Amy M
Childminder in Breckland District
Female Member since May 2019 Last Updated Mar 2024 Last Login 26 Mar 2024
My Summary
About Me
Welcome to my setting, I live with my husband, my four children, Amber, Riley, Hazel and Logan, who was born at the end of February 2021. We also have my partners daughter here part of the week. We live in a detached bungalow, which has an attached self-contained annex. We also have a variety of well looked after and extremely child friendly pets living in the property, Smokey and Cinders our two cats and Rocky and Lassy our dogs
I am Ofsted rated Good. We have a second member of staff Fiona, who is currently a childminding assistant awaiting confirmation from Ofsted to re-register as a childminder. Fiona lives locally with her 3 children, Jacob, Teddy and Erin. She is a qualified Primary Teacher and was registered as childminder before starting her teaching career. Fiona has experience teaching EYFS, KS1 and KS2 as well as working with children with SEND needs.
The children will be allowed to travel freely throughout the 5 bedroomed property, but also have a dedicated playroom and conservatory to play in.
We moved into the property May 2017 and I have previously worked in the village school, which helped me forge strong connections in the local area. I have an extensive range of toys for boys and girls as well as a large garden with room to play football and a separate secure play area of around 80 sq ft, providing a climbing frame, toddler climbing frame, swings, trampoline and picnic area, which is on wood bark to ensure it can be used all year round and is soft for the children.
I can collect from the local Rockland Community School. I am proud to be an authorised Norfolk County Council approved childcare supplier providing respite for parents of children with disabilities. We also may be able to collect from other local schools
We endeavour to support children of all ages and abilities, showing parents progress on an online system called Tapestry. Any children starting school will also be supported in getting ready for the transition.
Background : With four children of my own requiring out of hours care and finding limited childminding resources in the local area gave me the idea of turning my passion for caring into my own business, able to draw upon my wealth of experience and training as a Teaching Assistant for this new venture. Our aim is to provide a flexible, safe and fun childminding service open to local parents throughout their working week. Working from home, we’re ideally located within a very short walking distance to the village school and park.
My Experience
I have four children of my own and have worked in a variety of positions within schools ranging from Midday Supervisory Assistant, Special Needs Support and a Teaching Assistant both within single year groups and also multi year group classes.
My Qualifications
Qualifications : My previous career as a Teaching Assistant required me to undertake a multitude of training courses pertaining to all aspects of children's care and development. In addition to my specialist Childminding courses these include :
NCFE Levelb2 in Understanding Autism
Jan 2023
Introduction to Childminding Course (Developing Children’s Learning, Leading and managing a childminding setting, Recording Children’s Development, Safeguarding Children, Understanding and Working with EYFS) August 2018
Paediatric First Aid Training Sept 2018/2022
Child Protection in Norfolk Sept 2018/2022
NVQ Level 3 Support teaching and learning in schools Oct 2018
NVQ Level 2 Support teaching and learning in schools 2017
The Open University-Understanding Children (Working Towards a BA in Childhood and Youth Studies) 2012
Children's Diabetes Team in Norfolk an Norwich Hospital (Training to support children who suffer from Diabetes) 2017
Thrive/Attleborough Infant School (Six week Family Thrive course) Sept 2016
Introduction to Thrive
My Availability
I have spaces weekdays from 7:30 through till 18.00
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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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 | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Overnight | no | no | no | no | no | no | no |
Last Updated: 25/03/2024 |
My Fees
- Childminding from £5.75 per hour
Fees (Per Child, Per Hour)
• Standard Rate - £5.75
• Child Doesn’t Attend Allotted Slot (Without Two Weeks Notice) - £5.75
• Child Doesn’t Attend Allotted Slot (With Two Weeks Notice) - £2.50
• Childminder Sickness / Annual Leave - £0.00
• Late / Early Fee (Charged in 15 minute intervals) - £10.00
• Snacks - £0.00
• Meals - £2.50
My Local Schools
- I provide drop offs and pick ups at Rocklands Community Primary 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
- Ofsted Certificate (added 21/07/2020)
- DBS Check (added 21/07/2020)
- UK Driving Licence (added 21/07/2020)
- UK Passport (added 21/07/2020)
Reviews
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We feel lucky to have found Amy, a home from home setting which my boys loved.
They have benefited enormously in terms of their development and both have always been willingly dropped off which i think speaks volumes.
Both my boys enjoyed their time with Amy, they loved getting out for walks and trips to the park. They also liked playing with the older children after school. Amy is very professional always giving the children her full attention, at the same time she is able to talk with parent's and voice any achievements or concerns.
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