youth Index 2024 gives other young people a glimmer of hope that you CAN achieve your goals and dreams. Find the right support network, it honestly makes a world of difference 💙

Last week I was contacted by the wonderful team @princestrust and asked to be a part of the #mentalhealthmonday podcast with @mrmickcoyle! What a wonderful opportunity to be part of such an important message as the Youth Index 2024 with The Prince's Trust and @natwest comes out today! Mick has already shared the podcast on X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Radio City and Mental Health Monday! Have a listen to a discussion with Mick (Bauer Media) Rachel (Head of Delivery, Partnerships & Volunteering at The Prince's Trust) and myself (Animal Teach) about the Youth Index, the raw data and what that is in real life! Link in story!

HUGE thank you to Kim Smith for the nomination! The badge has come through from the @animalstarawardsuk and I'm looking forward to what happens next 🎉 Making it to the finals would obviously be brilliant but I am so grateful to receive a nomination as this shows that someone sees what Animal Teach is doing! It makes all of the blood, sweat and tears worth it even more to be recognised 💙 Thank you again from Naomi and the Animals 🦎🐍🐢🐌🐸🪲

Say hello to the Red Foot Tortoises!

Time to meet one of the Animal Teach residents! Iris is a Merauke Blue Tongue Skink who has been target and tong trained since arrival. She's got a huff & puff, tail whip attitude but has built up a relationship where she comes over to see me at the front of her enclosure AND has been out on my arms twice this week (only taken a year and she still bit me!) She's unlikely to go out to workshops as she's still defensive but it makes me feel so grateful so build a confident relationship with her 🦎

Message from Preston the Leopard Gecko 🦎 - Animal Teach will be closed today due to Naomi being poorly. All emails & messages will be replied to once she feels better! Thanks for your understanding 🦎

Our smallest lizard in the Animal Team - Pebbles the Bauer's Chameleon Gecko next to the largest - Chow Chow the Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink! (Don't worry there is glass between them!) I absolutely love that I get to share our home with some of the most amazing animals on our planet 🌍 Keep an eye out for updates for upcoming workshops and contact me if you'd like to know how to book for your community group or school! I'm busy working hard behind-the-scenes to create some fantastic workshops later this year 🦎

Random live! Watch Ash the Red Foot Tortoise eat her lunch 🐢😍

What an amazing two weeks doing the Home Educator Zoology Club! 🎉 I've met wonderful families and we've had a blast learning all about Animal Anatomy, Animal Behaviour, Animal Welfare, Animal Habitats and more! All of the kids received a certificate and small gift and I was so impressed with their questions and creativity 😍 Looking forward to planning round 2 for later this year! A HUGE thank you to @hazlehurstart for being a wonderful venue and Alexis & Beki for all of your help and support!

Great day today and mostly bug related! This morning was an online lesson about Forensic Entomology for @littlecraftersboxes 🪲 Now it's time to plan for the Enclosure Design workshop tomorrow for the Home Educator Zoology Club! 12 different invertebrate species, each with their own information guides, substrate tubs, decor packs and food to teach children and teenagers how to set up enclosures 🐌🪲🪳 Wilson is checking that I've got enough resources 🤣🐱

Excited to teach about Animal Enrichment today at a local secondary school! @thegrangeacademy 👏 Using fantastic information from @zoosnippets, @zoospensefull and @shapeofenrichment, we are going to discuss what enrichment is, learn about the different types of enrichment and design their own enrichment for a selected species! 🐌🐐🐇🦎🐦

Today I am the maintenance manager! I'll be slower replying to messages today as Naomi the Admin Assistant has been pulled away to be Naomi the Builder 🤣 Just 3 more racks to go and then sorting a whole lock up out 🥱

And it's nearly time for the first 3 of 6 SOLD OUT home educator workshops over the next two weeks 🎉 Today's workshops will be all about animal anatomy with lots of activities, resources and of course the animals to help! Chow Chow, Copper, Boop, Tigress, Leia and the Inverts are ready to meet you and teach you more about how their body works 🦎🐍

What a busy start to the New Year! So busy that I have forgotten to do any of the social media 🤣 It's been great being back teaching a Year 11 group about Animal Housing & Accommodation and tomorrow is the start of the Home Educator Zoology Club! The theme for Week 1 is Inside An Animal, Outside An Animal and we are going to be looking at Animal Anatomy 😍 There's been lots of planning behind the scenes for other upcoming workshops too🦎 Keep an eye out for updates 😁

A HUGE thank you to each and every person who has supported Animal Teach throughout the last 12 months 🎉 Workshops have been carried out in primary & secondary schools, with local HAF Providers, with Home Educators, Online Lessons, working with Probation Services, Photography workshops, Art Workshops, Museum & Library workshops, working with local businesses....the list really is endless! I'm finalising dates but the calendar is looking pretty full until May 2024 already with some very exciting workshops booked in 😁 Animal Teach also turned 2 this year! What an achievement and how quick that time has flown! 🎂 As well as the workshops, I've also had wonderful opportunities as one of the Young Ambassadors for The Prince's Trust and presented to amazing groups of people across the North West - a highlight was speaking to 100 people at Capesthorne Hall! There has been sleepless nights, early starts, late evenings, blood, sweat and tears into growing Animal Teach whilst also being a wife and mum with a young family! But I've had the best support network around me to keep going 💙 I'm really looking forward to what 2024 brings! I like to stay and be positive and focus on the 'little wins!' - Life can throw curveballs at any time and give you bad days, but those little wins really do make up the bigger picture 🦎 2023 - You have been amazing! 🎉

Had a wonderful day as always at @chicommunitycaferuncorn for #HAF today! 🦎 2 fantastic groups had the opportunity to hold and learn about Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches, Giant African Land Snails, Olive Millipedes plus meet Chow Chow, Boop, Monty and Tigress! 😍 We even did a little bit of arts & crafts and it was lovely to see how creative the kids were ✏️ Thanks for another brilliant session and to Tilly for all of her help and confidence building with the kids 😊

Limited availability on these limited edition Animal Teach baubles! If you'd like to order one they are £5 plus P&P (unless you live in Halton and I'll deliver them!) Send me a message if you'd like to order one!

So I was going to do a video and post with all of the animals wishing you a Merry Christmas... But then remembered I have a HUGE list of jobs to still do and recording all of the animal team might take a while 😂 So instead Chilli the Spiny Tail Monitor popped on her hat and would like to wish you a lovely Festive Season! 🎅 On behalf of Naomi, Chilli and the rest of the Animal Teach team - Merry Christmas! 🎄 I will be turning off message & email notifications until 2nd January but will schedule some posts & stories! Have a wonderful time 🦌

What's on the menu today at Animal Teach? 😍🍽️🥬🥭🪳 #animalteach #inspireourfuture #animaleducator #feedtheanimals #preparingfood #balanceddiet #variationiskey #supplements

Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches are one of my favourite species! No music on the video as you get to hear one of their amazing defence mechanisms 🪳😍 #animalteach #inspireourfuture #animaleducator #invertebrates #invertebratesoftikitok #cockroaches #bugs #hiss #hissing #defencemechanism #madagascar #forestfloor #forest

What an amazing day celebrating Animal Teaching turning 2! 🥳 It was lovely to to read all of your comments and host a workshop for the people behind-the-scenes who keep me going - whether that is through helping with planning, helping with the animals, providing advice & guidance, helping to make resources and helping to keep me sane! 🦎 Just over two years ago Animal Teach was an idea. Fast forward to now and it's a family-run business, supporting our local community, licenced under AWLAIAR 2018, award-winning, member of key animal organisations and I really couldn't be more proud 🥰 So much has been achieved in these last two years and I can't wait to see what the future holds 🤩 A huge thank you to each and every Animal Teach supporter, the Mayor of Halton for coming along to show your support, my sister Danielle @diianphotographyuk for taking the photos and @chicommunitycaferuncorn cafe for being a wonderful venue as always 💙

The big day is here! 🥳 Today Animal Teach is 2 years old! Time flies! Two years ago today we received the news that we would be receiving our Animal Activity Licence under the Animal Welfare (Licencing of Activities Involving Animals) Regulations (England) 2018, meaning Animal Teach was ready to launch 🦎 Our journey began with only 7 animals, plenty of protocols & policies and learning how to get our name out to the local community 🐍 We now have over 30 species of animals and invertebrate in the Animal Team! 🐢 To date, Animal Teach has carried out over 90 Educational Workshops to local schools, nurseries, colleges, museums, probation services, photography & art groups, home educators, HAF, CICs and birthdays to name a few! Animal Teach also won Theo Paphitis #SmallBusinessSunday and is a member of Responsible Reptile Keeping, ABWAK and Children's University and Naomi is a Young Ambassador for The Prince's Trust! 🤩 John and the Kids put up with Naomi turning the house into a zoo! 🤣 It has been an amazing journey so far that has included blood, sweat, tears, resilience, passion, hard-work, motivation and determination to get the business to where it is - but it couldn't have been done with the wonderful network of support behind the scenes AND each and every guest who has been to a workshop! It's time to share YOUR experience of Animal Teach and post your comments, share your pictures and shout about why YOU love Animal Teach, a Halton-based, family-run business, on this very special day! We can't wait to see what you share 😁

Apollo is looking forward to the weekend! Just look at his beautiful patterns and crest 😍 This week has been a wonderful mix of face-to-face workshops & online teaching and I am ready to finish off the week on Sunday by celebrating Animal Teach turning 2! Keep an eye on social media for the Birthday Post for your opportunity to share your pictures from the workshops 🎉

If you've not seen it in Insta Stories already, there's a quiz for you! Guess the patterns & tails... On your marks, get set, go! 🦎🐍🐢🐸

Pip the Jackson's Chameleon has an update about the 17th December! 📢 After speaking with Naomi and the rest of the Animal Team at the Weekly Staff Meeting, it has been decided that original plans for a workshop have changed! Naomi is going to be hosting a workshop that's been invite-only as she has invited people from behind-the-scenes such as family and mentors to show her appreciation for all the help they give her 💙 She would still like everyone to join in with celebrations on that day a different way though as Animal Teach Turns 2!!🎁🎂 She'll do a social media post and would love to see your photos from workshops you have been too! Many thanks, Pip 🎉

Chow Chow, Mitch, Leia, Viking, Tigress, Milo & Maisy and Olive had a wonderful time celebrating Jack's 6th Birthday this afternoon! 🎉🐍🦎 They are all tucked back up in their enclosures now ready for a good night's rest!

What a lovely morning for a dog walk! 😍🐕 Glad I'm not out in the rain that's just started now though! 🤣 I've got through most of the emails/messages but will be spending the rest of the day inside being an Animal Keeper and beginning the deep clean on the animal enclosures 🦎😁

What a brilliant day! 🗣️This morning I was a guest speaker for the University of Leeds and spoke about being an Entrepreneur and Business Owner to 150 Students studying for their Masters!! What an amazing opportunity and a huge thank you to David for recommending me and putting me forward! 👩‍🏫 Afterwards I went to teach Animal Care at a secondary school - but turns out I misread the week A/B and the students weren't actually in today 🤣 ☕Now it's time to do my version of 'switching off' - hot chocolate, cosy PJs and creating resources on Canva with Ludovico Einaudi playing I've had an influx of messages & emails today and will reply over the next couple of days ✉️ There's no 9-5 as a business owner sometimes (all the time 🤣) but I love that I can be flexible with what I do, find family time and be a mum 💙

Apollo jumping into his newly renovated enclosure - in slow motion! 😍

Quick post!! Still feeling rough but Chilli the Spiny Tail Monitor would like to share some news with you - 'Save the date! Sunday 17th December, 12pm to 2pm, More details to follow!' 🎉🎄🎉

Today I will be cat napping like Lily! 😴 I've spent the night being poorly, vomiting and struggling to function so it's time to take some well-needed rest 🛏️ All emails/messages will be replied to once I feel better 💙

What a wonderful day! Today I was at Edge Hill University as a guest speaker and Young Ambassador for The Prince's Trust and to be part of the FIRST business career group launch 🎉 It was great to speak with two groups of students about running a business and how the Enterprise programme really teaches you about the fundamentals needed! Drive, passion, resilience and hard-work are so important! As well as cash flow, marketing, mission/vision/values, services & products - the list is endless! Running a business is a HUGE challenge and it's important to be prepared for the good and not so good days! 🦎 I'm so grateful I get to be a part of these events and share my journey 💙

Wonderful day representing the @PrincesTrust as a Young Ambassador and talking about running a business and the Enterprise programme to two groups of @edgehill university students!

Oh no....look what happened during an IKEA trip! They all magically fell into the car to be transported home ready to do another upgrade on the animals enclosures (again) 🦎🐍🪲 I'll ignore the receipt that was in the trolley 🤣🤣

LOVE this photo of Pip the Jacksons Chameleon! Can anybody guess what she might be focusing on? 😋

Another great day! 🦎 This morning teaching Animal Care @thegrangeacademy - all about the importance of safely giving medicine to animals! 🦎 Then an Animal Therapy session with Intervention Alliance who got to meet Chilli the Spiny Tail Monitor today!

What a brilliant afternoon! Today I was a guest speaker for Pet Allied Services at Myerscough College - Croxteth 😍 It was lovely to share my journey, the ups & down and ins & outs of running an Animal Activity Licenced business! The group were fantastic and had some pretty amazing ideas for their own Pet Allied Services! Huge thank you to Sophie for inviting me back along and Claire for asking me back in the New Year! It was also great to see my lovely colleagues too and Miss Piggy the Whites Tree Frog who moved in with the college a couple of months ago 🐸 See you all again soon! 🎉 @myerscough_croxteth_animalcare

I am so excited for this afternoon! I am heading back to Myerscough College as a Guest Speaker for a group of students to discuss all things business! Looking forward to seeing my old team - they were more talkative than the lizards 🤣 Keep an eye out for an update on how it goes later this evening!

Say ribbit to one of the White's Tree Frogs and hop on over to the Animal Teach page for more animal videos 🐸😍 #animalteach #inspireourfuture #zoologist #frogs #frogsoftiktok #amphibians #amphibiansoftiktok #animals #ribbit #hoponover

What a great day doing another Macro-Photography workshop with @kevmorgans / @wildarena at @wilkinsoncameras in Liverpool! The animals (mostly) behaved for the photographers and Flash the Crested Gecko soon got the hang of how to pose - isn't he beautiful?! 😍

I am so excited to announce that @animalteach is now a Professional Member of @abwak - the Association of British & Irish Wild Animal Keepers! Many years ago when I was zookeeping, I was a member of this wonderful organisation and it's where my love for conferences & workshops truly began! Really looking forward to the next issue of Ratel and maybe even putting forward an article! 😍🦎🐍🐌🪲🐢

Today is very important - it's John's birthday! 🎉 As well as being the most amazing husband & dad, he also helps with Animal Teach so much! Whether he is building enclosures, carrying out routines, helping with the workshops, listening to me come up with more business ideas... his support has been there every single day since starting this journey 💙 I love you John! Thank you for everything you do to support our family 🐌🪲🦎🐊🐢🔬🥰🥰🥰🥰

Yesterday I was invited along to @princestrust Manchester Centre to be a part of the celebrations for the Enterprise Programme 40th Anniversary! It was lovely to be sat on the panel with other inspiring people including @a.ur.tistic, @northernlights_home and Kelly and discuss the ins and outs of our journeys and running a business! What a wonderful event to be part of! 😍

And that's a wrap!! A huge thank you to each and everyone of you who come along to an Animal Teach workshop over the last few weeks! 🎉 And another huge thank you to each and every person who has worked alongside and behind-the-scenes - I would have burned out without you 💙 To finish off Spooky Season, the animals met over 90 children today @warringtonmkt! If you was there today please share/tag/comment your photos and/or leave a review! It will be massively appreciated 🦎 Keep an eye out on social media for updates on the next Ambassador Kids Clubs and other events I'm planning for Christmas Season! 🌲☃️ And of course drop me a message if you'd like to know more about my Educational Workshops 🐍 Now time for me to hibernate for a couple of days until the next event 🤣

Huge thank you to each and every person who has helped with or attended the workshops! 🎉 All messages and emails will be replied too shortly as soon as I've caught my breath from the last event of Spooky Season! 🎃

What an amazing finish to Spooky Stories @nortonpriory!!! 🐍🪲🦎

A fantastic third and final Natural History workshop @eurekadiscovery today!! I've had an absolute blast teaching you all about skulls, skeletons and skins as part of the Bothersome Beasts event at the museum! To see people off all ages, especially children, get excited about snake skin and beetle bodies has been great, plus so much more 🐍🪲 It was also amazing to see one of the Young Ambassadors wearing her Animal Teach T-Shirt! I couldn't resist a selfie 😍 Later this evening Animal Teach will be back at @nortonpriory for the final Spooky Stories! See you later alligators! 🐊

Another fantastic evening at the second Spooky Stories @nortonpriory and huge thank you to Tilly for all of your help again! It was wonderful to speak with you all about the amazing animals and invertebrates we share our world with 😍 It was also amazing to listen to so many young people share incredible facts about animals! So many young Zoologists - some of who gave me a run for my money 🤣 After Eureka tomorrow I'll be back at Norton for the final Spooky Stories! See you then and as always if you'd like to share/tag/mention tonight or your photos please do @animalteach 🐸🐢🐍🪲🦎

Another wonderful Animal Teach afternoon @widnesmarket! Today 60 children and their families got to meet African species such as Giant African Land Snails, Train Millipedes and Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches! 🐌🪲 We also travelled to New Caledonia to meet Buzz & Boop the Crested Geckos or Sherbet & Mitch the Gargoyle Geckos 🦎 We finished our travels in Indonesia meeting Chow Chow or the USA meeting Copper 🐍 Kids you were brilliant! And the adults too! I'd love to see some of your photos - please tag, share and post!

WHAT A DAY! I am absolutely exhausted but had a wonderful day doing a Natural History workshop @eurekadiscovery followed by Spooky Stories @nortonpriory! There have been lots of wonderful discussions about shells, skulls, defense mechanisms, habitats, animal behaviours, feeding strategies and more 🦎 We've looked at Tarantula eyes, snake skin and beetle bodies under the microscope 🔬 And there's also been safe animal handling 😍 It's also been great to meet so many of you and listen to our next generation of Zoologists! 🐍 Any messages I've missed I'll reply to over the next couple of days! I'm off to bed now to recharge for the next bunch of events! 😴

@eurekadiscovery All set up ready for another great day of talking about curious creatures 😍🐍🦎🪲

What am I up to today? Surviving on caffeine! I'll see you at either Eureka or Norton today! 😁

What an amazing day for the first Natural History Workshop @eurekadiscovery! It was so lovely to speak with so many children and adults about our natural world and share knowledge 😍I didn't stop talking from 10am until 5pm today! 🤣 If you were there please share/tag your photos! It was amazing to meet budding young Zoologists and if you didn't get a chance to see me today don't worry! I will be back on Friday and next Monday (you'll need to book your admission ticket with Eureka) 🎉

Guess where I am off to today?! Very excited to be hosting the first Animal Teach Natural History Workshop @eurekadiscovery on the Wirral! 😍

Last night we prepared patronuses! Tonight in the Ennis household, me and John are creating specimen jars and the kids have collected decor for them 🍂 Everyone does this on a Saturday night don't they? 🤣 Exoskeletons, skulls, eggs, skins and more are being prepared ready for the next event of Bothersome Beasts at @eurekadiscovery! I'll be there on the 23rd, 27th and 30th during the day with Curiousity Cases and Microscopes to explore our natural world! (Please note there will be no live animals at these events and you need to book your entry ticket with Eureka before attending!)

Animal Teach really is a family-run business! 😍 These wonderful patronuses have been designed and created in-house with thanks to John's dad and this evening Noah is helping sort them into piles of 5 and doing his 5x tables 🥰 Nearly ready to go for an upcoming event @warringtonmkt on the 1st November 🦉🦦🐕🦌 Excited to be back again! Keep an eye on the page for more details 🧙‍♂️

A HUGE thank you to @primrosehillnursery for your lovely donation of pumpkins for our upcoming event @a.ur.tistic and another HUGE thank you to our lovely business mentor for picking them up/dropping them off! I'll be posting a video soon about our upcoming event so please keep an eye out! In the meantime look at the previous posts about a fantastic Neurodiverse Friendly Halloween Event myself and Sarah are putting on!

What a fantastic day being part of the Home Ed Session @nortonpriory It was wonderful to see so many lovely children ask fantastic questions about animals and learn about their typical behaviours, defense mechanisms, anatomy and habitats 🐍🦎🐌 It was also lovely to see the confidence when safely handling animals grow from start to finish!! And to top it off it was fancy dress, (hence the cat ears) and one of my lovely Juniour Ambassadors come along dressed as Naomi of Animal Teach!! She was a wonderful assistant today too, sharing her knowledge and handling skills with both groups 😍 If you were there today please share/tag your photos! I definitely noticed a lot of the parents taking them so it would be lovely to see what you captured 📷

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! NEW HALLOWEEN OFFER! If you're looking for an spooktacular daytime event on Tuesday 31st October then look no further! As well as pumpkin carving (everything you need included), stories, games, disco and a sensory chill out area, you will also create crafts AND meet creepy crawlies with @a.ur.tistic & @animalteach NEW TICKET PRICE FOR 2 ADULTS + 2 CHILDREN £26 | ADDITIONAL CHILD £6 EACH | SIBLINGS UNDER 2 FREE If you have booked a paid for ticket already - check your inboxes for a message!

Animal Teach will be offline this weekend!! And for a very good reason! 🎉 Sunday 15th October marks mine and John's 7th Wedding Anniversary! 😁 7 years ago I married my best friend 💙 John is the most incredible husband and dad, I love him more and more each day! He has been by my side for 20 years and he really is the best 🥰 There aren't many people that wouldn't mind turning their house into a zoo! All messages will be replied to from Monday onwards as we have a weekend of celebration and spending quality time together 🥳 @ennis911

Evening! Don't forget on the 31st October @animalteach and @a.ur.tistic are hosting a very exciting event! Join us for a Spooktacular Adventure at Sandymoor Community Hall where children will be able to carve their own pumpkins to take home, listen to stories, meet & greet slithery snakes, creepy crawlies & more, play games, dance to music and create their own crafts to take home! Neurodiverse friendly with a sensory chill out area, ear defenders, fidgets and toys Tickets are limited so BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment! Link to tickets in the story! Perfect for something to do during the day with the kids before you spend the evening trick-or-treating 🦎

Today is World Mental Health Day and this post will be different to my usual posts as I'm going to share something relevant to this important topic and something that may even resonate with some of you 💙 Whether you've been to my workshops or follow what I do on social media, you'll always see me smiling and happy, ready for whatever adventure or challenge is next! 😁 This is genuinely how I really am as I believe that being positive, taking the good with the bad and surrounding yourself with a good support network can bring comfort and a good mental state 😊 However you probably won't see the underlying mental stress and pressure faced each day, whether that's from running a business, being a working mum or general life! There have been some difficult moments during this adventure and prior to it and my brain does not like feeling sad or anxious (despite how normal it is to feel like that!) I guess the purpose behind this post is to remind whoever is reading (and myself) that these moments are normal and it's ok to feel like that! It's also a nudge to say find something that brings your own mind comfort - whether that's reading a book, going for a walk, playing an instrument, spending time with loved ones, eating your favourite chocolate bar or of course giving animals a cuddle! That's enough from me now! I'm back to preparing resources for upcoming events 🤣

Yesterday I had a brilliant time at the Brilliant Breakfast event for @princestrust ! A huge thank you to the team for inviting me along to speak about my journey, challenges and the future! It was great to represent as a Young Ambassador again 😁

Are you ready for a Spook-tacular event this Halloween? 👻 Join Naomi of @animalteach and Sarah of @a.ur.tistic for the Creative Creepy Crawly Party! 🦎 When: Tuesday 31st October 🦎 Where: Sandymoor Community Hall, Otterburn Street 🦎 Time: 12pm - 3pm 🦎 Free Parking! 🦎 Neurodiverse Friendly Listen to spooky stories 📖 Meet creepy crawlies 🐌 Play Halloween games ⚰️ Create scary crafts 🦇 Dance away in your best fancy dress 💃 Relax in the sensory chill out area 😌 AND take part in the FREE pumpkin carving workshop! 🎃 All of this for £26 per child and adults & under 2s receive a free pass to join in! 🎉 Tickets are limited so BOOK NOW! The link is in the story or copy and paste here - https://buytickets.at/animalteachltd/1029158

Today is World Animal Day! Iris is loving eating her Bluey Buffet today and please scroll along to see some more of the Animal Team 🦎🐍🐢 Let's celebrate our wonderful animals - share your pets photos or favourite animal facts in the comments! 👇😍