J SWEETNESS's Reviews

Exceptional and highly recommended childcare!

My daughter has been with Jane since she was 15 months old and we honestly could not ask for a better childminder, nursery, and friend! It took Nylah next to no time to settle in and Jane made us both feel at ease right from the start. I have seen my little girl progress so much since she's been with Jane and I put it down to the level of care and attention she receives. She's often come home spouting all the things she's learnt: days of the week; the months; what the weather's like and highly impressive dance skills too.

Jane and her team go above and beyond when it comes to childcare so here are just some of the highlights, albeit not all, because there are just too many to list:

- Great communication: I get regular updates on my daughter's daily activities and progress
- we also attend parents' evenings and also parties where they've even put on a show!
- Good balance of activities: the kids get 'one on one' time as well as group play, they have regular activities outside as well as indoors
- The food always smells delicious and is freshly made
- Jane is helping with toilet training and we love her so much for that
- They even helped with constipation problems (TMI I know, but when it comes to little ones, I'm so thankful to have an extra pair of loving hands)
- and the biggest for me is that our little one absolutely loves going to Jane's

Jane is very experienced and I could not recommend her enough. Jane, Marjorie and the team are our superheroes and if you are looking for a childminder slash nursery in this area we look forward to welcoming you to the 'Jane community'!

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by Hrk about J SWEETNESS on 18/06/2019

The Perfect Childcare

We looked at different options when looking for a childcare for our son. I found Jane through this app, reading the amazing reviews. And when we met Jane, I understood why everyone was so happy. We knew we found the perfect place.

Our 1 year boy has been with Jane and her team for 5 months now and I can say we've made the right choice! He is so happy to go there, the team is amazing with him. We work as a team to have the same rules and rhythms at home and at the nursery. They do a great job.

When I hear other friends talking about their childcare, I am so glad we chose Jane!! We are moving and didn't want our son to go somewhere else so we focused our research around her. That's how Jane and her team have been so important for us in just 5 months!

I couldn't recommend the Sweetness camp hard enough.

Thanks guys for taking such a good care of our little one.

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by Sand about J SWEETNESS on 18/06/2019

Second home for our Sophie!🙂

I've visited many nurseries / childminders before I found Jane's Sweetness Camp. The moment I stepped through the door I knew THIS IS THE RIGHT PLACE for my daughter. Amazing energy, great atmosphere, big smile on everyone's face, lot's of space and many different toys for kids - i had no doubt my daughter will have so much fun in there! She was going through a little 'separation anxiety' phase at the beginning, but after few days she was perfectly fine, she made friends and she totally loved her new nursery. 🙂 It's been already few months since Sophie started attending Sweetness Camp and I can tell she is developing really quick in there, she is learning how to be tidy and how to share stuff with others, how to cooperate in the group of kids, how to make friends and even...how to eat properly ( she is such a fussy eater at home, but in the nursery she eats like crazy! 😉 ) and also - I'm sure she is getting so much love and attention from everyone, because she simply comes back home HAPPY, tidy (and never hungry)! 😉 I can definitely recommend Jane's ( and her team) services to everyone. It's a great balanced place - lots of fun but also discipline! Also - the rooms/toys are modern and clean (!) and Jane is extremely easygoing and chilled out person. I love the personality of everyone who works there, therefore I'm not worried of my daughter..I just know she is in a good hands and i hope to continue our cooperation for many more months!🙂 Thank you!

Marta, Anick And Sophie

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by Marta about J SWEETNESS on 25/02/2018

Response by J SWEETNESS on 11/05/2018:

Thank you Marta,
we are happy to have Sophia in our Sweetness Camp family, she is a pleasure to look after.

Excellent childcare

Jayne sweetness camp is an excellent place “my daughter Kiara felt like home”. We looked quite a few places around Canary wharf area and the experience was horrific with other childminders until we walked into Sweetness Camp and felt right. Me being a first time mom was very confident in dropping Kiara to Jane as we knew she was more than a mom to her and more than a friend to us. Jane has a Nursery like set up with play area, planned activities for the kids, weekly learning activities like painting, reading, writing, dancing, baking, etc. She also has weekly menu planned keeping my daughter’s dietary requirements in mind. Jane and her assistant childminders (Maryori and Ellie) have also played a very key role in caring for my daughter and providing individual attention and care. It’s good 3 years well spent with very good memories.

We strongly recommend Sweetness camp to other parents and you will never be disappointed.

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by Bowrina about J SWEETNESS on 06/12/2017

Response by J SWEETNESS on 21/01/2018:

Thank you Bowrina,
Kiara is and will always be part of our family. We wish her all the very best in her new school.

Truly exceptional !!

When we found Jane, our son had been attending a nursery but it was not the right setting for us. We started investigating other options and found various contacts of childminders. Jane was the last one we met, and we instantly felt a connection. From what she was describing of her approach and from her warm welcome, we knew it was the place we were looking for … and it has exceeded our expectations!
Jane and her team are amazing with children, we can see and feel that our son is loved, cared for, entertained, educated, and he enjoys going there so much!
They take him and the other children to a lot of various activities like play groups, farm, walk by the river, etc, and they also do various activities adapted to their age, like in the case of our son who is almost 2 years old : art/ craft/ cooking activities, playing musical instruments, singing, reading stories, learning shapes, how to count, days of the week, etc. He is also benefiting from activities done with older kids. We are also so happy that she has got a proper garden with toys that our son can enjoy during sunny days and this makes such a difference.
Our son interacts with children who are his age, a bit younger and a bit older, so he gets a wide array of interactions that also foster his development.
We were also looking for a multicultural environment, and this could not be better! We speak French, Spanish and English at home and at Jane’s he is spoken to in English and Spanish and plays with children from a wide range of nationalities.
Every day we can see progress, and what we appreciate very much is that Jane sends us short videos / photos of his activities, so in addition to the daily diary book we maintain with her, we have also visuals, for instance pictures of him feeding the ducks, watering the plants (in Summer), playing with cars in the garden, cuddling the dog, and more recently we received a video of him counting from 1 to 10 in English, in front of one of Jane’s numerical boards. This is priceless!
One of the other benefits that we noticed since our son started going to Jane’s (it’s been 7 months now) is that he has now settled into a rhythm of eating at regular times, sleeping for a nap at regular times and because he is so active (mentally and physically) during the day, he got recently into a sleeping pattern at night whereby he sleeps through the night most of the times, which is such life changing for us as he used to wake up several times during the night.
What was also of paramount importance for us was that he would be fed home-made, healthy food and snacks, which is the case. Jane is very open to our specific requirements, and makes sure they are fulfilled, we trust her very much.
We could go on and on about all the benefits of her childminding settings, we could not have found a better place and better people to look after and love our baby boy and we would without hesitation warmly recommend her to all parents!

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by ANC about J SWEETNESS on 25/11/2017

Response by J SWEETNESS on 21/01/2018:

Thank you ANC,
We love having baby with us, and working with you guys is a pleasure.

A fantastic childminder

Jane and her wonderful staff have been child minding my son Giovanni since December 2016 (he was 13 months then), and she looks after him full time 5 days a week. I honestly couldn’t be happier with the care my little boy is receiving, and the great progress he has made whilst in Jane’s care.
Jane’s home is always welcoming, clean and well organised and Giovanni has great fun playing with all the toys available and with the other children in her care. Beyond all this though, it is Jane’s warm and friendly approach that has really struck me since the very beginning. First time I met her, visited her house, met her wonderful family, I knew Giovanni was going to be loved like any other member of the family. And that was exactly what I was looking after: a warm, happy and loving family environment, because this is all a baby really need at the end of the day – love.
She provides a fun range of activities including panting, baking, singing, drawing as well as outings to the park, trips to feed the ducks and walks. Last week he decorated a card to give to mummy for Mather’s Day!
Jane is a fantastic communicator and has no trouble in gaining Giovanni’s confidence and therefore encouraging good behavior and kindness and compassion to others, both skills which are important to us at home. When he’s feeling poorly I am confident that she can administer either first aid or medication following all the correct procedures and completing the necessary records to ensure his health and safety. I know baby will be well looked after, so I can spend my working day without worrying, this is essential as a working parent.
She also does provide healthy snacks and mouth-watering meals, always cooked fresh. Sometime when I pick him up at night she entertains parents with scones and cream (all homemade!) which I find amazing! A godsend after an hard day at work! What a treat!
Jane completes a diary detailing what my baby has done each day. From this I have a complete picture of his whole day including what he has eaten, how long he has slept and all his activities.
I personally couldn’t be happier with the level of care my baby receives and I’m certain that being in such a positive and happy environment is helping him develop into a confident and self-assured little boy.
I would A-B-S-O-L-U-T-E-L-Y recommend Jane as a great and reliable childminder.

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by saracava about J SWEETNESS on 28/03/2017

Response by J SWEETNESS on 24/04/2017:

Thank you Sara, we love baby Gio he is part of our family.

Absolutely Amazing!!!

Absolutely amazing accurately describes Jane and her team! I am so glad that i found sweetness camp. My son has been attending Sweetness camp for 7 months now and I can't think of a better place for him to be after school and during the holidays. Jane truly creates a home away from home and treats the children like her own. She is friendly, professional, punctual, caring and provides an outstanding setting for children.

Jane and her team have set routines to allow children to thrive and arrange lots of activities to keep the children busy including literacy, baking, arts & crafts, trips.

I am so thankful and grateful to Jane and team for all they do for my son!

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by Jkupoluy about J SWEETNESS on 13/03/2017

Response by J SWEETNESS on 24/04/2017:

Thank you JKupoluy.

Excellent

It would be absolutely wrong for me to use " childminder" word for Jayne .
She is more like a family now to me . My little one reyaansh went to Sweetness camp for almost 3 years and Jayne has done a wonderful job . He always looked forward to visit her and Jayne gives proper attention right from feeding them on time , taking them out for activities , teaching them numbers & English !
Absolute 5 stars to her . Reyaansh misses sweetness camp :(

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by supragya about J SWEETNESS on 23/01/2017

Response by J SWEETNESS on 24/04/2017:

Thank you, we miss our Rey Rey a lot.

Fantastic Childminder!!!

It is with deep regret that we have to leave Jane as we are moving away - she was the perfect childminder in every imaginable way! She and her assistant Paige represent everything you are looking for in a childminder – providing outstanding childcare, looking after the kids as if they were their own, going on excursions, cooking tasty meals and all this in a loving, caring and fun environment. They were like second mums to my little son. My son came to Jane when he was only 11 months old (he went there fulltime for 1.5 years) and I must say that was one of the best decisions I could have possible made. I saw a lot of childminders in the area but was instantly taken by Jane and her kindness. Right from the start my son was extremely happy at Camp Sweetness so that every day I could go to work with my mind in peace knowing that my son is looked after so well. Furthermore, since English was not his first language Jane encouraged his development of the English language to such an extent that I can now quite confidently say that my son is bilingual. When he fell sick or something else didn’t seem to be right she was sometimes even taking him to the GP around the corner which was exceptional. My son blossomed and thrived in Camp Sweetness and improved not only his social skills when it comes to sharing and caring for each other but she also strongly encouraged his educational development so that sometimes I was stunned by the big steps he made. Dear Jane, what can I say: Thank you sooo much for everything!

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by Parent about J SWEETNESS on 30/06/2016

Response by J SWEETNESS on 04/07/2016:

Thank you Jenna,

I am going to miss you and my little man, we promise to come and visit as soon as you settle.
Wishing you all the best in your new home.

Home from Home

Many of us are looking for that place our children love to.come and possible not want to come home.  Eurika I am happy to say my children aged 6, 7 and 1 love coming to Sweetness Camp.   Miss Sweetness as I call her has managed capture my childens hearts. The house is always clean and tidy, there is an abundance of toys and the girls are always bring home arty/creative things.  They get to cook and bake go on trips.  Recently the science museum.  The weekly menu the children have I cannot fault and I usually get the odd comment stating why isn't my cooking as good as Miss Sweetness.
The baby has been going since the beginning of August 2014 and he loves loves loves going. He has become so independent, and confident.  And he is been taught new words every week. Miss Sweetness has my respect and gratitude as she endivers to encourages my children to do there best and she is able to identify with me as a lone parent the trials and tribulations that come with the  terrority.

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by Parent about J SWEETNESS on 14/11/2014

Response by J SWEETNESS on 03/12/2014:

Thank you Natasha, I am really happy to work with you and the kids.