Dionne11's Reviews
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(5 from 23 reviews)
Dionne has looked after two of our children over the past 5 years and she is the most caring and dedicated childminder.
She takes the kids out on regular trips to parks in the area, museums and even organises trips a bit further afield. Both our kids have come back home with lots of lovely arts and crafts and Dionne and her team also does a lot of great educational activities around occasions like Black History Month, Lunar New Year, Christmas, Easter, Halloween. She has also helped both our kids with potty training.
The kids loved Dionne's food too - we've had Dionne's food too and it's amazing!
She always organises a fun day out for the kid who graduate from the setting, which the kids love.
Overall our children have been well cared for and looked after. What I liked best about Dionne over the other settings I visited was how much Dionne and her team care for the children and how warm, kind and loving they are. It's like a home away from home. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Dionne!
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Dionne has cared for our two daughters for over six years now. She really is one of a kind. We are so lucky to have her and her wonderful team in our lives. Our daughters adore going to her setting and feel so loved and cared for there. Dionne provides amazing food for the kids, so much so, our second daughter insists I try and copy her recipes. Dionne takes all the kids out on fun and educational excursions making them more confident and Independant. Dionne and her team teach the children mindfulness, yoga, numbers, writing, food preparation, teeth cleaning, as well as making them aware of other cultures and being environmentally friendly. Dionne has recently had a refurb of her setting with a view to it being more Montessori themed. Her setting is beautiful, clean and homely.
Dionne and her team always go above and beyond to make sure we’re not stuck for childcare if we get in a pickle and Chrystal is a favourite in our house to babysit. Her Christmas and graduation parties are not too be missed.
I really couldn’t recommend dionne enough. She truly is the best. Our youngest daughter will be going to nursery in September but dionne will be picking her up. You can’t get rid of us yet!! Thank you dionne and the team for caring so lovingly for our two daughters.
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Both of our children (one girl and one boy) have been cared for by Dionne, both started around 8/9 months and have really thrived. We love the setting and the size - it’s almost like a mini nursery but in a homely environment. Our children have made some lovely friends there and the other staff working with Dionne are also fantastic. Dionne has so much energy and is always thinking of creative activities, taking the children out on trips and helping them learn new skills. Food is great - a really good mix of things and she always hosts amazing parties for them! We feel very lucky that we found Dionne and would not hesitate in recommending her setting to anyone.
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HelenD
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Dionne11
on 19/07/2024
Response by
Dionne11
on 19/07/2024:
Thank you Helen for trusting us to take care of your children. We love having them both at the setting. They are an absolute pleasure to look after. Thank you once again, for trusting us to take good care of them. We wish child 1 the best of luck in her new school and I know she will do amazing. We will continue the journey with child 2 for another fantastic year of play and learning development. Xx
Dionne and her team are INCREDIBLE! I’m head of an early years at a school and so have an understanding about childcare and development, but I have been blown away by the effort that Dionne puts in for her children. She has taught them, among other things…. Black history month, teeth cleaning, learning where food comes from, number recognition, lots of art activities as well as numerous trips out to parks, museums and soft play! The food she provides is amazing too- we often wish we could all come round for lunch!!
My daughter had been at Dionne’s setting since she was 9months and we are leaving now for her to start Nursery at school. I am going to so miss having Dionne in our lives. Shes a wonderful, kind, caring lady who genuinely adores all the children she looks after. She has always been there for me if I've been in a pickle and needed extra childcare.
Plus Chrystal (Dionne’s amazing assistant) and her babysitting services are so useful!!
We have LOVED being there and my whole family will miss being part of Dionne’s world!
Thank you Dionne for all your hard work. You and your team are amazing.
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Musson21
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on 13/07/2024
Response by
Dionne11
on 19/07/2024:
Thank you very much kirsty and thank you for trusting me and my team to take care of your princess. Thank you for supporting our setting always. We will miss you all especially our little princess.
We have loved having our daughter in Dionne's care. Dionne and her team are all so brilliant and loving to the children. The range of activities they offer and the effort they put in is so impressive. We've never had to raise a single concern in our time with Dionne. We're so grateful for how happy she has made our daughter and sad that it's time for our daughter to move on.
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Our 3 year old son has been with Dionne since April 2022 and will continue to be until he starts primary school. We also have a newborn daughter we hope will be cared for by Dionne and her team as they really are the best.
We feel very lucky to have found her.
From the initial settling in period to now, we could not have asked for a more dedicated, caring and loving childminder for our son.
Her setting is clean, warm and really a home from home. We appreciate how much she cares about making the setting the best it can possibly be. She keeps innovating her setting and to us shows her level of dedication and passion to the kids she cares for. The cleanliness and organisation of her setting was the biggest stand out from other childminders we visited and she has maintained the high standards throughout.
We love that her team has stayed consistent throughout our time with her, which we believe has helped to build a trusting bond between us. The kids have also stayed consistent enabling our son to build secure friendships and for us to know local families.
Our son’s confidence has improved massively since being cared for by Dionne. And this is really evident when we go out to parks at weekends and how he interacts with kids he hasn’t met before. We believe her doing daily trips and exploring the world with him has hugely helped.
We could go on and on about how amazing Dionne and her team is. Our advice don’t hang about if you want her services.
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Tobi
about
Dionne11
on 19/06/2024
Response by
Dionne11
on 20/06/2024:
Thank you so much Tobi & Tim, for your trust in my team and I, and for your support in the time your son has been here. We are super proud of how well he is doing, he is such an intelligent brilliant boy and we can’t wait to see little princess here too! X
Our daughter has been with Dionne for 18months (from 1 year old to 2.5 years old) but we have just moved out of London so have had to say a sad goodbye.
I wanted to leave a review to recommend Dionne and her team to anyone looking for childcare. They are full of care, endless energy and love and our daughter was so happy on her days there.
She learned and grew so much in her time
there. She was always excited to tell us about her days at Dionne’s; I was amazed when in Black History Month she came home and told us about Rosa Parks! Dionne and the team always went above and beyond to make sure all the children had a special time and we always knew our daughter was happy and settled and that was thanks to the great care of Dionne and her team.
We feel so lucky to have found Dionne and whole heartedly recommend her to anyone.
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Emma
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Dionne11
on 19/02/2023
Response by
Dionne11
on 20/02/2023:
Thank you very much Emma and thank you for trusting me and my team to take care of your princess. Thank you for supporting our setting always. We will miss you all especially our little princess.
Dionne and her two team members are absolutely incredible childminders. My twin boys have been going to Dionne's since they turned 1 and will be there until starting school this September. From the very first day Dionne, Chrystal and Ciana went to amazing efforts to make sure the boys felt loved, cared for and completely at home. Dionne and assistants are so caring about the children and communicate very well about all aspects of their time in the setting. She has helped so much for example, with potty training, additional support around speech and language and very fussy eating! She also miraculously managed to get the boys napping at the same time every day after just a couple of months of being with her which was frankly life-changing for us!
I know that Dionne and her team have done everything possible to prepare the boys for starting primary school and has expanded their knowledge and skills so much from celebrating Black History Month with incredible activities, poems and artwork to cooking and eating food from around the world (especially the Caribbean) and practising early literacy and numeracy skills.
We have utterly trusted Dionne, Ciana and Chrystal with our children and can't recommend her highly enough. Your children will be in the safest and most loving of hands with them.
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Sumathi
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Dionne11
on 10/04/2021
Response by
Dionne11
on 10/04/2021:
Thank you Sumathi for giving me and my team such a wonderful review. We appreciate it so much. We also wanted to thank you and your husband for trusting us to take care of the twins! It is an absolute pleasure
I’ve Been Using Dionne childcare services since 2015 , honestly she’s the Best! They always goes up and beyond for my daughter. My daughter absolutely loves going to the settings. They always ensure that my daughter do fun and educational activities everyday as well as going on little trips at least once a week. My daughter always have such wonderful thing to say about her day when I pick her up. The food selection is great as well as tasty. Dionne does little coffee mornings for parents every now and then , each year I look forward to her amazing Christmas dinner with other parents. I’m so grateful for Dionne and her team. Thank you all for all that you do , all your hard work doesn’t go unnoticed.
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Kayola
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on 20/04/2020
Response by
Dionne11
on 20/04/2020:
Thank you Kayola for giving me and the team such a wonderful review. We truly appreciate it. Thank you very much for supporting our childcare settings and trusting me and the team to take care of your daughter. She is a very talented, loving and caring child. Xx
We have been sending our 18 month old to Dionnes for the past year and she is amazing. She is a powerhouse of energy and good vibes. Our son immediately felt at home there and looked forward to going. Dionne and her team are always doing activities with the kids and he comes home with the latest picture he's created or thing he's been doing. Big smiles and looking pleased with himself! The range of activities and thought that goes into the kids day is as good as we've seen at other, much larger nursery's (he's our third child so we've seen a fair few!).
She does run the business from her flat, but I would not let that put you off. It's always spotless, the staff are always attentive and by all accounts, the food is very good (we love the selection he has - Dionne regularly sends pictures of him with the latest world cuisine.)
Anyway, she's an absolute find.
Thanks
Ben
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Ben Dad
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on 27/02/2020
Response by
Dionne11
on 02/03/2020:
Thank you Ben for giving me and the team such a wonderful review, we appreciate it so much. We also wanted to thank you and your wife for trusting us to take care of your son. He is a joy to have in our setting. X
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