Mariya
Childminder in Witham
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Female Member since Aug 2017 Last Updated May 2025 Last Login 11 May 2025
My Summary
Kookie’s Adventure
About Me
Welcome to Kookie’s Adventure!
My name is Mariya and I live with my husband, and our 2 lovely boys, aged 5 and 8. Our kids attend Silver End academy, which is around 10 minutes walk from our house.
We live in a New Built house, with a big garden that has a big Pirate Ship climbing frame, with a slide, swings, a bridge, a table with a bench and a space for sand play.
We will have so much fun in the garden with scooters, cars, bikes, obstacles, water play, a sand pit, reading books, playing different games, basketball and football activities, and of course doing gardening, such as planting fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
Inside the house, there is a Play Room, which has a book shelf with varieties of books, play kitchen where children will use their imagination to cook some delicious meals. They will use the counter to pay for their orders, a shopping basket and a trolley to put their food in it.
There is also an open shelf with small world toys such as cars, dinosaurs, wild and farm animals. There are also building blocks, magnetic shapes, dolls hairdressing, doctor’s kit, number/shape/alphabet puzzles and dressing up clothes. There are baby dolls in a buggy too.
The children will have the opportunity to do mark making, and to practise their letter and number formation. We will also have different topics every week and a book of the week. We will sing lots of nursery rhymes and many counting and alphabet songs. We will also do wake and shake in the morning and some Yoga in the afternoon.
In the kitchen, we will be doing lots of Arts and Crafts activities and of course some messy play. We will also make a play dough, and do some cooking and baking activities!
We will go on a trip to the library and meet with other Childminders in the village for Stay and Play sessions.
My Experience
I’ve been working with children for the past 23 years. I started as a Nanny and a Babysitter, and then as a Play Worker, Crèche Worker, and a Midday Meal Supervisor.
I gained my Level 3 Certificate in Early Years in 2007 and I started working as a Nursery Nurse in Private Nurseries, and in Primary schools with children from the age of 6 months old up to 5 years old. I’ve also worked as a Teaching Assistant in Primary schools from Reception up to Year 6.
For the past year, I’ve been working as a Senior Early Years Practitioner and a Nursery Leader.
I have been a Key Worker, and used various of apps such as Tapestry, 2Simple, Blossom and Family, where I recorded children’s observations.
I follow EYFS development matters as a guidance.
I will use special books to keep children’s lovely work and progress as a special memory.
I follow Safeguarding,Health and Safety, and many other policies.
I love seeing how children grow, how they learn through play and how they make progress in their Social, Emotional, Physical, and Communication Development.
I am very easy going, kind, friendly, organised ,and hard working professional. The children will come to a friendly, welcoming, happy, calm, safe and stimulating environment.
I close for 1 week around Easter Time, 1 week in December, and 4 weeks at the end of July.
All other days, I will remain open, excluding bank holidays.
I can also offer term time only contract.
You are welcome to contact me if you have any questions, and then we can arrange a visit for you and your little one to come and have some fun and a chat.
My Qualifications
Level 2 BTEC First Diploma in Early Years
Level 3 BTEC National Certificate in Early Years
Blended Paediatric First Aid Training
Health and Safety Certificate
Safeguarding Children and Young People Certificate
GDPR awareness training
Food and Hygiene Certificate
Fire Awareness Course
County Lines training
Promoting Positive Behaviour Certificate
Preventing and dealing with child choking training
Modern Slavery course
Prevent Duty and British Values course
How to safely pick up a child training
My Availability
I am available Monday to Friday from 7.30 am until 6 pm.
Additional hours can be discussed. I look after children from 9 months old up to 5 years old.
I do school drop off and pick up from Silver End Academy from Nursery up to Year 6.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Morning | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 09/05/2025 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.50 per hour
Fees include healthy breakfast, morning snack, afternoon snack, tea/dinner, stay and play groups, arts and crafts, cooking activities, trips to the farm/zoo, wet wipes, new toys/equipment and all other outings.
Childminding from £6.50 per hour or 60 pounds per day for 10 hours and a half.
HALF TERM HOLIDAY CLUB in February, 1 week in April, May, 2 weeks in August, October, 1 week in December for £40 per day.
Price includes a breakfast, snack, tea, arts and crafts activities, sports, riding bikes/scooters, planting and lots of fun in the garden!
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Silver End Primary School
My Documents
- DBS Check (added 22/12/2024)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 22/12/2024)
- UK Passport (added 22/12/2024)
- Other (added 06/03/2025)
- First Aid Certificate (added 22/12/2024)
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