Kelly M
Childminder in Calne
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Female Member since Oct 2023 Last Updated Dec 2024 Last Login 19 Dec 2024
My Summary
About Me
My Name is Kelly Mills, and I live in Wintergreen with my Husband Callum and our son Harrison who is 3 years old. We have lived at Wintergreen for a few years but before this we lived round the corner at Saffron meadow for 3 years, so I know the area well. Both Callum and I are fully enhanced DBS checked. The nature of Callum’s job does mean he may work from home occasionally, but he has an office upstairs out of the way and is on the road or in his head office most of the time.
I offer a friendly, flexible, and affordable service for children up to the age of 8 in a safe environment where they can have fun, explore, learn and develop to their full potential.
I use the world around me as inspiration for learning opportunities. The changing sessions, different cultural celebrations and the natural environment all go into shaping our learning here at Wintergreen Childcare.
I have a ‘give it a go’ approach to teaching where I encourage all children to do as much as possible for themselves. This way they gain the much-needed independence, while at the same time exploring what their minds and their bodies are capable off. I will provide a balance between child-led and adult-led activities to keep your littles engaged and interested in learning throughout the day.
Each child is unique and special in their own way, we celebrate our differences by being inclusive to everyone. I accept and appreciate every child for who they are and will encourage them to become the best versions of themselves. Ultimately its all about having fun and exploring and learning through play.
My Experience
After having my son, I went back to being a designer full time and quickly realised this wasn’t for me anymore. My passions had developed and changed since then and although I still wanted to be creative, I knew I couldn’t continue being a designer anymore. Instead, I wanted to have a more rewarding career to fit around my new home life. I have been interested in child development since my son was born and found the stages of development fascinating so I decided that becoming a childminder where I could teach and nurture children to reach their full potential would be a great vocation for me.
My experience is being a mum. I know how hard it is to leave your child in the care of someone else. Which is why I am dedicated and passionate about delivering the best care I can to your most precious person on the planet.
My Qualifications
I am an accredited member of Pacey and in the preparation to become a childminder I have done the following courses:
• NCFE Cache Level 3 Award in Preparing to Work in Home-Based Childcare Course
o Outline current legislation relevant to the home based childcare
o Understand how to establish a safe and healthy home-based childcare environment for children
o Understand how to support the Safeguarding and Welfare of the children.
o Understand how to promote equality, diversity and inclusion
o Understand how day to day care routines promote children’s well-being
o Understand how to work in partnership to support children’s outcomes
o Understand children’s learning and behaviour in relation to sequence, rate and stage of development
o Understand the value of play in promoting children’s learning and development
o Understand the role of observation in promoting children’s learning and development
o Various business-related modules
• Paediatric First Aid Certificate (redone every 3 years)
• Prevent Course
• Food Hygiene and Safety Level 2
• Level 2 safeguarding course (revisited every 2 years)
• Level 2 Adverse Childhood Experiences course
• Introduction to SEND.
• Introduction to Speech, Language, and communication (SLC) in the early years
* Early Years professional Development Program run by the DofE
My Availability
Monday, 08.00am – 18.00pm
Tuesday, 08.00am – 18.00pm
Wednesday, 08.00am – 18.00pm
Thursday, 08.00am – 18.00pm
Friday - Closed
Although I have put these hours above, I can be flexible and will discuss your needs with you. If you need care slightly out of these hours please feel free to drop me a message to discuss.
I can be flexible to suit parents as I know that things come up and there might be an occasion that you need me to have your child later or earlier. These circumstances can be discussed as and when to suit different needs.
Unfortunately I cannot offer wrap around care at this time.
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 06/12/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £5.00 per hour
I charge £5.00 an hour per child for EYFS children and £6.50 per hour for school age children.
I can also offer 9 month, 2,3 and 4 year old 15 &30 hour funding.
I have a minimum contract of 2 full day session for your child to attend Wintergreen Childcare.
All healthy balanced meals can be provided at an additional cost of £2 per meal. I can cater to different dietary requirements, allergies, or cultural needs and a menu will go out to parents each month and will be displayed at the entrance to the setting for parents to refer to.
Parents are welcome to provide food, if you would like your children to have something different to what I am providing.
All healthy snacks, nappies and wipes and outings etc. are included within my hourly fee.
My Local Schools
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My Ofsted Inspections
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My Documents
- UK Passport (added 09/10/2023)
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