Let me tell you about our fantastic childminder Jaine. She is everything we could possibly want or need for our children; highly professional, diligent, patient, caring, inspirational and committed to their learning and development.

We have known Jaine since September 2012 and through carefully planned activities with an inclusive approach, the children love their time at Jaine’s. Everyday is a mini adventure with the range of activities she provides; outings to Chessington and Legoland, playing in the park and going on nature walks, time at playgroups and softplay, craft and art, the list goes on.

From the moment we first met Jaine we knew this is where we wanted our children to be, so much so that when we moved house we made sure that we were still within travel distance of Jaine’s. Her premises are a home from home for the children, safe and secure with a lovely atmosphere. Jaine provides the perfect learning environment for the skills a child needs and we are so grateful for her help with potty training and developing our children’s social skills, especially reinforcing good manners. Safeguarding is of course high priority and Jaine ensures this is in place with the provision of safe and effective care, whilst keeping us updated with any new policy developments.

Jaine provides us with a daily individual report of what our children have been up to during the day and we thoroughly enjoy reading the books out loud at home every dinnertime. Jaine also gives verbal feedback on a daily basis, regular newsletters with the latest updates and she provides a ‘pick up the phone at any time’ option too. The combination of this feedback to parents is perfect for us and if we are ever worried or concerned about anything we always know that Jaine is there for us and that she will provide the support needed; and in some cases the strategies we could try out with our children. We also thoroughly enjoy receiving our EYFS folders, they are fascinating reading and it is wonderful to see the progress of each of our children plus photo evidence of the skills they have developed. Jaine puts so much time and effort into these folders, we truly appreciate everything she does and to top it all we are provided with a photo scrapbook for each of the children. It is brilliant and the grandparents love flicking through the photos, as do we all!

To summarise, Jaine is one in a million and we would be lost without her. She plays a huge part in our children’s lives and they are so happy to have her as their childminder. The children feel safe and secure and Jaine has created the environment for them to be able to flourish in their individual ways.

Thank you so much, Jaine. You're amazing!

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