Wendy

Wonderful Wendy!

Wendy has looked after our son for the last two years. It's been a wonderful experience for him and for us!
She has wonderfully warm and caring personality and incredible patience. He settled in almost immediately.
Wendy writes a little daily synopsis (with photos) of the activities they get up to, and it is always something engrossing!
She's created a really lovely environment for children, to feel nurtured and engaged and she knows all the best local spots for play and learning. Sebby went to Wendy's for two or three days a week for two years, and in that time he was always excited to go, and sometimes didn't want to come back!
We cannot recommend Wendy highly enough. She is one in a million.

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by Mortlake Dad on 08/04/2024

Response by Wendy on 09/04/2024:

Hi guys, it was a pleasure working with you and I will miss Sebby very much, he is such a happy, joyful, stimulating little chap. I will particularly miss our conversations about all things construction related!! 😂 Good luck with the next part of your life journey.

Simply the best!

Wendy is, quite simply, the best childminder you could ever hope to find. She is warm, caring, compassionate, thoughtful, encouraging, dedicated and, above all, kind. She inspires so much confidence in both parents and children alike. Our daughter was with her for two years and we were heartbroken to leave her when we moved away from the area.

Wendy puts a huge amount of effort into coming up with interesting, challenging and exciting things for the children to do each day. She has so many incredible and well-organised resources and our daughter had lots of favourite activities from finding treasure in the colourful rice, to playing with her animal figurines in elaborate gardens, to making biscuits or play-doh or painting garden ornaments and bird boxes. Wendy is incredibly thoughtful in searching for and buying toys and resources that she knows will be of interest to the particular child. For example, our daughter loves the lion king and Wendy would find and print off pictures of the characters for her to colour in.

Wendy is brilliant at meeting up with other childminders and using local resources - she took our daughter to lots of different parks, drop-ins, music classes and activities, like the zoo and library. She writes the most wonderful daily reports of what our daughter has done with her that day - there is so much colourful detail and it is lovely to know what they have been up to. We always enjoyed reading the reports and will hugely miss them.

Wendy is also exceptionally knowledgeable about all things child-related and is very generous with her time in chatting through any issues and offering thoughtful and constructive tips. We have felt very privileged and supported to have her on our side. Our daughter has grown in confidence so much since she started with her.

Our daughter has loved every minute (often asking if she can go to Wendy’s at the weekends) and has made so many wonderful memories. We have never had a moment’s worry about leaving her in Wendy’s exceptional care. We cannot recommend Wendy highly enough and we hope that she will always be in our daughter’s life.

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by Emma on 15/02/2024

Response by Wendy on 20/02/2024:

It was my absolute pleasure working with your family. I will miss you all very much but we will catch up and keep in contact. Good luck with the next phase in your journey. 💜

Words cannot do Wendy justice!

What an incredible lady.

My husband and I were always going to be apprehensive and cautious in finding a childminder as Beauden is our first born and we are very new to all of this. That anxiety and trepidation was completely washed away the moment we met Wendy. She offered to come to our house, rather than go to hers as she wanted to meet our son in his environment, rather than hers. Upon her first interaction with Beau she dropped to her knees and addressed him on his level, which immediately warmed Beau to her. From that moment on it was rather “I hope she picks us”, rather than “do we pick her?”.

Wendy cannot be recommended enough. Her every interaction with Beau, and the other kids she cares for, was absolutely professional (and caring). Beauden instantly warmed to her, and, it pains me to say, but he didn’t shed a single tear at handover. Wendy was incredible in sending through daily reports, as well as pictures on a WhatsApp group which she thought we’d want to see. She ventured out on daily activities, to local libraries, and other childminder haunts, and kept Beau stimulated but not overly so.

All that we can say is that our time with Wendy was too short, and we wish we could have her look after Beauden everywhere we go!

This lady is a saint. 10/10!

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by Jacqueli on 12/05/2020

Response by Wendy on 13/05/2020:

Thank you so much, it was a pleasure working with you both and caring for your gorgeous Beau.