Funtime Childcare
Childminder in Emerson Valley (also available for babysitting)
Usually responds within 12 hours
Female Member since Apr 2010 Last Updated Feb 2024 Last Login 26 Mar 2024
My Summary
Childcare For Children 20 Months To 7 Years And Drops/Collections To Howe Park School
About Me
Hi I’m Heather a Childminder of over 24 years, based on Emerson Valley, Ofsted GOOD my setting was inspected by Ofsted in 2023. I give warm home from home childcare, with traditional values and a nurturing environment. Helping young children to be school ready in all areas of learning and development to the best of their ability, in line with EYFS. My family and I live in Emerson Valley just a two minute walk from Howe Park School. We enjoy sport and exploring in the local play parks, feeding ducks, green space and woods. I offer a home from home environment - food and drinks included. Although you are welcome to send home food if you wish. There are lots of learning and play opportunities, art, dance, music, sport and outings here. Preschool children go to Westcroft Library (sending books home too), sensory room visits at local Surestart Centre, Toddler Groups, Forest Exploring in the spring and summer mostly, Feed Ducks and squirrels in the local parks, local farm, outdoor sport regularly. Flexible hours available.
We enjoy stories, dance, Disney films and music, sport (focus on balance and spacial awareness) art here with lots of role play and learning activities encouraging our phonics and number skills with table time activities etc. I provide a home from home welcoming environment for all children who attend.
All children receive a birthday gift and card. All children receive a Christmas gift (or if you prefer a winter holidays gift).
We have a downstairs cloakroom ideal for potty training.
A wide variety of toys and games and artificial grassed garden with access to wilder green space through the garden gate with adult attendance :)
Everyone has the opportunity to sing action songs and learn nursery rhythms, practice phonic:literacy skills and maths, art, sport, dance, exercise, play with puppets arts and crafts, role play, parks, woods exploring, library visits, listen to stories, tv for personal favourites kids tv which can be relaxing when little people are tired and they watch their favourite character for a break. Although tv time is limited and is not on all day. Have healthy food and drinks. Soft cuddly toys from home welcome to play too.
We also have a secret garden with wild plants and large grass area ideal for exploring and play with supervision. At the end of my road only a few houses away (no through road) there are trees, squirrels, a large open grassed area idea for sport and parks within easy walking distance. Conker trees, acorn trees and loads of nature ready to share. Lots of imaginative play and games alongside safe, caring childcare.
Children who attend love playing with all the toys (particularly play people sets and puppets - there are so many) learning new games and activities, alongside making new friends.
Outdoors giant wooden blocks for balancing etc, balls etc including Disney, a box of under 18 month olds toys, Lego, dolls house, cars, action figures, Star Wars, musical instruments electric keyboard with light up learner keys and a real piano guitar, drums, bells, and recorders etc, large Chad Valley Wooden Kitchen, dolls/teddies, outdoor trampet and netted trampoline.
Sensory play apportunities and bouncy castle in holidays.
I work with parents to help to set and achieve learning goals and give feed back of your child's day, sharing photos, aims and achievements. L
All diets can be catered for lactose intolerant, vegan, vegetarian etc.
Focus on learning and development through early years science play, socialising with others, play, music, dance and arts/crafts with plenty of exercise in and outdoors. Children never have a reason to get bored and everyday can be fun :)
My home has separate areas for art, play, quite/rest, tv, reading, and a wide range of toys/activities for all ages including Xbox One X with Kinect for Music and dance. We are also near to Howe Park Woods and the Parks Trust River Walk leading up to Furzton Lake - there are plenty of parks close by. Although we do drive to other great kids parks like Loughtons Pony Park, Walnut Trees Winnie the Pooh Park and Great Holm Wind in the Willows Park. We use the beautiful outside environment throughout the year to aid our fun activities, Nativity, Easter Egg Hunts, May Day dances, Autumn collections of conkers, acorns and leaves etc for painting/arts and crafts. Sledges when it snows and when it didn’t we went sledging at the Milton Keynes Snowdome. Fishing with nets in the stream in the summer, we also enjoy making bark rubbings, playing cricket, croquet, tennis, badminton, football, basketball, skipping, tag, Whats the Time Mr. Wolf, parachute games etc. We also enjoy joining in some of the local Play Association Bouncy Castle and activity sessions through the holidays at our local parks for an hour or two.
Alongside the activities already listed above the children that come to me enjoy creative play with lego/construction toys, play people, remote control cars, arts and crafts painting, hamma beads, jewellery making, collaging, imagination drawing free style and guided drawing by,(festival and occasion related - so don’t forget to provide family birthdays ! Board games, jigsaws, cooking making jellies, cakes, helping with dinner/tea etc.
Non smoking house.
Look forward to hearing from you and thank you for your interest.
My Experience
OFSTED GOOD in all areas 2023 inspected.
Qualifications:
Over 20 years in childcare,
NVQ3 in Childcare and Development, Food Hygiene Level 2,
Full First Aid 2021 and Epipen certificate 2022,
EYFS trained,
Fire Safety and Risk Assessment Courses attended and certificates held. Loads of other training done in child protection and development, online safety etc. I have a large file full of my training certificates which can be viewed.
I meet all the required standards and qualifications needed. I also hold a full driving licence although we do enjoy walking too and exercise a lot.
My Qualifications
I have childminded 0 to 11 years Everyone has been/is treated as individuals and equally with all needs catered for.
Qualifications: Over 20 years in childcare, NVQ3 in Childcare and Development, Food Hygiene Level 2, Full First Aid qualified 2021 (my husband has also done the full full aid training as at Nov 2022), EYFS trained, Fire Safety and Risk Assessment Courses attended and certificates held, GDPR aware. Other childcare courses also attended.
I meet all the required standards and qualifications needed. I also hold a full driving licence although we do enjoy walking too.
Excellent reviews
My Availability
As at 1st April 2024
Availability on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday ages from 16 months and above.
Very good adult to child ratio here so full day places only although you can attend less if you wish day rate still applies. This means toys and learning activities are safer and more appropriate to preschool in general.
No additional costs for food, drinks, activities, outings, wipes etc for all funding welcome from 9 months above and up.
All year availability. Parents direct payments or/and All free hours paid for by the Government or Council funding and childcare vouchers accepted, Milton Keynes College and University payments also accepted along with cash or bank transfers from parents directly. All other payments methods considered.
Just need to use your funded hours only that’s ok please enquire.
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Last Updated: 25/02/2024 |
My Fees
- Childminding from £6.00 per hour
- Babysitting from £20.00 per hour
Good rates - Please enquire needs differ person to person and can be reflective on age of child and
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Howe Park School
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
- First Aid Certificate: Heather Taylor First Aid Certificate (added 28/07/2021)
- Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination (added 28/07/2021)
- Training Certificate: Being a Key Person in an Early Years Setting (added 22/05/2019)
- Training Certificate: Food Hygiene & Safety (added 22/05/2019)
- Ofsted Certificate (added 22/05/2019)
- UK Driving Licence (added 22/05/2019)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Funtime Childcare. 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.
The time my children spent with Funtimes childcare was amazing, they enjoyed coming in and always was un patient to return. Lots of fun walks in park, playgrounds, they loved trips provided by Heather, amazing, patient wery nice childminder. Highly recommend her childcare to everyone. 😊
by Inguna about Funtime Childcare on 30/04/2023
Response by Funtime Childcare on 30/04/2023:
So kind, your children are lovely and a credit to you. They made my job easy 😀
Cienna and ourselves have had the best experience with Heather. Our daughter has loved every minute with her and her lovely family. Heather has always made her sessions fun and interactive and Cienna has thrived from her time being with her. We can’t thank Heather enough for All her work she does with the children she has. We are very lucky we got the most amazing childminder 🥰
by Tegan about Funtime Childcare on 16/08/2022
Tillie joined Heather inJanuary 2022 when she was 2. We were worried that we would never find one that suited us but we were so very lucky to have found Heather who has actually turned out to be the best! Tillie has come along incredibly well in every aspect and we are very impressed with the attention to detail, variety of toys, activities and days out. Heather is such a lovely, happy and exceptionally kind lady with a heart of gold and her genuine passion for the care of the children certainly shines through. She certainly goes over and beyond for the children and we are so very thankful for having found Heather and highly recommend her 💯 to anyone 🦄 🧜♀️
by Georgina about Funtime Childcare on 04/08/2022
Heather is an incredible warm person, having in mind how difficult this year has been, Leo has enjoyed all his time there. He only cried for the first week, now he asks me to go to Heather’s house. This only says a lot. He has had lots of fun playing with toys, dancing, going to parks and other special things like making a nativity scene in Christmas (the video was amazing) Heather’s house is spotless always very clean and smelling lovely. My son has flourished in his literacy, numeracy and independence, all thanks to Heather, I also have to thanks Heather for teaching him good manners. Overall Leo has enjoyed his time with Heather as he runs inside every morning without even saying good bye! Heather also has been very supportive with my choice of healthy food for Leo.
I would highly recommend Heather to other parents, specially if they want to feel like they are leaving their kid with somebody who will treat their kid like family.
by Fania about Funtime Childcare on 20/07/2021
Heather looked after my daughter for 7 years it was a very special relationship and my daughter felt like one of the family. My daughter still stops to see Heather now as she misses her. As a parent having to leave your child and go to work is often not a choice it’s a necessity and Heather made that experience so much easier. It’s incredibly difficult to juggle being a working parent but I really don’t know how I would have got through that without Heather. It was often really simple things like helping to brush teeth or reading books to much much more. Heather really cares about your child and making sure that they really get that home from home care. She also supported me as the parent too in so many different ways. This is what really made Heather stand out. I knew my child was in good hands and I never had to worry and that for me was the most important thing.
by loz2381 about Funtime Childcare on 06/03/2019
You must be a registered parent and logged in to leave a review.
If you don't have an account then Register Free now.
This profile has been produced from information provided to us by the user. We have not verified or confirmed the accuracy of any of the information and members should undertake their own vigorous checks and references. Please ensure you read our Safety Advice and information on how to Check Childcare Provider Documents.