Lou
Babysitter in Eltham
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Female Member since Jan 2011 Last Updated Mar 2024 Last Login Jun 2024
My Summary
About Me
I love young children and find it easy to bond with them quickly. I am a childcare professional, currently working as an Early Years Practitioner in a London school Reception Class. I have my own family of five children have worked with children (4 months to 13 years) and their parents professionally for the last twelve years.
My Experience
Early Years Practitioner in a school setting (5 years). For a year before this I had a position as an Atelierista (early years arts project based educator) in a Reggio Emilia nursery. Before working in a nursery, I worked as a childminder for 6 years. Received Ofsted Outstanding on my last inspection. I have experience of working with children with English as an additional language and children with Special Educational Needs. I enjoy working with children from all cultures and heritages.
My Qualifications
BA (Hons) Graphic Design/illustration
Childcare certifications:
Level 3 Early Years Educator (Cache)
Safeguarding:
Paediatric first aid
Advanced Safeguarding (High Speed Training)
Basic Food Hygiene (Educare)
Preventing and Managing Infectious Diseases in Early Education and Childcare (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Supporting babies:
It's All Happening Before Two (Laura Henry)
Supporting Early Language Development (Preschool Learning Alliance)
Communication:
Supporting children's Communication Skills for Learning (OCN London)
Supporting Children with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (Pacey)
Introducing British Sign Language (BSL)
Supporting Children with Signs and Symbols (Greenwich Council)
An Introduction to Speech, Language and Communication (The Communication Trust)
Makaton training
Number:
Let's Look at Maths...Number (NDNA)
Let's Look at Maths...Space, Shape and Measure (NDNA)
Playful Maths Instruction (Early Childhood Investigations)
Literacy:
Teaching Phonics (Oplex)
Raising Early Achievement in Literacy (NCB)
Story-times and Transitions with Heart: Lessons for Early Educators from youth librarians (Early Childhood Investigations)
Synthetic Phonics
SEND:
Supporting Children with SEND in the Early Years (Early Years Alliance)
Autism Awareness for Educators (NCC)
Special Educational Needs (Oplex)
Asperger Syndrome (Laser Training)
ADHD Awareness (Preschool Learning Alliance)
The SEND Code of Practice (Ace Education)
Indroduction to ASD (National Professional Development Center on ASD)
Educational Reflective Development:
Equality and Inclusion in Early Years Settings
(Preschool Learning Alliance)
Managing Challenging Behaviour in a Setting (Purple Parenting)
Education for Peace (Montessori St Nicholas)
My Availability
No current availability.
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| Afternoon | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| After School | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 07/03/2023 | |||||||
My Fees
- Babysitting from £10.00 per hour
£10 per hour
My Documents
- Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination (added 18/08/2021)
- DBS Check (added 18/08/2021)
- Training Certificate: Cache Level 3 Diploma for Early Years Workforce (Early Years Educator) (added 03/02/2019)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Lou. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk users and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
I have used Lu 8 or 10 times for my two boys, 2&4, she's always been fantastic. On time (usually early) really great with the kids and very calm, which is fab for bedtime stories! The boys love Lu and stay up if they know she's coming.
Couldn't recommend Lu highly enough.
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by
Cromarty
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Lou
on 05/02/2023
Response by
Lou
on 05/02/2023:
Thank you so much for your kind review. It's always lovely to help you out. Much appreciated!
Lou has been babysitting for our son since he was about 6 months old, he’s now 4 years old. Our son loves her and always asks when she’s coming back. He always waves us goodbye without a blink! Lou plays with him, brings in her educational and artistic experiences (they made me a lovely birthday card of dancing gazelles!), feeds and bathes him, and puts him to bed a happy boy! Most importantly, she always brings a smile to all of us, even after a long day at work! She’s definitely a family favourite. I can’t recommend her highly enough.
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Faten
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Lou
on 04/02/2023
Response by
Lou
on 05/02/2023:
Thank you so much for the lovely review! I did laugh at your mention of the card. That was a combination of your favourite animal and show, we thought long and hard together about that one! 😂🥰
We had Louise babysitting our son during pre-Covid. She established great contact with him immediately and our son enjoyed spending time with her. After 2 years of covid (and no babysitting) we asked her to do babysitting for us again - for our older son (now 4) and our second son, who is 2 and had never met Louise before. When she arrived, they both were happy to see her and loved her company. Our younger boy often is reserved with people he doesn't know, but this wasn't the case and we were confident leaving both boys with Louise. Our older boy has been asking when Louise will be coming again, which just proves how good she is with children. Louise is very pleasant, creative, experienced, punctual, caring and overall highly reliable person.
Based on our experience with Louise, we highly recommend her to other parents who are looking for a credible and professional babysitter.
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Louise has been babysitting for our son (now 3) since we was about 9 months and has been incredible. I was very nervous about leaving him with someone other than a family member and he had quite bad separation anxiety at that age. Lou reassured us both and has been brilliant ever since. Not only does she manage to entertain him, feed him AND get him to bed at a good time but she also manages to clear up… amazing.
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by
Annie
about
Lou
on 06/03/2022
Response by
Lou
on 07/02/2023:
Thank you so much for your kind review! It's always a pleasure.
We were looking for a baby-sitter for our 7 year-old boy and we met Lou who is an experienced and highly qualified childminder.
After meeting her, we exchanged a few messages and we agreed a date when she will come and babysit our son. She confirmed that she will add the date to her diary.
Nearer the time, we contacted her again to re-confirm the time and she replied that she had put her baby-sitting on hold due the current situation. We obviously understand this but out of courtesy, she could have let us know in advance so we could cancel our plans - instead of waiting for us to contact her.
It was very unprofessional and therefore we would not recommend her baby-sitting services as she is obviously very unreliable.
We cancelled our plans and got a refund in the end fortunately. Very disappointing! We now have found someone local who is professional, kind and very punctual.
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by
G_Rose
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Lou
on 05/12/2021
Response by
Lou
on 06/12/2021:
Dear Garance,
I am so sorry. I can fully understand how disappointing it must have been to have had to cancel your plans. I did indeed have your booking in my diary for the Saturday and when you contacted me on the Wednesday I had been waiting to hear back from a work colleague the status of a PCR test as her son had tested positive. Working in a school the guidelines on safety are ever changing and recently the cases in our school have rapidly escalated and my first concern is to safeguard children and their families. Again, I do appreciate that it was disappointing for you and I'm glad that you have found someone suitable in the meantime.
Kind regards
Lou
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