Sharon E

My Summary

My Experience

i have acchieved lots of training over the years that has helped me to look after all age children and to further my knowledge skills to meet each child's indiviaul needs, i completed my nvq level 3 in 2009 and all training is kept up to date at all times.
in september 2013 the new eyfs (early years foundation stage ) came in making new changes and all carers have to meet these requirements for children aged 0 to 5 years, i have had lots of training to help me work towards the eyfs and to meet each individual child's needs which is kept in there own folders. as a childminder from 2000 i have had lots of experience in looking after my own children and lots of different age children I was rewarded a good on my inspection in July 2022. i am registered on the 2 year funding for eligible 2 year olds and the 3/4 year funding and have spaces available. my first aid training is up to date along side with my safeguarding and child protection training is up to date, training is always ongoing throughout the year and i enjoy going on different courses to further my knowledge working with all age children certificates are kept in my portfolio for people to see on request. we enjoy going to local parks, stanwick lakes, irchester park, wicksteed park and to the local library and to rhyme-time sessions during school term and school holidays i also like to attend weekly playgroups with the younger children to socialse and build on social skills and friendships and interact with other children in their age range to and to encourage play with the toys, equipments and activities set out at group this is a safe and warm welcoming environment for all the children. the children like to be involved with planning there days here with children's questionnaires with their likes and dislikes this helps to make sure the children make their own choices through play opportunities and are happy, children thrive better when they are happy. i am a member of the childminding UK lots of training and resources ongoing throughout the year and it has made a massive impact in my setting with lots of online training i.e - safeguarding children, child protection, first-aid refresher, food hygiene refresher, safety in the environment and many more i hold a certificate for each piece of training and is displayed in my portfolio for people to see, and i will continue the membership and training as ongoing throughout my childminding career i have also downloaded lots of packs and resources for information to keep to help me with my knowledge and changes with childcare and has given me great ideas with everyday planning with the children everyday with activities and ideas for their play and learning for all the age children in my setting and to help me with the children's work in the eyfs folders with the 7 areas of learning ( 3 prime areas and 4 specific areas ). i will continue to use this website for future ideas and planning to keep my practice moving forward and to continue me being a good practitioner in my setting. this childcare.co.uk site also allows people to inbox me privately with messages and questions and is kept private and confidential anyone can view my details and profile on this site who is looking for childcare at anytime.
i also became a member on the northamptonshire childminding association website with lots of ongoing training, updates, workshops and activities and new ideas with planning within my setting with the children everyday, i have completed further online training on this site with further certificate for each training course and is displayed in my portfolio alongside others. i will continue to use this website yearly as this will help me to keep upto date with new changes and information throughout the year and i will continue with ongoing training this will help me keep on top of things in my practice and to move forward and to continue being a good practitioner for the children in the future.
All parents receive a welcome parent pack with all policies and procedures inside to take home and keep. i have taken an Assistant on Nicola in my setting september 2019 who works alongside me and helps me with some of the children and on school/nursery runs as and when needed daily, she is fully qualified on first-aid training, the new EYFS framework training ongoing training with certificates held in her own Childminding Assistant portfolio for people to view anytime. nicola is warm and welcoming person around the children and works well alongside all age children with their learning developments to help them thrive through their everyday learning and helps them to stay safe and healthy throughout their time in the setting.
please feel free to contact me on my contact numbers for a chat or a look around in my setting and ask questions with no pressure i offer a very warm welcoming environment for everybody.

My Qualifications

quality assurance scheme - 2014 / 2015
lots of training certificates in portfolio displayed from 2002 to 2010
first aid certificate - december 2013 / refresher october 2014
choosing quality conference training day - january 2009
food hygiene level 2 -october 2008 / september 2014 / october 2014
county council food hygiene rating 5 - january 2012
nvq level 3 in childcare - april 2008
safeguarding children - may 2007 / refresher august 2008 / june 2014
protective behaviour -march 2003
drugs awareness - june 2005
equal opportunities - may 2005
children with additional needs training - march 2011
oral health training - october 2010
eyfs training - july 2012
communication and speech language course - october 2012
epilepsy awareness and administration of rectal diazepam/buccal midazolam
lots of workshops on crafts and ideas for your setting 13/03/13
safeguarding children refresher course 20/06/14
behaviour beyond the basics workshop 20/09/14
terrific twos workshop 20/09/14
certificate of achievement for over 10 years of childminding presented at the nca annual conference 20/09/14
irchester park outdoors activities and training - july 2014
protecting children from child sexual exploitation - september 2014
female genital mutilation recognising and preventing fgm - september 2014
child neglect - december 2014
equality and diversity - december 2014
preventing bullying - december 2014
child exploitation and online safety - december 2014
data protection - december 2014
mental capacity - december 2014
child protection refresher - january 2015
child protection - level 3 - january 2015
understanding behaviour - january 2015
child protection level 3 - january 2015
supporting children with eaL in early years - january 2015
health and safety - april 2015
recording a child's development - june 2015
Essential physical developments - june 2015
five to thrive at two - july 2015
safeguarding children - August 2015
channel general awareness module - october 2015
supporting children with speech, language and communication difficulties
november 2015
a shared understanding with parents of their child's development - feb 2016
can't eat and won't eat toddler's nutrition problems - feb 2016
positive behaviour management training - march 2016
understanding the implementing the prevent of duty and fundamental british values - march 2016
supporting children through loss and grief - march 2017
food hygiene refresher course - march 2017
safeguarding children refresher course - march 2017
common inspection framework - march 2017
understanding behaviour - march 2017
recording children's developments - march 2017
safeguarding children refresher course - january 15th 2018
understanding behaviour refresher course - january 15th 2018
nutrition 1 key nutrition guidelines refresher course - january 15th 2018
nutrition 2 weaning, Allergies and intolerance and special diets - january 15th 2018
safe sleeping for babies - reducing the risks of sids - october 2018
early child development - foundation - october 2018
recording children's developments - observations / assessments in the eyfs - october 2018
professional development course on schemas - november 2018
food hygiene refresher course - january 2019
recording children's developments - january 2019
safeguarding refresher course - january 2019
working with children who have special educational needs/disability - january 2019
level 2 food safety and hygiene for early years settings -july 2019
Refresher paediatric first Aid training - september 2019 ( valid 3 years )
childminding conference and workshops - october 2019
toilet training and ready for school training - october 2019
Emotionally ready for school training - october 2019
the Education Inspection on framework training - october 2019
safeguarding children including designated safeguarding lead responsibilities - november 2019
prevent duty and fundamental british values training - november 2019
understanding your ofsted inspection training - february 2020
Cultural Capital training - february 2020
Data Protection (GDPR) requirements and role of ico training - february 2020
Engaging in boys training - july 9th 2020
Treasure baskets training - july 9th 2020
More training certificates held in my portfolio for parents/guardians to see anytime

My Availability

i work part / full time
all ages from birth upwards
i can work from 7.00am to 5.00pm monday to friday
i do not work at weekends or registered for overnight care
i care for children before and after school all ages
windmill primary school in raunds
school holidays and school training days
i can do pickups and drop offs at nurseries
i can offer 2/3/4 years government funded places in my setting

My Fees

• Childminding from £5.00 per hour

i charge £5.00 per hour
breakfast is included in hourly rates
pack-lunch meals can be provided at a fee of £1.50p or parent's can provide their own child/ren's foods
i provide healthy snacks during the day for all children
drinks are available throughout the day for all children
Playgroups and trips are covered in hourly rates
bank holidays are fully charged, i do not provide a service on bank holidays.
childminder's time off is no charge as i do not provide a service
plenty of notice is given for childminder's time off, cover can be arranged with other childminder's during this time if they have spaces available.


please feel free to phone anytime night or day for a chat or to view my setting no obligations.