Christine Sinclair's 5 Star Reviews
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This childminder receives consistently high praise for providing a loving, caring, and flexible service. Parents appreciate the welcoming home environment, engaging activities, and regular outings. The childminder is described as patient, accommodating, and supportive of both children and parents. Children are reported to be happy and settled in her care, often forming strong bonds. Many reviewers highly recommend her services to others.
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My youngest has been with Christine since she was less than a year old. She always loves going to Christine. She has felt very settled and at ease from the get-go. Christine is very reliable and always tries to accommodate the parents where possible. It's not been a problem when I've been running late coming from London. She also does wraparound care for Roman Way, which is handy.
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MumOFTwo
on 14/01/2025
Prior to using Christine I had only use left my eldest with my mum so was very nervous about leaving my youngest with anyone else. Christine made me feel good leaving him and I knew he got the cuddles and care he needed. She was great about adjusting hours when I needed it and had my eldest too as required. She really was a lifesaver and whilst my youngest has now gone to preschool I still have her on standby when I need her.
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on 17/09/2024
Christine is a great childminder.
She's very patient, she's loving and does lots with the kids. She's very very helpful. My son really enjoyed his time there.
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Gemma R
on 25/07/2024
Christine is a wonderful childminder and I would highly recommend her. We have used Christine for two years and have always found her to be so flexible and accommodating to our needs as well as providing a lovely and welcoming home setting for our son who developed a wonderful relationship with her.
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Beth
on 24/09/2023
Christine is lovely and has helped me with my daughter since she was around a year old. Always happy to help in anyway, my daughter loves Christine and always talks about her. Lovely childminder, would recommend her to everyone.
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smurphy1
on 18/04/2023
Christine cared for my son from 13 months until he was 2 and a half when we moved area. Oh how we wish we could have taken her with us!
My son adored Christine and the time he spent with her. He would frequently come home with crafts they had made together from Christmas decorations to Mothers Day cards as well as mandalas for Diwali.
For him it was a home from home with an added bonus of new friends and so many toys. For me it was peace of mind he was safe and well cared for.
We both miss Christine dearly but I still keep in touch when I need support or to pick her incredibly knowledgeable brain!
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HCarnaby
on 01/07/2022
Christine is a wonderful childminder. Our 20month old is with her 3 full days a week and loves his time there. We recently moved area & were worried about him settling but he’s taken to her so quickly. She does such fun crafts with him, takes him to groups & soft play and is really engaged with us as parents. I would really recommend anyone needing childcare to contact Christine.
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LMZ2021
on 09/11/2021
Christine looked after my 2-year old for only 3.5months. But despite this short duration, she has been an absolute gem. My son has grown so fond of her and looks forward to going to hers everyday. She is so accommodating to our needs and is always keeping the children busy and even bringing them to soft plays! Will definitely recommend her to anyone who is looking for a childminder.
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MarinaPD
on 24/09/2021
My son has been with Christine in her setting for the past 2 years and has thrived whilst there. He was always happy to go and Christine did/does so much with the children. He was always coming home with things that he had made that day and telling me about his visits to the park and soft play. Christine is absolutely lovely and has been invaluable to us, I will be forever grateful for the love and support she has shown my children and me over these last 2 years. My son has now started primary school but we miss Christine and will be sure to come back and visit through the holidays.
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Nicola
on 20/09/2021
Christine has had my youngest boy since he was a small baby when I returned to work and my eldest started school. Christine went out of her way to find solutions to help him settle when he was refusing bottles and struggling with food. She has always been flexible and supportive when me and my husband have changed jobs, and hours and accommodated our many changes. Both my boys adore Christine and feel safe and comfortable with her and we have felt happy to leave them with her. Now both my boys are in school and we have reduced our needs to occasional only Christine has offered to be an emergency contact for us which is comforting. The boys will miss going to Christine's every week we are grateful for all she has done for us.
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Badgerk
on 14/09/2021
Christine is the most amazing childminder my son has ever been too, she constantly does different things with the children and he is always excited to go everyday
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Georgia
on 23/07/2021
Christine is the most amazing childminder we could have ever wished for. She is incredible with the children and my boys have grown to love her like their family. My lucky children have enjoyed the most caring, fun and homely setting.
She always takes the children out for fun activities and has so many wonderful toys and outside play equipment for them to enjoy.
We will miss her so much and cant thank her enough for the last year!
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Chloe
on 21/07/2021
Christine has initially childminded 2 of my children, then just the younger one, over a period of nearly 4 years. I work shift pattern that's different from week to week and Christine has always been happy to offer us the flexibility of childcare this required. On a number of occasions she has picked up my daughter from school even when I forgot to let her know I needed that - always looking out for the kids in her care. I could trust her to make sure my daughter was not left waiting! Whenever there was anything out of ordinary - Christine needed to go shopping and take the children with her - she always made sure to contact me and let me know about it, should I object. Not that I did. Christine takes safety of children seriously and has a caring nature. She's been wonderful, understanding and great help in our super hectic life.
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Kasia
on 25/03/2021
My daughter started going to Christine when she was 2 years old. I was nervous leaving her with somebody other than family, but after meeting Christine for the first time it filled me with confidence that I was doing the right thing.
Christine had so much experience and a kind, calming manner. My daughter absolutely loved going to her, which really helped with the guilt of going to work.
Christine packs their day out with so much fun at home and also takes them to groups and the park etc. She is also flexible and accommodating which helped for our work.
3 years later, my daughter is at school but still gets excited for school holidays when she gets to go back and spend time with Christine. She's a wonderful lady who has become more than a childminder to our family.
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Laura
on 22/02/2021
Christine has looked after my daughter since 2016, she has been amazing. Nothing is too much trouble and Christine is so flexible to fit in with my working hours etc.
Christine has a lovely set up and the children I have seen there are always happy.
Christine provides a home from home facility which is always welcoming.
If my daughter wasn't growing up she wouldn't be leaving.
I would recommend Christine 100% to anyone looking for a new minder.
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sandra
on 24/03/2020
My daughter has been going to Christine for over a year and took us on really quickly after my last arrangement fell through. She is a lovely lady and my daughter loves her, she has always been really helpful and reliable. My daughter always has a really fun day with her and speaks about Christine everyday. We have unfortunately got to make other arrangements due to our own issues but hope to have Christine for school pick ups when my daughter starts school. Sad to be leaving :(
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smurphy1
on 08/07/2019
Christine has looked after our children (now 7 and 11 years old) for the last 4 years. She is a lovely lady - very caring, understanding and well organised - and the children have been really well looked after there. She provides a variety of activities for them including regular trips to the park, crafts and parties for special occasions such as Christmas/Easter/Halloween.
Christine is also really flexible, which has been a massive plus for us, given we both work full time. She took us on at a couple of days notice when our previous arrangements fell through, and has always accommodated our changing needs and last minute alterations - e.g., picking up the kids from after school clubs, ad hoc days during school holidays, inset days etc.
We are only now (reluctantly) moving on due to a change of schools, but the children have been very happy with her and I would highly recommend her to anyone else!
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Lee
on 08/05/2019
There's not much I can say apart from what a pleasure Christine has been.
I was dumped on her doorstep as my previous childminder went out of business so to speak. and without any doubt she took on my 2 year old. and then baby no 2. she puts in so much effort the children absolutely love her. she adheres to every need, extremely flexible and has such a lovely warming nature.
The environment is welcoming very educational and colourful. Highly recommend.
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on 22/08/2018
My daughter started going to Christine's when she was 6 months old and Christine has looked after her for 4 years. Chosing Christine was probably one fo the best decisions of our lives. Christine was very helpful through all the major milestones in her life, giving us advices on potty training, Nursery admissions, childcare, you name it and Christine would offer to help as much as she could. Christine is a very friendly person and makes you feel at home instantly which is very very helpful when you are leaving your 6-month-old to go back to work full time.
My daughter has grown into a very smart, confident, friendly and well behaved young girl under Christine. She loves Christine so much, she wants to spend even her weekends there. Christine takes her to various activities almost daily, looks after her and plays with her a lot more than either of us parents can. The other kids she cares about were also very well behaved and she got along well with them. The environment at her house is positive as well with kids having enough toys to play with and costumes for roleplay etc.
It was absolutely heart-breaking to move away from Royston because we were sad my daughter would no longer be going to her favourite childminder .Two months on, she still misses Christine and wants to go and meet her all the time.
If you are looking for a childminder for your kid, look no further, Christine is a great childminder and we as a family miss being near her.
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on 17/05/2018
Christine looked after my daughter Emma for a month between my other childcare arrangements and then for 5 months when I returned to work from maternity leave. Emma always looked forward to go to her, making life a lot easy for me. Emma loved the activities/parties (Halloween etc) arranged by Christine and the frequent park visits. My husband works long hours in London and I have to juggle between my family with two young children and a full-time work. Christine was very flexible with the hours and did her best to accommodate our needs, including giving Emma warm home-cooked tea (this was much appreciated as Emma has multiple allergies). Emma learned to play nicely with the other children at Christine's setting and was always happy when I picked her up.
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Choon Pe
on 28/02/2018
Christine was one of the first people I met when I moved to Royston with my daughter who was ten at the time. It was a daunting time for both myself and my daughter who was feeling extremely anxious about moving to a new area, having to move school, make new friends and start attending a childminder. Christine invited me to go along to her house to meet with her and then to arrange for my daughter to visit on an informal basis before starting with her, she encouraged and reassured her that she would be fine and talked about other children close by that she would be able to meet and make friends with, she really was a god send in supporting her with the settling in process. Once settled in my daughter enjoyed her time with Christine who she went to after school and during school holidays, Christine has always been flexible working additional days and adhoc days when needed and has also been very supportive with late pick ups which happen from time to time.
For a while my daughter suffered substantially with issues which required medical help and was often sent home from school, during this time Christine was my absolute saviour, she would always offer support by collecting my daughter from school and taking care of her until I could get back, this was such a difficult time for both myself and my daughter and without Christine there to support I might not have had a job to go to! On more than one occasion Christine was in a situation where an ambulance was required so you can imagine my relief knowing I had her there to help keep my daughter safe and well and to take the necessary steps when dealing with an emergency situation!
If you are looking for a childminder you can depend on to support and care for your and your child then I strongly recommend Christine.
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on 20/10/2017
Christine looked after my little boy for nearly 6 years. I was really apprehensive about using a childminder back then, but thinking back I have never worried about leaving him there as I instantly warmed to her and the environment she provides.
He absolutely loves her and almost became part of her family and would regularly talk about her children (teenagers) who also treated him really well. When he didn't need to go to her in the summer holidays, he would ask when he was seeing Christine again because he missed her.
Christine is naturally very caring attentive, understanding and supportive. She celebrates all the children's achievements, and tells you when something good has happened and If my boy had had a bad day at school she would happily cheer him up and fill me in at the end of the day.
She takes the children out regularly and gets them doing arts and crafts as well. She has a play room with lots of different toys and also gets them in the garden in the summer. I've also known her to do little parties for them too! I found she accommodates for both the younger ones and the school children well and is perfectly situated for Roman way first school and Roysia middle school.
The hours and days I needed and his childcare needs changed as he grew and the years went on and there where times I had to ask her to cover extra hours and change things - Christine was always very flexible, accommodating and again supportive I can't lie there were times I really couldn't have lived without her!
I'm almost glad that although I don't need regular childcare I know there will be times I will need a little extra help, otherwise I would also be saying we where really going to miss her!
I can't thank Christine enough for all her help and for looking after my now not so little boy as well as she has!
I highly recommend her! :-)
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on 11/01/2017
I instantly warmed to Christine, it's like meeting someone new you just know that you'll get along with and will look after your child the way you would. She looks after my 7 year old and has even got my stubborn I don't like anyone 2 year old on board too. And that takes some doing as she is very particular!! Baby number 3 is due soon and in true fashion nothing is ever a problem and is on hand to provide extra hours at short notice if needed. Her home environment is really welcoming and gives you the feeling your child is in safe hands. She has a little play room with lots of toys that both my children bee lined for when we first visited and once in, I couldn't get them out! She takes the kids out at every opportunity, my 7 year old is always asking if she can go with Christine to the park even at weekends. If your looking for a childminder that gives you that gut instinct yep this feels right then Christine is your lady. I highly recommend her :-)
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on 26/05/2016
I always base a lot of trust in reviews so I hope this one does Christine the justice she truly deserves.....
Christine has looked after our youngest son for the best part of 18 months and also looks after our older son in the school holidays. Firstly I must stress how happy our children are (and always have been) going to Christine's house - they run in with a smile on their faces and run out as happy as ever ???? I have never been anxious leaving them as they are so happy being there! It is a perfect set-up, the children have their own playroom which is full of lovely toys, books etc. Not only this, the house has a wonderful cosy 'homey' feel...the boys have always been made to feel 'part of the family' which was particulary important to my husband and I. Christine has been happy to help me with my little fussy eater (!) and through the terrible toilet training stage! Always thoughtful, kind and happy to give a hug to my precious boys ????The boys enjoy doing lots of activities with Christine and their visits to the park together. There have been several times when I have needed extra days/hours childcare (due to work commitments) and Christine is always happy to help if possible. I am so sad our time together has almost come to an end (my youngest will be starting nursery in September). We will most defiantly be staying in touch, she is now a good friend to us ???? Anyone thinking of a childminder in Royston should most defiantly contact Christine, she is the best!
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on 12/08/2015
Christine is a lovely caring childminder. She has looked after my son for one and a half year now and I couldn't be happier. Firstly, i feel confident that my son is always safe and in a loving homely environment. He is always happy to run in to play with the other children. Christine is always taking them out to groups or the park and there is always a lovely atmosphere at the house when I drop him off or pick him up. The children get on well and look out for each other and are taught to look after the younger ones. I would recommend Christine to anyone!
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E Watts
on 26/05/2015
Christine is an excellent child-minder. She looked after my two children for four years, all through their early years. Christine is very caring and is always willing to give out hugs. My daughter was a little shy and reluctant to go somewhere new, but Christine provides such a lovely environment for little ones that she quickly integrated. The children have a separate playroom with toys and in the summer have the chance to play in the garden. Christine regularly takes them to the park, where there are picnics with our child-minders. I would not hesitate to recommend Christine to any other parents.
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