Charlie grew up in a family where Jèrriais was spoken regularly by his father and both his Jersey grandparents but had to wait nearly 50 years to start his Jèrriais journey. After completing a Drama degree, Charlie worked as an actor in the theatre and then moved into teaching. Charlie is proud of his Jersey heritage and is keen to draw on his theatrical training to promote and teach our rich native language.

Robyn is an early years teacher who started her teaching career in Streatham, South London before moving back to Jersey and taking up a teaching position at La Moye Primary School. Before completing her teacher training Robyn embarked on a round the world trip of a lifetime. This ignited her passion to work with young children. Robyn is really enjoying learning Jèrriais and is passionate about preserving Jersey’s language and culture, and reconnecting with her heritage.

After several years of teaching French at secondary level, Merry went on to establish a French club for primary aged children and lead the children’s work at Freedom Church. She is passionate about creativity and design and loves to make colourful and engaging resources to help children learn. Merry is really enjoying being part of the Jèrriais teaching team and playing a part in reviving our island’s language which is a treasure and an important part of our heritage.