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	Matthew, male 34 years old Carolyn, female 33 years old Jenna, female 29 years old Leon Benjamin, male 27 years old John Patrick, male 19 years old Siobhan, female 13 years old David, male 7 years old

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Hi everybody, My name is Anne Quinn and I''m 52 years young.

I have seven children, Matthew 32, Carolyn 31, Jenna 27, Leon Ben 25, John Patrick 17, Siobhan 11, and David is 5

I have four beautiful grandchildren Sophie 6, Marcus 3, Andrew 16months and Jacob 11months

I share my home with my three youngest children,5 fish,4 cats,3 dogs,two guinea pigs and a rabbit (there is no partridge in a pear tree)

I have worked with children for over thirty years, as a house parent with children in care,as a teacher and headteacher working with special needs and mainstream. I''ve worked in schools that are high achieving and in schools in special measures( they are really struggling).

Along the way I''ve worked with social services and foster carers. As a headteacher I became involved in counselling parents and children and trained as a parent coach. Last year I decided that this was the path that I wanted to follow.

I''m now busy

advising parents and children on topics such as, having fun as a family, exam stress and how to manage it, finding the best school for your child, sleep issues ( parents and children!)

opening a school for children who have been severely bullied and can not attend mainstream

working in schools in Tanzania (one month in three) to raise the standard of teacher training

and speaking to any group that wants to listen!