Rita
Childminder in Dunstable
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Female Member since May 2011 Last Updated Sep 2024 Last Login 20 Nov 2024
My Summary
Nuturing Passion In Children
About Me
Hoping I can assist you with your child care needs.
Our family recently moved to the Dunstable area, and are enjoying it. My name is Rita and I am an Ofsted registered Childminder and live close to the town centre area.
A little about my family and the setting:
I am married to my husband Barry. We have two children, Gabriela and Samuel.
Gabriela is 16 and enjoys her mobile phone, playing outdoors, loves playing football and being sociable with her friends. She also enjoys babysitting on the weekends, and can offer this service to your family should you require.
Samuel is 11, he enjoys music and creating his own music, he enjoys being outdoors playing football, basketball and scootering around our garden.
Emphasis at the setting is on children's comfort, safety and happiness.
Honest and reliable, working to provide a high quality standard of service, with a caring and enjoyable home from home environment.
We want your children to be curious explorers, confident communicators, independent learners and inquisitive thinkers.
Motivate fun and creativity to develop young minds through play activities and a stimulating environment.
Giving them life skills they can carry over in their next steps into 'big school'.
We enjoy being outdoors and promote good exercise, joining other children on slides and riding trikes while encouraging socializing.
Emphasis at home is to ensure a homey safe and loving environment, happy children where special friendships are formed. Enjoying activities like playing fun games, reading, painting and even some baking on the odd occasion too :)
We have lots of jolly giggles playing musical instruments and singing. We have a cheerful time dancing and exercising to music. We enjoy rhyme time, learning new songs and words, and quieter times reading stories, exploring books and drawing pictures to strength creativity.
I speak two alternate languages; Portuguese and Afrikaans
Our neighbourhood provides easy access to West Street , the A5183 as well as the A505.
My Experience
Have worked in the industry for 13 years.
This is my vocation, it's not just a job; something I have always wanted to do, and 13 years ago the opportunity presented itself and I have loved everyday of it.
Good training and knowledge, with experience of expectant behaviour, developmental and milestone reaching, from age range of 10 months to older 9-16 year olds.
I am confident in managing newborns, toddlers and school aged children
My Qualifications
Ofsted Registered Childminder
Paediatric First Aid Trained
Cache level 3 certificate in Homebased Childcare
Certified in Food Hygiene
NSPCC Safeguarding Certificate
Liability Insurance held
Full UK driving license
Disclosure and Barring Service verification
My Availability
Monday - Thursday (Friday limited space, can be considered)
07:30am to 17:30, aim to be flexible to accommodate your needs
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| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 12/09/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.25 per hour
My rate includes lunch, a mid morning and afternoon snack
I accept childcare vouchers as well as tax free childcare payments
I offer funded hours for qualifying 9 month old babies as well as children aged 2,3, and 4 years of age.
Thank you for taking the time to read my profile and look forward to hearing from you :)
My Local Schools
This childminder has not yet informed us whether or not they provide any drop off or pick up services at local schools.
My Ofsted Inspections
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My Documents
- UK Driving Licence (added 14/10/2022)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Rita. 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.
Rita looked after my daughter from when she was 13 months until three years old and she was amazing from start to finish.
She has a very personal approach and put so much time and thought into getting to know my daughter, putting her at ease and helping her develop. Throughout her time at Rita’s, my daughter was always happy to be at Rita’s home. It was a perfect balance between a relaxed and happy home and somewhere for the children to learn and flourish.
As well as bonding with my daughter, Rita was also really great at getting to know me and working with me to make sure I was comfortable leaving Holly which I really appreciated as a new mum leaving her child for the first time.
In summary, I can’t recommend Rita enough!! I was so sad when it was time for my daughter to move on to new childcare but I am happy that more families will get to experience Rita’s home and care 😊
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Rita has been childminding our two daughters for over three years in total. We feel totally blessed to have met her and her family. They are a warm, loving, caring and supportive family, and Rita is an outstanding childminder. Both our girls have adored going to her setting and enjoy all the activities Rita arranges for them. Rita is very approachable and supportive with any questions or discussions you may have. We see them as an extended part of our family and will be forever grateful for all they have done.
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Kerry
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Rita
on 28/06/2024
Response by
Rita
on 29/06/2024:
Kerry and family, love you all so much and you will all be missed 😘
I can’t express how grateful we are for having Rita and her family in our life. Our daughter, Olivia, is attending Rita setting since she was 13 months. Olivia is always happy to be left with Rita and she is always happy when we pick her up. Rita provides us with daily updates of Olivia’s activities and progress in the setting alongside with regular plans and stages for Olivia’s development.
We are really pleased that we choose Rita as our daughter childminder.
Thank you so much for everything you have done for our Family!
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by
Adriana
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on 06/06/2023
Response by
Rita
on 06/06/2023:
Thank you! Will miss your family, has been a pleasure looking after Olivia, she is going to be missed so much here! wishing you all happy adventures!!
When the time came to send Leelah to childcare I was very anxious especially as it came during the pandemic. Leelah was 1 when she started at Rita's, the first time I met Rita I knew that we were on to a winner. My first meeting with Rita was friendly, informative and organised and she immediately put me at ease. Rita's organisation from sending updates, photos and invoices is super effcient so we always knew where we were with her. No question was too silly and she really was empathetic to my many questions and needs in the beginning.
Importantly, Leelah has really flourished at Rita's setting. Her family are lovely, warm and well mannered and I saw these qualities shine in Leelah also. Not only did Rita look after Leelah she made such an effort to develop her skills by thinking of really fun and imaginative ways for Leelah to learn - so much so that I sometimes wished that I could stay after dropping Leelah off! Meals provided were healthy and Leelah always came home well-fed which is a big plus for me. Another huge plus is the fact that Rita teaches manners and addressed Leelah's 'cheeky' behaviour in a healthy way.
The signs of a great childcarer is when a child genuinely misses them and that is what Leelah felt when she was away from the setting. Rita's setting is warm, nurturing and really does feel like home away from home for the children.
Thank you so much for all that you have done for Leelah Rita - we really really appreciate it :)
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Rita’s been looking after our 2 year old for the last 18 months and we couldn’t have found a better childcare provider!
She’s really looked after our son as if he was her own, given him healthy meals and keeps us updated with what he’s been getting up to- she does so many fun activities with the children 😊 I highly recommend Rita, she’s a lovely lady and the best childminder!
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