Louise
Childminder in Leatherhead
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Female Member since Aug 2011 Last Updated Dec 2024 Last Login 20 Dec 2024
My Summary
About Me
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I am an Ofsted registered childminder living in Ashtead. I offer a comfortable and safe home from home environment. The house is full of toys and resources for all ages, enabling me to provide comprehensive delivery of the early years foundation stage (EYFS). I provide a wide range of learning activities and experiences to ensure that all of the children enjoy their time here, while developing in all seven areas of EYFS: communication and language; personal, social and emotional development; physical development; literacy; mathematics; understanding the world and expressive arts and design.
I tailor activities for each child’s needs and combine both indoor and outdoor play, to help stimulate learning and development. I ensure children benefit from regular outings using local amenities such as toddler groups, parks, and other areas of interest. Indoor activities include craft, cooking and messy play.
I thoroughly love working with children of all ages and have gained over 20 years experience in the childcare industry. I have worked in both pre schools, and nursery’s, as well as nannying and childminding for various families. In 2015 I gained an Outstanding Ofsted report.
Please get in touch in if you like my profile and would like to know more.
My Experience
Whilst raising my own family, a girl of 22 years old and a boy of 15 years old, I started childminding ten years ago. I continue to enjoy the role and I have experience of looking after children of all ages. I have completed many training courses and qualifications.
My Qualifications
I am DBS checked
I have a current Paediatric First Aid certificate
CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young people's Workforce
I have also attended many workshops and courses in all areas of childcare and development
My Availability
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| Before School | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
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| Afternoon | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| After School | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 11/12/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £8.50 per hour
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 Documents
- First Aid Certificate: paediatric first aid (added 04/04/2023)
- DBS Check (added 04/04/2023)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 04/04/2023)
- UK Driving Licence (added 17/01/2023)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Louise. 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.
Finley has the most wonderful time at Louise’s. She always made Finley very welcome and was very accommodating to our family needs.
She is very organised and provides a stimulating environment with lots of toys and activities. She keeps us updated regularly over WhatsApp with messages and photos of Finley’s day.
Louise often takes Finley out to libraries, parks, soft play and toddler groups. He has come on a lot with his development through the learning activities that Louise provides at home.
Louise provides healthy and tasty meals for Finley and it is clear that Finley has become more adventurous with his food choices. We have been so happy with Louise’s services and would highly recommend Louise as a childminder.
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Louise has looked after my little girl for over a year now, and she’s been absolutely great. She has a lovely setting and an excellent garden for explorative play, which my little girl has loved. Most days, Louise takes the children out to toddler groups, soft plays or parks, which means they get a constant change of scenery and my little girl has always enjoyed telling me about the adventures she’s been on each day. With my little girl turning 3 in January we’ve decided now’s the time to send her to more of a pre-school setting to prepare her for big school - but it’s with a heavy heart, as we’ve grown incredibly fond of Louise, and will miss seeing her as part of our daily routine! Any child who ends up in Louise’s care will be very much loved, and I can highly recommend her as a childminder!
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Louise is an absolutely excellent childminder. She has looked after our now almost 2 year old since he was 9 months, and we have been so pleased that she will be looking after our second child starting next year. She is warm and friendly, and my son happily runs into her house each morning to start play. She does a wide range of activities with them from toddler groups, to outdoor excursions and walks as well as fun creative crafts, baking etc. She has been accommodating regarding travel arrangements, naps etc. She communicates really clear and pays attention to child’s development - raising a concern for example about my son’s walking stride which is now being looked at by a physio - we have been grateful for her attentiveness in this. She has a lovely manner with the children she looks after. We get a book each day with updates as to what our son has been doing, and verbal communication at handover time too.
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My son started with Louise in Sept 2023 when he was 16 months old and the past year he has come on in leaps and bounds, which I believe really is down to her! She does so many lovely activities with the children each day, including taking them out to National Trust places, toddler groups, soft play and making crumbles (my personal favourite!!). My son loves being in her care and he looks forward to going there every day. She goes above and beyond a standard childminder, running her setting like a mini nursery which is so lovely. We really believe we struck so lucky with her, thank you Louise 💖
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