Meet Our Team
Number One for Performing Arts in Newham.
Get to know the Bstars Team behind THE MAGIC of Bstars After School Club.
Behind the scenes , there’s a talented group of special people who are highly committed to the children Success.
Read all about the team, and feel free to get in touch with additional questions.
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Claudia Jones
Music and Drama Teacher
Claudia Jones is the Founder of Bstars After School Club.
She is a Actor, Author, Musician and Performer as well as a teacher.
Her experience of teaching Performing Arts in schools spans over 13 years.
She has extensive experience in Acting and has played a number of Theatre roles including Dill from To kill a mockingbird, Reggie Flutey in the Laramie Project , Rose in Dancing in Lughnasa and recently Charlie from Pomona.
She has been seen Performing at many of the leading museums as Mary Seacole, abulia the Roman and Norma the Air Raid Warden. She has performed at many venues including Museum of London, Museum of Docklands, Science Museum, Imperial War museum to name but a few.
Claudia is also a budding author and playwright and is writing a children's series.
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Olga Barsoum
Manager
Olga has been Manager of Bstars After School club for two years now and worked with the Club for many more.
She has 3 children who all attend Bstars.
Olgas Background is in Arts and Craftwork and Olga runs the Kids Club Programme on Thursdays.
Olga has. fantastic youth Film Project that she runs in Newham with Youth
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Nadine David
Dance and Musical Theatre Teacher
Since joining Bstars After School Club, Nadine has played a crucial role in the continued success of the business. Nadine has run Performing Arts After School clubs for over 10 years and has an extensive knowledge of many genres of Dance including Jazz, Contemporary, Ballet, Street, Dancehall and acrobats. Nadine is also a talented Singer.
Nadine has directed many of the Bstars Productions including Cinderella, Sister Act and Lion king.
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Bernice Jeffrey
Dance Teacher
After a thriving career in many different sectorss, Bstars After School Club was pleased to welcome Bernice Jeffrey to the team.
Bernice has an background in teaching Dance, Drama and Music and has been a teacher with Bstars since it began in 2013
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Sumy Saravan
Catering Assistant
Sumy has worked in the After school club industry for over 6 years and is passionate about giving the children quality and nutitious meals and Snacks daily.
She is also Qualified in food hygiene and paediatric first Aid
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Jessica Mendes
Team Leader
Jessica has worked in the After School industry for 8 years and is brilliant at delivering fun classes for the children.
Jessica also is qualified at degreee level and had paediatric first aid, food hygiene and child care qualifications.
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Melissa
Teaching Assistant
Melissa is one of the Teaching Assistants with a real passion for working with children.
She is a qualified first aider and has qualifications in child protection, food hygiene and childcare as well as a degree.
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Arben Giga
Dance and Musical Theatre Teacher
Arben Giga is a very popular teacher at Bstars and has a tremendous amount of experience and knowledge.
Arben is an Actor, Extra, Model, Photographer, Dancer, Teacher, and we is a big part of directing our Shows each term.
Want to learn more about the amazing team behind Bstars After School Club? Get in touch, we’re always happy to hear from our customers.