After my son started to become unsettled in a new room at nursery, we decided a smaller setting would suit him better and so we got in touch with Julie to see if she had availability for him in her setting. Even after the first settling-in session, we knew that he would be so much happier with Julie, and he was. He settled so quickly into Julie's lovely home-from-home setting. Julie has created a calm and nurturing setting with a small number of similarly aged children, who all build really close friendships with one another. She does a great mix of activities with the children, lots of outdoor exploring and learning as well as some innovative and focussed developmental activities at home. Julie builds a close bond with each of the children and they all seem so happy and secure with her. My son has enjoyed his time with Julie so much and it has been such a relief to see him happy to go in each day and to see how much he has come on in his development in the time he has been there. Communication is also great, as Julie builds strong relationships with the parents directly and communicates every day about your child's activities and daily diary, which is really helpful. Julie really is a fantastic childminder. Thank you Julie, we are very grateful for everything that you have done for us and we cannot recommend you enough!!

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