Partners

TotUP has official partnerships with professionals in the following fields: art, sport, psychology, motricity and music.

Team

Valerie

Valérie Da Silva

Director of the nursery

1982     French, English (C1), Italian

"Children are priceless treasures. We should take care of them on a daily basis to create a better world"
Perrine De Castillon

Perrine De Castillon

Master in Education Sciences at the University of Geneva, followed by a Diploma of Early Childhood Educator

1990     English

"Alone, we go faster, together we go further"
Samantha Captein

Samantha Captein

Major in direct work with children, from new-borns up to the age of 12

1990     English

"Working with children is different for me every day and I love giving and getting back love and energy to and from them every single day"
Benjamin Toderi

Benjamin Toderi

Bachelor in Science of Education from the University of Geneva

1991     French and English (B2)

"A child does not play to learn, he learns because he plays"
Sabine Carvalho

Sabine Carvalho

CFC of socio-educational assistant. Her desire to learn more about the child led her to become ES Childhood Educator

1994     French

"Children, early childhood, the game is every day a new adventure, a new learning"
Susana Sequeira

Susana Sequeira

University diploma of psychoeducation in 2004

1979     French

"I like to accompany children in their psychomotor development to highlight their potentialities"
Tania C. Loureiro Blandon

Tania C. Loureiro Blandon

Early childhood educator in her last year of training at esede, Lausanne

1987     French

"Happy and proud to be able to contribute to the children’s development, especially to share magic moments with them!"
Titouan Daubinet

Titouan Daubinet

State diploma of specialized educator from the University of Grenoble

1991     French

"I love to bring well-being to children but also to perfect my knowledge in the field of early childhood"
Arabela

Arabela

Early years educator

French

"Children’s minds are capable of absorbing knowledge. They have the power to learn by themselves"
Jeremy

Jeremy

Montessori assistant

English





We are still recruiting to complete the team
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Our partners

Bénédicte Ramet

Born in France in a music-friendly environment, Bénédicte Ramet was initiated quite early in the practices of choral singing and lute at the conservatory of Caen (France). Admitted to the Bern University of the Arts in the class of Peter Croton, she obtains a first degree of lute with honors in 2016. In parallel she follows her first courses of vocal technique at the conservatory of Fribourg (Switzerland). She is currently starting a Master of musical interpretation in lute at the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva.

Annette Pasquier

Espace Bethusy

The Espace Artistique de Béthusy is an exhibition gallery, a workshop, a place of artistic expression and a classroom where painting, drawing and technical drawing classes for all levels take place.

Guzel Gobet Usmanova

Ecole de dance

Initiation to dance, for the little ones : 2.5 - 4 years
Based on the essential components of dance: body, space, time, imagination and relationship, this playful workshop, opened to small children, aims to stimulate creativity, spontaneity and personal discovery to facilitate artistic and physical expression.

Virginie Salama

Espace Colibri

Through our range of activities, which offer courses such as yoga, meditation, tutoring, and the implementation of learning tools, we offer, within a single structure, tools for the personal development, school and social skills, body and emotions, and we invite the children to know themselves better and live more serenely in the world around him.

Anastasiia Shlykova

Counsellor, Gestalt Therapist

Anastasiia holds an undergraduate certificate in gestalt therapy. She regularly attends additional training courses, art therapy, group psychotherapy, family therapy, etc. She is currently studying in Grenoble at the GREFOR Institute of gestalt therapy and continues to practise privately as an educational psychologist. Her training and broad range of professional experience, along with her desire to understand people of all ages, enable her to provide valuable support and advice to many.

Pauline Gaudin Indicatti

Artist

PhD student in Visual Arts at the University of Strasbourg, Pauline is completing her thesis on the act of image, and has always been interested in research in art, especially the artistic expression of babies and young children.

Our partners