Amanda
Childminder in Acton Vale
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Female Member since Nov 2009 Last Updated Sep 2024 Last Login 27 Oct 2024
My Summary
About Me
** I will have a vacancy from early 2025 **
Hello.
I am an Ofsted registered childminder.
I take great pride in my work and I believe I offer an excellent service. I provide a fun, safe and home from home environment for my children to thrive in.
I live in a spacious home with a lovely garden; I have lots of toys and provide plenty of activities for the children to do. I also go out to local parks, attend playgroups, Rhyme time, music groups, visit local libraries and go to soft play centres. I like to keep an active diary but also let the children have some time to play in a home environment.
I provide a daily online diary with photos to share the day's activities.
I provide a healthy and varied menu. I love cooking and use lots of fresh ingredients. I am happy to support weaning and I am able to prepare age appropriate meals from weaning age.
I follow the EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage framework) where I promote each child's development by meeting their individual needs.
I would be happy to have a chat / meet with you to discuss your childcare needs.
I promise to provide a warm, caring, loving and trusting environment for your child to flourish.
My Experience
I have been childminding for 17 years and love it!
I have child minded children from 3 months old to 10 year olds and I am a parent of two children so plenty of hands on experience.
I have attended childcare courses, First Aid, Food Hygiene and EYFS training courses.
My Qualifications
In additional to Paediatric First Aid (renewed every 3 years) and Safeguarding Training (renewed every 2 years) I attend childcare courses regularly to keep myself updated.
I would happily provide references / or arrange chats with current parents
My Availability
I work Monday to Thursday 8am to 5pm
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| 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 | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Evening | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
| Last Updated: 21/09/2024 | |||||||
My Fees
- Childminding from £10.00 per hour
To be discussed as they are dependent on your needs.
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
The inspection grades below have been obtained from the Ofsted website based upon the registration number the childminder has provided to us. You should verify this information yourself prior to using the childminder.
My Documents
- Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination (added 28/04/2023)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 28/04/2023)
- DBS Check (added 28/04/2023)
- UK Driving Licence (added 28/04/2023)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Amanda. 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.
Our daughter started with Amanda when she was 8 months old and it has been the best decision we ever made. Amanda is so much more than a childminder! She takes the children out every day and is fully focussed on them when she is with them - constantly talking, singing and interacting with them. She has stretched our daughter in the perfect way whilst upholding a safe and nurturing, homely environment. She has played a huge part in our daughter’s brilliant development with both her language and understanding, but I also know that going to Amanda’s is something my daughter looks forward to every single day. She is also an absolute pleasure to deal with as a parent. Thank you Amanda, we will miss you when our little girl starts nursery school! And to any future parents out there, I cannot recommend Amanda highly enough!
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I don’t think I have enough words to express how amazing Amanda is!!
My daughter has had the pleasure of being in Amanda’s care for almost 3years now. The first day we met Amanda my daughter bonded/trusted her from the very beginning. It felt like I had known Amanda for years but just hadn’t seen her in a long time for me that’s how it felt.
She is the most caring, loving, gentle and enthusiastic and warm childminder. It honestly felt like home from home. Amanda takes my child to playgroups , music group, soft play, park and shopping all the children love
everything that Amanda does with them.
My daughter absolutely adores Amanda and gets so excited when she knows she’s going there. My daughter has achieved so much since being with Amanda.
Amanda is very understanding with any situation. If I have any more children I wouldn’t hesitate in choosing Amanda I would choose her over and over again!!
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Amanda has been everything we could have wanted for our child. I am beyond confident that he has the best time everyday. This is confirmed through his wishes to go to Amanda’s on his days off, his enthusiasm to go in a morning and him not wanting to leave at the end of the day!
As a working mum I needed a child care provider who was reliable and this is exactly what Amanda is.
I love that Amanda takes the children to a variety of classes in the week and offers a varied balanced diet along with promoting independence and manners. I strongly believe the well rounded person my son is becoming is of huge credit to Amanda.
Thank you Amanda, Grayson is very lucky to have had this time in your care.
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Amanda has been an absolute dream. My son started just under a year and he has flourished with her. What I love about Amanda is her personal touch -- she knows all the kids intimately from their personalities to their development areas. She shares great photos and updates every day, has an amazing range of activities for the kids (music classes, art, playgroup, baking, outdoor activities in the park etc) so I felt I was getting the best of both worlds - the personalised care of a childminder and the social interaction and activities of a nursery. And even with stay at home activities, her wonderful home has a great range of indoor and outdoor toys that she rotates. She has also been incredibly flexible when we needed to switch days and easy to talk to. I would 100% recommend Amanda.
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Oh Amanda how we are going to miss you!
It is my daughters final week with Amanda before we leave (she will be 3 in a few months and starting nursery) and I am beside myself! Amanda has quite simply been one of the most wonderful experiences.
Having never left my daughter with anyone else before we started a year and a half ago, I was nervous, but Amanda was so reassuring and talked me through it all. She sent daily updates and photos and text messages to keep me in the loop and Amber settled into a good routine. There were playgroups, music classes, cooking, fun at home - I felt like Amber was in the best possible place where she was learning and growing all under Amanda's watchful and knowledgeable eye.
Not only has it been a warm and happy environment for Amber to thrive in but Amanda has also been a constant source of help, advice and support when I needed it as a first time mum going through all the stages of life with a toddler...getting rid of the dummies! potty training! Just a few of the things made so much easier with Amanda's guidance and encouragement.
Nothing seems to fluster her - she seems to have endless energy, is completely solid, safe, fun, approachable and straightforward - she really is a gem and I can't imagine what we would have done without her in our lives. Amber has loved going to her house each week and we are going to miss her hugely!! If you are looking for a child carer Amanda is genuinely the best of the best x
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