Sandra has been childminding our daughter since November 2011 when she was 11 months old. Sandra immediately put us at ease and straight away we felt that we had made the right decision to use a childminder rather than a nursery.

Initially, our daughter only went to Sandra a couple of days a week as I wasn’t due back to work full time until January 2012 but even though the visits weren’t ‘regular’ she always seemed happy to go to Sandra and also to play with the other children. Since Erin has been going to Sandra’s full time she has thoroughly thrived in this environment. She loves the variety of activities and is happy to let Sandra help her with various tasks including drawing, painting, using new toys etc.

Sandra is great at communicating with us as to what our daughter has been doing each day and encouraging us to try activities she has enjoyed as well as asking us how she is and what she's been doing over the weekend etc. or if there's anything in particular she'd like us to focus on with Erin.

Sandra is very warm and caring and all the children are happy to go to her for cuddles as well as allowing her to help them with various activities. They also listen really well to her clear instructions. Also, Sandra’s own children are always very helpful and polite and love having other children around.