Joanna S

My Summary

My Experience

i have been doing childcare for the past 27 years working in different nurserys with different age groups from babies through to pre-school age,and have been doing childminding for the past 15 years

My Qualifications

NVQ Level 2 in childcare (October 1996)
NVQ Level 3 in childcare (November 1997)
ICP fast track course in childminding with safeguarding children (May 2008)
Early Years foundation stage- PR- Developing Quality workshop ( September 2008)
Early Years foundation stage-reflective practice (September 2009)
Early years foundation stage-particpaation parents and children (September 2009)
Early years foundation stage-learning and development record (February 2010)
Early years foundation stage-behaviour management (March 2010)
Introduction to EYFS ( April 2010)
first aid trained (updated February 2022)
Revised EYFS training (July 2012)
Child protection (updated January 2022)
Providing care for funded two (September 2013)
Special Education needs (SEN) (April 2016)
Pacey Conference- including two workshops, supporting the home learning Environment and Schematic play (October 2013)
Early Years - supporting children in the foundation stage with social communication difficulties (October 2013)
Accredited childminder ( November 2013)
Early Years a Foundation Stage-Enabling Environment (September 2014)
Pacey conference - including two workshops, Heuristic play and learning, play doctors-making your setting more inclusive (September 2014)
Just Play Conference - including two workshop, Play and revised EYFS, The great outdoors (November 2014)
Early Years Foundation Stage-Observation, Assessment and Planning (January 2015)
Conference -Every Child a talker (ECAT) (January 2015)
Early year Foundation Stage - Equalities ( Updated February 2020)
Pacey Confernce - including two workshops, Sand therapy, and Planning your outdoor space for out of school children (September 2015
SEN (April 2016)
Supporting Children with Speech, Lanuage and Communication Needs (November 2018)
Raising Developmental Concerns With Parents (November 2018)
Channel General Awareness module (December 2018)
Supporting children’s emotional well being (December 2018)
Safeguarding children (updated October 2022)
SEND (Updated March 2022)
Pacey Conference (attended two workshops) Settling in without Tears, Dealing with children’s Emotional ( October 2019)
Introuction to the EYFS Safeguarding and Welfare requirements (Webinar January 2020)
Childminder Documentation (Webinar March 2020)

On-line webinar throughout lockdown’s

Schemas (online course) April 2020
Health and Safety (Webinar May 12th 2020)
Working Together (Parents Partnerships and Early home Learning) online webinar (May 13th 2020)
Virtual College online course (Prevent Covid-19 May 2020)
Coronavirus Risk Assessment (webinar May 19th 2020)
Re-opening Childcare and early Years education after lockdown (Webinar May 20th 2020)
Understanding the Characteristics of Effective Learning (Webinar 27th May 2020
When the World are-Starts-Coronavirus (Webinar 2nd June2020)
What do we really mean by ‘School readiness’? (Webinar 4th June 2020)
Supporting young children’s mental health and wellbeing after lockdown (Webinar 10th June 2020)
Helping children cope with illness and bereavement (Webinar 17th June 2020)
Supporting challenging behaviour ( Webinar 24th June 2020)
Promoting and supporting handwashing in your setting (EY smart course 26th June 2020)
Child-led learning: Can we cover everything we want to teach? (Webinar 1st July 2020)
Rebuilding your early years childcare setting post lockdown (Webinar 8th July 2020)
Let’s talk STEM: Supporting the development of Science, Technology , Engineering and Maths In Early Years (Webinar 22nd July 2020)
Staff Policies (Webinar 28th July)
The Revised EYFS: What you need to know (Webinar 5th August 2020)
EYFS and development matters 2020 (Webinar 15th September 2020)
Development matters (Webinar 1st October 2020)
Support Observation and planning ( webinar 7th October 2020)
Together to support observations and planning (Webinar 7th October 2020)
Communication and play with Autistic children (Webinar 14th October 2020)
All about play: Introduction to schemas and different form of play (Webinar 21st October 2020)
Parent Partnerships: why they are important and how to develop them with Kinderly Together (Webinar 4th November 2020
Raising Awareness “identifying and supporting speech and language in the early years “ (Webinar 4th November 2020
How to create a truly inclusive early year environment for children with SEND ( Webinar 11th November 2020)
Understanding the Curiosity Approach (Webinar 18th November 2020)
Getting to good (Webinar 1st December 2020)
Bringing hugge into the early years (Webinar 2nd December 2020)
Wellbeing 2021: What does it look like? A guide for early years practitioners (Webinar 6th January 2021)
Introduction to Development Matters 2020 (Webinar 12th January 2021)
Effective planning and child-led learning: Are the two compatible? (Webinar 14th January 2021)
Song... and the EYFS, an EY smart course (online course with Pacey 15th January 2021)
Stories and safeguarding, an EY smart course with PACEY ( online 15th January 2021)
Food and drink in the EYFS, an EY smart course with PACEY ( online 15th January 2021)
Bringing the magic into Maths: Introducing maths mastery for early years ( Webinar 27th January 2021)
Calling all superheroes: Developing superhero play in early years ( Webinar 3rd February 2021)

Joined Kinderly learn on the 5th February 2021

Lockdown 3: Supporting early years practitioner with the current restriction (Webinar February 6th 2021)
Brilliant behaviour in early years (Webinar 8th February 2021
Aiming high for children with SEND in early years (Webinar 10th February 2021)
Understanding the autistic child: Behaviour, traits and challenges in the early years (Webinar 17th February 2021)
A 3-step model for better behaviour: promotion, prevention, intervention (Webinar 24th February 2021)
Child Development-Part 1 (Webinar 2nd March 2021)
Learning with nature: Embedding outdoor practice (Webinar 3rd March 2021)
Sensory processing in the early years (Kinderly Webinar 14th March 2021)
The importance of attachment for young children ( Kinderly Webinar 18th March 2021)
Playing with sounds:Building the foundations for phonics (Kinderly Webinar 26th March 2021)
Effective and meaningful assessment in the early years ( Kinderly Webinar 31st March 2021)
Schemas and the process of play ( Kinderly Webinar 7th April 2021)
Birth to five matters: Are you ready( Kinderly 90 minutes webinar 14th April 2021)
Minimising gender stereotypes in early years settings (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 21st April 2021)
Emotions matters! Supporting behaviour post COVID-19 (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 28th April 2021)
Supporting children with EAL in early years (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 5th May 2021)
What do we mean by ‘ in the moment planning? (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 12th May 2021)
The revised EYFS: Are you ready? (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 19th May 2021)
Supporting non-verbal children in early years (Webinar 90 minutes webinar 26th May 2021)
Speech, language and communication needs(kinderly 90 minutes webinar 9th June 2021)
The return of ofsted: Are you ready(kinderly 60 minutes webinar 16th June 2021)
Positive approaches to behaviour and supporting self-regulation (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 7th July 2021)
Child protection update 2021: New and emerging risks (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 14th July 2021)
Understanding race and racism: A primer for early years practitioners (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 21st August 2021)
Supporting neurodiversity in young children (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 4th August 2021)
Using floor books in the early years (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 11th August 2021)
Assessing and tracking children with SEND in the early years( kinderly 90 minutes webinar 18th August 2021)
The importance of learning environment as space for play (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 25th August 2021)
SEN and play: what we need to consider in the early years (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 15th September 2021)
Supporting young children with SEMH needs (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 29th September 2021)
The revised EYFS 2021: your questions and answered (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 6th October 2021)
Following the child’s lead: A view on child-led learning (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 13th October 2021)
Understanding curriculum and progression in the early years (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 27th October 2021)
Positive relationships with parents(kinderly 60 minutes webinar 3rd November 2021)
Montessori: A philosophy and curriculum for early years settings (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 10th November 2021)
How young children learn: An overview of piaget, Vygotsky, Gardner , Bruner & Feuerstein (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 5th January 2022)
Outdoor play and wellbeing (kinderly 60 minutes webinar 12th January 2021)
Female Genital Mutilation: Recognising and Preventing FGM ( virtual college course 18th January 2022)
Beginning with babies: child development from 0-2 years (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 19th January 2022)
Terrific toddlers: Child development from 2-3 years (kinderly 90 minutes webinar 2nd February 2022)
Supporting children’s Emotions in early years (2 hours webinar childcare.co.uk)
Ofsted and Professional Development (May2022)
Preparing for Ofsted with Confidence (90 minutes course May 2022)
Strategies for supporting children with speech and language difficulties and differences (June2022 90 minutes course)
The power of early intervention-what to look for (July 2022 90 minutes course)
Understanding Autism (October 2022 2 hrs course)
Welcoming children with EAL to your early years setting (October 2022 90 minutes course)
Understanding & supporting ADHS traits in young children (October 2022 90 minutes course)

My Availability

My opening hours are 6.45am-6.00pm all year round closed all bank holidays and two/ three weeks of the year as thats my annual holiday, the ages that i care for are babies through to 11 years, I Also i do school runs to manea primary school and manea pre-school.
I also have spaces for part time and full places for all ages, term time and holidays for those parents that just need it. Limited spaces (part time spaces, see details for availability)

My Fees

• Childminding from £4.00 per hour

My hourly rate is £4.00 and that includeds breakfast, and two lots of snacks a day including drinks.
Parents need to provide lunch for all ages either a healthy pack lunch or something I can heat up in the microwave.
Accredited childminder for the early years and founding two's for low incoming families, single parents and children with special needs including rest bit care, also providing funding for 3 and 4 years.
I also do funding 30 hours from September 2017 to those parents that are eligible.